h I FfN DAILY BEDUMAITI , MONDAY , NOVEMBLR 19 , 1883. THE OMAHA BEE. , . _ btWed ercry it rnnng , orcept Sundy. The eel ) ldonday rnornkg dany. Dane DT mum ne Yc' r 1000IThroeMonthe , , , , , , teoo 1lxllonttaa. . , , . LO010no Month , , , . , . , , . 1.00 , rlaw'1txxLT Dill , 1UDtt.nD * TDxT WRD1rMDAT. tmunroerrAlD. IDlloxelYtoenatrh , , . , , , . .g1.00TreoMont hs , , , y 60 s , , , . 1,00 , TO American Now. OompnnyllolejAgenteewedoal ; Sri In the United Etnto. o0sxxrosoacl , . ; A Oommunkattnn + relatingtoNei' ' , ndldltodsl tnAttete ehould fro addroeeed to the Lbttot or Tim lixs anslNteae LTTT.na. All Tutnra + Gotten and 1lomlUanoce ehmild bx addree.cd to Tnanm 1rnu.liiYo CofIrAM , OWAIU. Draft + , Chicks and Po.tofco orders to to m.do pay able to the order of the comlaany , TUB BEE BUBLISHING CON , PROPS/ S. ROSRWATlia , Editor. Thnnktgtving l'roolnniatlun , 'In furthoramco of the ctutom of this people at the clo.lnq of ouch year , to ongngo upon a day eet apart for that purpoo in special festl val of praleoto the Ghcr of all Goodthoroloro , I , Chester A. Arthur , President of thoUnitod States , dohorobydesignat0T U11la , tho2Dth olynational day of November next , aM a day national thanksgiving , for the pear that le drawing to an end has boon replete w'lth the evidence of diviuo goodnaM , the provallacco of health , the fullness of the hariest , the tabllity of peace and order , the b rowth of fraternal focUng. , the eproad of Intouigcnco and learning , the continued on joymeut of chit and religIoue liberty-all those and countlase ether blo.singe are canoe for reverent rejoicing. I do , tltoroforo , recommend mend that on the day above appolnted , the people rest from their aecutomod labors , and mneoting in tholr several 'locos ' of worehip , ezpro.a their devout gratitude to God that lie has dealt bountifully with this nation and pray that lice grace and favor abide with it orovor. C1u iTEa A. Anrlmut , 1'ro4dent By Vain , T. Fa6LD a1CTBFN , Secretary of State , Ir was currently reported that Major Nickerson , who has gained so much notoriety torioty on account of leta bigamous mar. riage , wasinsano. hmiowturne out that ho really was mad and that there was considerable motliod in his madnoss. Jusr now , as winter le gutting in , the Apaches have concluded to surrender to Crook and coma into their reaervation Whom the sprig"timo comes these well. fed gertlo scalpers will pull off their taga and steal away with their ponies and go on time war path , Time Ban's article wne intended to read ( so eaya Mr. Itosewator ) "last but not least , in referring to the industrious chairman of the Republican State com mittee and Savago's majority of 406 in Dodgo.-Frcrnonf Itcrald. Don't , if you please , misquote. Tun Ban's article was intended to rend juetna it did road. If the industrious chairman feels hurt , ho should muzzle hia "fool friend , " the editor of tho. ? cpublican. It wns not a quarrel of our seeking. DBNCnn is a lucky city. When oho was on the decline , Londvillo with her mines came to horroscuo and gave her a boom that sent her far ahead of the most sanguine expectations. Wealth flowed from the mountains into her lap. Her etreota have , a naturalpavomont of gravel , j and thus she is relieved of a hoary oxy - y 4 pendituro. In boring for oil water 1 was struck , and now tIme city line an j k abundance of the purest water from i uumberous artesian uvolls , and this at a + I time when it was badly needed. The supply from the Platte river was not only a insufficient , but had buco no the cause of frequent complaint. Strange as it may seem , the man who was boring foroil and struck water was the president of the e 1 Denver orator-works company , and the company are now digging several wells , I which will supply their entire pipe sys. tom. S. S. REYNOLDS was defeated for Treasurer of Butler county , the Itopubli- can candidate being elected by a small majority. This allows a chmmgo of sonti- niont since last year , when Mr. Reynolds received over 1,100 majority for State Senator-Seward Reporter. This shows nothing of the sort. Reynolds nolds was running against two other didatca this year in Butler county alono. Last year lie was eloltod by 1,100 majority - jority over his opponent in Butler and Polk counties , Last year Butler county gave Sturdovant 401 majority over Loran Clark. This year Savage carries it over ' Reese by 472. Polk county , which gave Sturdovant 04 majority last year , was a carried by Savage this year by 247 un- f jority ; and these two couutics wore regarded - garded as time stronghold of Mr. Itooso. Thin shows that the district which elected Mr. Reynolds last year to tlmo Senate by about 1,100 , has experienced no cumaigo of sentiment. On the contrary , antimonopoly - monopoly is stronger there than over , No intelligent reader can fail to be interested terosted in time contents of time $ orlli American Rcvtcw for December. The question of the telegraplm has time place of honor is the number , Gardiner G , 11 IIubbard pointing out the great advantages - tages that would result from time proposed to 1 , r "Governmont Control of the Telegraph , ' and showing from the oxpemiemmcoof soy oral European countries the bemats to be derived from the incorporation of telegraphic with time postal service. f aI'roft ' J , Lauranco Laughlin , of Itarv'ard rsIt aliowa time "Evils of the Sub. romury System , " in ita absorbing and witlmholding from circulation the specie that isvWnstautly needed to insure atabil. „ y typ4q time world of fiueuco , henry --writes of "Overproduction , " an .c' Idea ( which he declares to ho preposterous , tc "WUfM lt b.Yenlthf produced than me : .yalilml. ( ion.V. . B. Franklin sets forth a' The viewsbf naval and military oxperle as to what is abaolut Iy needed , in the way of organization , flirts , ships and war material , to insure the "National do- fcnsc , " .An prtfclo on "Railroad _ and * Public Tirane , ! ' by Prof , Loomard Waldo , of thf Yalfa Ie i ulivatory , explains t1t0 _ apetem of unifornay i tame standards now being iptrnll iced into the railroad M agrvicoflf thoUnitot Siites , . N q 0 n 4 ; i LAIR'S I'INDW.ITION. Congressman Laird's lemg oxpcctedvin dication has at last appeared in lmis organ , tlio Ilastinge (7azctfc .tournal , Ills "comploto vindicatton , " as he calls it , was written by himself , and occupies six solid columns. It is an amusing docu moat , Mr. Laird disproves what Ivan never chmged , and by implication admits the material parts of all that JIM ever been charged , except that ho was in col. lusion with time local land ofhicore at Mc. Cook. The answer to that allegation is simply what accused persons generally plead when arraigned , namely , not gnil ty. No intelligent man can read and di. gent Limo statements of the land ofilcore without reaching the cmmcluaion that Mr. Laird is simply laboring lard to thinprovo what nobody has nllogcd. Mr. Laird line been charged witlm watiting a stock ranch on the Stinking Water crook , ant } that in accordance with that wait ho wort into that section with Simon Belly , the Hastings gin mill keeper , amid Mr. Francis , the surveyor of lied Willow county , to lmunt up the linen of the land which ho coveted. Neither of those charges does lie deny. It was charged that Mr. Laird paid Galei Baldwin the sum of 8500 to aban don a sgttnttcra claim which ho ( Baldwin ) had in that noiglmborhood. Mr. Laird docn not deny nor attempt to dinpro'o thin , but introduces Baldwin to disprove a chadgo that never was made , that ho paid Baldwin $600 for making a dugout and plowing patches of ground. Baldwin - win states that the contracts for plowing time ground wore made with each one of the persons who made the entries-none of the contracts being made verbally and somno by writing. Baldwin admits in his etatoment that only eight out of the cloven bogus homoteadom have over been in tlio neighborhood , but ho does not state whether these contracts wore made before or after time expostmro of the fraud. It was charged that after time lines to these lands had boon found by Laird , Holly and Francis , time nurvoyors of Red Willow county , that n party of noon from Itastings , the home of Laird , went to McCook on Il , aC M. railroad passes furnished by Laird , amid entered lands selected by himself and Kelly and Francisnnd that the first entries that wore made on time day of time opening of the McCook land office wore those of these identical lands. Thin is not attempted to bodoniod in Laird's no called vindication - tion , but to all intcntsand purposesia ad. muted forimo introducestlme oflicersof the land office , who simply deny that they were in collusion with Laird or any body who made the entries of these lands , and also time attorney of time men , Mr. Starbuck , who makes time mane do. nial Opposed to this in tlmo affidavit of Dioora , heretofore published , which shows that other pro emptors tried to got the ear of the land officers at Mc. Cook so as to make time cuitrroa of their claims , which wore on this tract , but failed ; It is an ostabll lmed fact that Laird's associates wore given the profor- once. Is it not , than , a fair inference that they made the entries at tuln request of Laird and Kelly , Mr , Laird publishes another affidavit from Moore which is very long , but which , when boiled down , mean only this amid nothing inoro , that ho did not tntond to charge that James Laird wan in collusion with the local land officers , in making fraudulent entries. We shall republish - publish title affidavit at an early day , and willaak the public to carefully peruse it. Thorn is no withdrawal of any charges of collusion or favoritism on the part of the land officers with Mr. Starbuck and his clionts. Moore , in his second afidavit , simply says , amid as we understand lie in imitentle to say , that ho did notintemid to charge that Laird was proseut or in col. lusion with time officers in making thieso entries , Time fact is that Laird with his inntural cunning increased by his practice as a lawyer , builds up a straw man and knocks the dummy over , instead of an. sweriug time real charges that have booms published against him. 1Vo will not stop to analyze the bombast - bast and fustian which Mr. Laird imidul ges in , to distract the attention of the public from indisputable facts. Mr. Laird leas been very unfortunate in his businoes associations , and Imim nu + inory lmn been so defective that few who know hint could depend on any douial lie makes ovomi if inn the shape of ms oflidavit , His concoction years ago wills rotten schemes and corrupt jobs hums given himn a notoriety that is more malodorous tlman time etimikmug water ranch steal. There are a fuw questions wlmioli ho pro. pounds .to rime mina directly , Mr. Laird asks , "Will time Omaha Bee state who is its authority for the elmargo of fraud by James Laird in ooumootlom with time organization - ganization of Plwlps county ? " If Mr. Laird desires to locate the authority lot hint look in and around time Norttm Platte land ofilco , and if Imo can not find ft there , we will cite a few old settlers who have a distinct recollection om that subject. Mr. Laird's next quoetiom in , " 1Vill thu same paper state who was its author ity for the clmargo that Jamnos Laird ap- pliedfor and deposited moioy for the survey of land in Northern Nebraska ? " Mr. Laird to disprove this has fished out an afiidav'it fron ox.Survoyor or General Smith , who swears that the identical James Laird who deposited the money to locate lamda in Nebraska on survey scrip hailed from Wyoming. This is but anotlmor case of "Vegenlmam. " Our information came from time records of a congressional comniRtoo charged , with investigating those survey scrip frauds. Tlm'lscommitteowimileluvostigatiug emtrioemade by a Califurnia ring , atum bled on tame name of Jauwa Laird , who made entries 1mm Nebraska , Mr. Smnitlt testifies that time mnnn Laird was from Wyoming. It is prenumablo that if lie lived in Iiastings he wonld not likely ho stupid enoucfh to give himself away. The third and last question asked by Mr. Laird is , "And will the same paper state who is its authority for the state. montn rofiocting on James laird its noction with time Inovale carol" Our authority is time conduct of Mr. Laird and Lin associates who wont to Now York to compromise for the settlers , 1Phy tltd tlmey steal away without taking Senator Van Wyck into their cou nsell Why did they conpromiao on a larger amount tlm i Knevals was willing to take in time first place ? how did it come that Knovals served up a chmampegno supper at Del. momico's regardless of cxponao , after Laird had lmelpod Iuinm to dive into lho pockets of limo homcsteadors , And for further particulars , if any are desired , we refer time lion , James Laird to Charles IfVan Wyck , United States Scum. miter , Washimigton , D , C , Ilan Mr. Laird any more couindrlme ? COMPET1TiON 1V111CI111ORSNOTC0T1. 1'1tTE , Time Iowa po01 has enco more struck a snag , One of the psr lnore , time Chicago , Milwaukee S St , I'aul , leas gone on a a ntriko for higher wagon. Per a few days we mummy have comlmtitiou ; omen time pool will ho reorganized , concessions will be nmado and the combination will exact time expenses of time war and the increased proportion accorded time kickers from time shippers. The lamb shearing will Luton go on moro vigorously than over. It is an established fact tlmat there can be moo such timing as pornianout cougpetitiotr in parallel railroads. Of mmocosmty Limo rates ever all must be Limo same , Wlmonovor a new road is built limo territory tribu tary to it and the lines tlmat are parallel is made to contribute tlmondditional rung nimig oxpemsos , and interest on time in- vestment. Competition always will be followed by combinatiom. Thu public may temporarily profit by a ruiu.un freiglmtamid passenger warbut in time cud it has to make good time losses of such a war. There is only ono way in which mho public can be protected against ruinous rate wars amid extortionate tolls by combination - bination , The national and state legislatures - latures must enact laws fixing a mntnimmtm as well as a maximum rate. We want laws tint wilF prevent any railroad fromm engaging in competition at loss rates tlman it can afrord to carry time businesa. We want laws tlmat will prevent pool lines from exacting front shmipbers , who are compelled to patromiizo them , exorbitant and oppressive tolls. Whom such laws arc enacted it will be mnoc canary for railroads to pool as a mat. tor of self-protection , and competing roads will only be built whemi time trafic of the section through whiclm they run shall demand additional facilities. It is a nnistakon idea that every railroad built is e blessing to time country. Experience has shown that time need. less building railroads by jobbers and speculators , wino build on borrowed capi- tat min'1 issue fictitious stock , is n great curse. Such roads may develop prematurely - turoly sections of the country which they traverse , but in time long run , instead of cheapening trnarportation they compel roads that share the traffic with tlmem to keep up higlr rates. Take for example time railroads tlmat traverse the comitinont , The Union and Central Pacific roadounrostricted by law , have for fourteen years exacted outrageous - geous tolls from their patrons. They have laid heavy tribute upon time produ cers amid industrial classes from the Missouri to time Pacific coast. It was expected that tire building of coin- poting roads to time Pacific would nilord relief by forcing immaterial raductions in passenger amid freight tolls. What is time result ? The trafiio of which time Union and CemitralPacifmc had a mnouopoly is now divided among five nionopohics. Time highp rates lmerotoforo exacted by time Union and Central Pacific are kept up by mutual ngroommemt. They could hardly - ly do otherwise , The traffic that pald a Imndsono dividend on two moil. lions of inflated stock is now expected to pay dividends emi ono thousand - sand mimilliuns , The Union and Contra Pacific cormorants , gorged withm spoils exacted acted by highway robbery , might have loosened their grip amid given their pa. trans reduced rates , but whemi they have to divide with four other giant nmoumopo lies lhoy naturally continue their oppressive - prossivo exactions. To be euro , time ces- struction of four other railroads to time Pacific has developed and peopled sacs tious of time ceumtry tlmat thou were barn roe wastes , amid increased the trafilo at time torntiual cities , but time increase is by no mneans proportlouato to rho incrcased expemmeos and vast capital upon whiclm in toroat amid divtdeiids are to be paid , hence , Limo country will be bled for ninny years when it maight have had relief hind not the speculators built more roads tlman we mood , Sooner or later limo chartering of railroads will have to be regulated by Limo population atma tra0dc. Until thou amid until time legislatures and congress fix maximumi and nifnimum tolls , pool ig tvmhl continuo and ruinous pool wars will disturb comnmoco by fluctuating rates which are always followed by a levy on time alippors to make up the shortage. Rosa vATEmt is viudienting his roputa- ties as a liar these days , an all Saundore county 1)004110 may parcoivo by the following - lowing , " 1 lie back precincts of Satin. dare county are still held back to make Reese's election sure. " The foregoing appears in 'I'nn BEE of Noveuibor 18 , Time returns from all Limo precincts of this county were in b- the 9tht of Novenmber and wre counted or canvassed on time 10th-Wahoo TWnnic. Then wlmy were limo Saumdere oounly returna on Supreme Judge withheld from time prcesl Why did not time Walmoo Os. Aelmland papers publish than promptly - ly ? Why wore tlmoy not telegraphed to the Ommdia Tatpnt Heart on the day time canvass was completed ! Vv to Limo 11th it was given out In this city that Ilceso had from 1,000 to 1,400 majority and Tutu Iltm credited him with 1,200 on its first catimato. In view of tlmo fact that Limo returns from nearly every county were in before Saunders had boon heard from Limo Inference was perfectly natural that Limo back precincts were hold back for sonic purposo. fly mho way , why wore Tae OitAmIA Iir.m to 1l'ahoo sub. scribers , held back a day or two almost every faMmu during time doming weeks of the campaign , while the Omaha . lCpubiU can was delivered with promptness and dispatch. dispatch..fir , . . Tun opinion of Justice Ilarlami , dis- nonting from the decision of his col. leagues on time United States Supreme bencli fu tlmeir decision pronouncing tlmo civil rights bill unconstitutional , will couuneitl itself an eminently aound to evorysincero believer in the fundamental Principlce of Republicanism , Juetico Ifarlau plants himself broadly upon time ground that the aupromo court is in duty bound to respect the intent of the makora of time constitution. It in n matter of history that time constitutional amend. nionts under whiclm the civil rights bill was fraudd , were voted and adopted not merely to abolish slavery amid confer time elective franchise upon time freedmen , but to insure equality before the law fn its broadest sonic to every citizen with. out regard to race , color or previous con- dition. The duty of thu National Legislature laturo to prohibit discriminatimi against any citizen iii time full exorcise of his civil rights wan expressly pointed out in Limo proviso timat grants to Congress time power to enforce time constitutional amondnmmits by suitable legislation. To nay that this power was nega- Live , mud could not be exercised until some State attempted to discriminate against one class of citizens by hostile legislation , beatuso of their race or color , was vir tunny to nullify time very essoueo of the amondmonts. To enforce equality be. fore Elmo law in respect to thmo rights of all citizens to equal privileges on public imighwaya and in public places there must be lawn to punialm offenders It would not be necessary for any State wlmoro people were hostile to time exercise of equal privileges on railroad trains , steamboats , parks or other public places of amusement to enact laws creating class or race distinctions in order to nullify the civil righmts of all its citizens. Such distinctions could ho carried on with impunity as long as no law wan enacted - acted to prevent thorn , and punish their infraction. Under the late decision congress - gress never will be called on to protect tire civil rights of American citizens whcro they are violated by State statute , amid yet time violations will be a matter of notoriety and common occurenco. Justice - tico Harlan lays down the fundamental principle involved in this decision when ho declares : National legislation , may , without transcending the limits of of the constitution , do for human liberty mind fundamental riglmts of American eiti- zonship , what it did with the sanction of the Supreme court for time protection of alavory and rights of masters over fugitive - tive slaves. In every material muse , it is applicable to time practical enforcement under the amendment , 1'EOI'LE WILL TALK , - " I attended the consecration services at Trinity cathedral , remarked a prominent citizen to the ( lee's Man About Town , "and was very match pleased with time bonutifrml interior of the now chmrch. I have ono fault to find , however , and that is with time seats. I occupied one of the back pews , and as they are all on a level I could not see over time persons in trout of mno without bracing up amid stretching my uaek to time utmnoat. It was certainly very annoy- lug. It then occurred to me that it is about time to make a now dole. Lure not only in the general architecture of churches but in time mammer of arranging time seats , If I had anything to say nbout the construction of a church I should certaimdy have Lho'pews er an inclined piano , so that tholast pew in tlio church would bo the itiglmost amid command as good a view as tlioso nenr time pulpit. 1VhatopIportmmity dam time ladies have to display theirnewbonnets if the seats are all ndead love } amid how mnnnr ladies are there who do not like to have their now bonnets admired 1" " 1Vuit till we got our church finished 1" interrupted a prominout member of Limo English Lutlm- eran congregation , " and thou you wilt see a church that will suit you exa'tly. It is arras cd ou too opera house plan- pan uet > ai not circle and - neat in time house mm good time audience mid time stage-I beg your pardon-1 mean time congregation and time puljnit. The idea wan suggested b our holdid" our services in Boyd's era house , pI believe our church will be time first over built after this plan. It is a now departure in church architecture but it is destined to be the popular style at no distant day " ! 'I was out at Clmeyenno , time other day , said Councilman Dunlmam , "and mnong other porsois that 1 met there , was Convoso , who was fn time crockery business in Omahaabout sixteen years ago , Ho wound up his business and pulled out for Clmo o , transporting - porting idcrockery , wwithout teams and masid with twr three wagons. Ho was not worth over $1,600 all tolls but today ho is said to be a ilmilltonatro. IIo hoe been wommdnrfully successful imi ovary emitorprieo that Imo has hind anything to do with-crccko ' , cat- tie , mimics , bnkin . Ho is now the ros- Idutof te First National bank of Chu onne , A million dollars in twelve ears is doing pretty well , " "Yea , " remarked a b'sta order but ho wouldn't have ? mad 110 mmiucim hind ho not of in with time Union Pacific railroad wlmlch gave man a mnnn a big shirt ohm time read to fortune during its cnstetuctiom days. Tlmoro's Boyd , for instance who made a big noun as a omm. tractor. So did Paxtomwho sold Ids cat. tie the other dal for over $700,000 , and stmtt rotuiue an interest in it , and thus > ' 8 only a part at his fortune , Ed. Creifih- ton also cleuwd up an immense suns ou t of Unk in Pacife cantracta. "I'hoao were days 'when fortunes W0o mnado whic h have since accumulated with great rapid : ity by good nianagomont in somoinstances and by good luck m ethers , " * * * - - " Isn't ' it nbout limo that time Pleasant Ifottm club is organizing for the season IVhnt's I the mntterwitli Charley Sr uires 1" Such were time questions asked by a society man who is anxious for time hops of this popular club to be resumed - sumed , Time reply made to him was that Chancy had mnado n good tliimiq on asphalt avomemit--.several t optsand dollars dur mn mho summer-mid thirst ho proposed ndro nlteud and to stricty to business society minim for a wlmilo at feat. Mr. Bthe iavingcontractor with wlmom Ito is iterested iii the Omaha contracts , is very mnuclm pleased with Squires' , let only in securing cemtracta in tuts city , but also with hia compotemmcy tut an accouutamt , 't'hat Chancy Sgmres him struck a good timing theme is no doubt , and his many friemds will be glad to hear it. The result will be he will have many "plearnumt lsomw" to the near future , for tliero is nothing so pleaaantas prosperity. -l arbor , time asphalt paving mean , was heard to say , while in the city , the other day1 that Omalmn , Alien elme gels liar next year a work done , will 1)o one of time best paved cities iii time United States , and that her prospects are of time brightst. IIo has time greatest confidence in Onmaima , and believes that iii less than seven years oho will have over a hundred tliousaud people. Thin many public provmnents oven during time last few months astonished him upon his recent visit. Time fact is that Onmaha's pronperi ty is attracting general attention througlm- out Limo longtlm and breadth of time road. With her paved streets , her avatar works , lmor hotels , her opera house , her mammy new , beautiful , amid subatantial public buildimlga mid elegant private residemccs , aid all time modern conveniences of a metropolitan city , alma is bound to keep up time boon for years to commo. Time more sumo brown time faster she grows. Omalm has chain ed bo and reco nation since the time when time foilovimmB ' 'gcum" was written - ton concerning the city : IIast over 1)0011 to Omaha , 1Vhoro rolls Limo dark Isilsouri down , And four strong horses scarce can draw An empty wagon through time town ? 1V11ero sand i9 blown from every mound , To fill your eyes and oars and throat ; 1Vlmere all the stc users are nground , And all the shanties are afloat ? Where whisky-shops time livelong night Are vending out their poison juice ; Where man are often tcry tight , And women doomed a dills loose ? Where tavons have au anxious guetit Far every corner , such , and crack ; 1Vith half the people going West , And all time ethers going back ? Where theatres are nil the run , And bloody scalpers coma to trade ; Where every thing is overdone And every body underpaid ? If not , Lake heed to what I say ; You'll find it just as I have found it ; And if it lies upon your way , For God's sake , reader , go around UI , M "What is John B. Furay going to do , now that lie has resigned his posi- tier as postal inspector ? " was time question - tion asked by a politician limo other day. "Ho is going to work his farm and write a'book on his experiences asadetectivein the postofljco department , " was Limo reply made bya gentleman who seemed to know whathewastaikiuabout. "Time titleoflmis book , " contimrued he , 'will be 'Amnongthe Mails and Mail bagn. ' If John can write as fluently an lie can talk , lie will make a voluminous volume , and one that will ho interesting from beginning to end. IIo has caught ninny a slick thief in the most ingenious ways , and the history of some of his clover captures would mnko very entertaining reading matter. I understand - stand that lmo ] mac already made a contract - tract with an eastern publishing louse oil the subscription plan , for the publication - tion of his work , for the manuscript of which lie will receive a handsome sum. " --Everybody knows Bill Nya , the humorist , by reputation , at } east. bro spinal meningitis has been wrestling with lmim for rnamm months , and Bill has hind a tussle to keep out of a coffin. His illness compelled flint to saver his connection - nection whip Time Laramie Boomerang and to resign hie postmastership at that ( place , and mono to another locality in hones of once more regaining his hoalth. He is now at Hudson , Wisconsin. In a private letter to a newspaper friend in Omaha Imo says : ' I have decided that my duty is plait. It is to keep moderately atoly quiet for a year anyway. 1've good otters from St. Patti to l'ortlamd , amid from Samr Francisco to Now York , including - cluding Chicago and Detroit , but this year I'll write a few sketches per week at mimamty goad figures and got time balance of my North American spine into shape. Then I'll see what 1 can do for a steady thing , whether I'll lecture or go to hnorse- trnding. I ran comfortably fixed hero , within twenty minutos'ride of Sty Paul , with a dozem trains a day each way , two being Chicago trains , My health is greatly improved since I crossed time Missouri - souri , and last week I hoard with much joy that my candidate for time Imramiu postoflico hind bear appointed , though 00 out of a possible 100 at Laramie said when I Caine away tint it could not be dope. " -Tlmo collection at the 't'rinity cathedra } consecration services was a very Iihoral one , so Tnn BEE maim wan told , amid instead of applying it towards the finishing of time building , as is usual on suchm occasioms , it vine devoted to tlmo use of the Nebraska missionaries. 'rime rental of time pows in Trinity cathedral will anotint to time handsome sum of $7,600 per year , and they have all boor taken. Uudor time circumstances Trinity could well afibrd to give the missionaries a lift. It ; may wall be called time rich nmam's clmurclm , but at time eamo tiumo it will prove a great assfetaneo to the poor mom's church , tSTlme If , R M In elnking aimg0 ; , well at their statlon to Dlildon. , It is 12 or Iii feet in dlaam eter , and i5 rr 40 feet deep. 'i'hoy are for water , even I lmoagh they have to go down 200 feet , or more. c 3 w THF : GREAT bt4A4 R 3e ! : rc c mss Aheumallsm , I equal la , Sciatica , i.umba9a , aackatmo. : aiada ho , Tae ache , qua uTluti riis , laird * Yhur'rslrul.t a , Lit , d obis unu"i rAP.a Au ) arum ! . ' 44b7 ua ' 4a.1qd . , & : . , , , , y , , f le , attl „ 5Nn. , , . . lel il4. Ii itt uNln. . Iu ; cti 1m LEA S. { ouELMn r lllaart. r t'n. lrr , k t. STEELE JOHNSON CO , Wholesale Grocers ! AND JonneaaIN FLOUR , SALT + SUGARS1 CANNED GOOIS. NB ALL GROCERS' SUPPLIES A FULL LINE OF TIIE PEST BItANDS OF J Cigars and Manufactured Tobacco. AGENTS FOR DENWOOD NAILS AND LAFLIN & 'RAND POWDER CO ItICIIA1tDS & CLARKE , 1V. A , CIARia , Proprietors. Superintendent , Omaha ! ron WorIs U , P. ItL Ili WAY. - - - 17TH & 18TH STIEETS { i3z j-t } M * pi 1 H y ! MANUFACTURERS OF AN1) DEALERS IN Steam Engloes , Boilers WATER WHEELS , ROLLER MILLS , Mill Brain Machinery ! MILL FURNISHTNGS OF ALL KINDS , INCLUDING THE Celebrated 'Anchors ' Brand Dufour Bolting 1 1 STEADI PUMPS , STEAM , WATER AND GAS PIPE , BRASS GOODS AND PIPE FITTINGS , ARCHITECTURAL AND BRIDGE IRON. . - .y . 1t .f f s d . _ . .yr' f 1t .4' wf C : ® We are prepared to furnish plans and estimates , and will contract for the erection of Flouring Mills and Grain Elevators , or for clmangiug Flouring Mills , from Stone to the Roller sysh mil. T' Especial attention given to furnishing Power Plants for anypur- pose , amid estimates made for same. General machinery repairs attended to promptly. Address RICHARDS & . Omaha r ( deb MAX MEYER & CON. , IMPORTERS OF HAVANA CIGARS I AND JOBBERS OF DOMESTIC I 08 , u PROPRIETORS OF THE FOLLOWING CELEBRATED BRAN DS : Reina Victorian , Especiales , Roses in 7 Sizes from $0 to $120 per 1000. AND THE FOLLOWING LEADING FIVE CENT CIGARS : Combination , Grapes , Pro ess , Nebraska , Wyoming anti Brigands. WE DUPLICATE EASTERN PRICES SEND FOIL PAIGE LIST ANI ) SAMPLES , e Double and Single Acting Power and Nand PuMPS , STEAM PUMPS , 1 Engine Trimmhmgn , Miniud ? ? machinery , Boltin" hose , Brass and Iron Fittings Steen Packimi ; at wholesale amid roail , HALL bAY WINDMILLS , CIIUlXtj } AND SQUOOL BEW.S , Corner 10th Farnani fit , , On ; h Neb.