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THE DAILY BEE-OMAHA , WEDNESDAY , MARCH 12 , 1884. THE OMAHA BEE. OnmTm Ofllco , No. Old Fnrnnwt St. Council Bluffs onice.'iJfo. 7 Pearl "fltroot , Ncnr llrontlwny. Now York Ofncoiloom n. Tribune Pnbllihad every irornlntr , except BnniUy Th oot ) Monday raornlpR drtlly. Oni Te r . . , in.OO I ThrooKonlhi . .BOO KM ) Oia Mnnth. . . . t > 00 tiiau rosrrAiD. On Te r . J2.00 1 Thrre Monthi . f 10 Six Months. . 1.00 I Ono Month . W American Hem Company , Solo Aentf eralutheUnltodSUUi. A Coraraunbitloni rchtlnc to New * And Kdltorlil m ttcr thouM be atlilrcned to the Rotroa or Tni Dll tUSISIUI LKTTHM .Ml nmlncw tatters And llomlttanoffj ibnuU bo idrcssed toTusDH Pu tisiliiii CoMFAtir , Dnfta , Check ) ftnd Po tolDco orders to be nud abb to the order of the company. BEE PUBLISHING CO , , PROPS , B ROSEVTATStt , Udltor. ' A V , Kitch. Minaior Dally Circulation , P. 0. Dox 4 S3 Omaha , Neb. Tin : author of "Tho Broad Winners " takes the cnko. TJIE projont year will witness n great demand for dark A viniLANOi ; committee could find oc cupation for n , fo w daya in Omaha. A uxit.noAii ia already liaing built on paper to the Cwur d'Alono mining country. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Tiinur. are a great many fast maloa in Omaha , but the 0. , B. & Q. faot mail , to arrive this evening , will bo/it / then nil. r. llatly contrndictB Tom James. As between James and Spencer there can bo no question of veracity. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ TnK coming rise rominda us that the Missouri ia ono of the few transportation routes in this country that is not watered by Jay Gould. . JCBT wait until wo got that now vragon bridge across the Missouri. Wo shall then bo &blo to reduce the time between Omaha and Council tflufla twelve hours , by standard timo. ONE would suppose that the Cleveland Header was being published in Onmna , when it says : "Republicans , select your best men for candidates for the city coun cil and board of education. " SEVKUAL big jobs nro being put up to go through the present city council under whip and spur during its closing days. The bolt road and the viaduct will play an important part in the proceedings. How WOULD it do organize a "commit- too of invitation" to invite several goutlo- mon to take a trip for their health to come such place ns Hot Springs , where the climate is more congenial to them ? CinoAoo is a wicked city , but she is making efforts to got nearer heaven , and may some day redeem herself. Marshal Field , of that city , has taken out n per mit to erect an ulovon-atory building on La Sallo street , to cost 100,000 , Tin : Union Pacific owns the Council Bluid street railway ; it recently pur chased the Omaha street railway ; it is building the Anaconda bolt line ; it owns the city council ; nnd it only remains to bo aoon whether it will accept no a gift what remains of the two towns not nlroady owned by it. ALTHOUOH Tin : BEI : has not the con fidential oar of the tripartite pool wo beg leave to suggest that the only way tc offset the Burlington fast mail is to pul ' ou a chain lightning daylight limited ox prens , between Omaha nnd Chicago , will no ntops at ntationa between tormina points , with air-pumps BO that the pass cngcra can catch their breath. IT looks as if the IOWA legislature hat about exhausted the finances of the slnti as well as ita own brain force , and tin aonato has agreed to adjourn nine d ( on the 28th. Barring the prohibitioi | bill , which will eooncr or later have t < bo repealed , when it is found impractical this legislature will become chiolly mom * orablo for what it hai not done. Tin : Iowa sonata opened its Rossioi Monday morning with prayer by the Rev Do Witt Talrnaqo , of Now York. Thi Iowa law makers feel bettor now , afto being prayed by the great sonsationn divine They ought tkeep on Ui straight and narrow path for a week af least , otherwise wo shall lese our faith ii the cflicacy-of prayer. THE return of winter yesterday , w companied by a blizzard and a , snoi storm , after a few hours of spring-lik wcothor OQ Wednesday , was no doub caused by the exultation of the Lincoli Journal , which shouted , "Hail , gonll aprmgl It hai coiuo , and the blue bird will be on duck , and the little wren wil go twHtorinf ? about , " oto. The Journal1 ! spring poet was n little previous , and h i requested by a suffering community t be a little more cautious hereafter. WK liavo boon reminded lately that i M a long lane thai has no turn. A til hunt u being made by certain parties t turn out the present ofllcient superinten dent of publio schools , in order to mak a place for a gimuemau who it ambitiou to be his ueo * eor. Such a chwjgo wouli Mt our publio schools back five years a plwMt , and the only parties boncClted o gratified would be the would-be nuperln - toudsnt and a few diauruutlwl old uialdi in patiuHxtla and in paiiialoona , who ifom the ranks of Omaha schoo 'k * Jmrt a beneficial tlloofc upoi ,0 JlKAUAtf'S INTKn STATJi rOMMKllCK MLT Congressman Reagan's infcr-stato com- nicrca bill hns boon connidornbly madi- God owing to the adverse action of the committee on commerco. Mr. lloagan , however , 1ms faithfully stuck to his work nnd manfully fought for his original bill , only yielding inch by inch , to the com. mittoo. Ho has been forced to make certain concessions and modification ! , rather than have the bill entirely defeat ed. After n great deal of work ho has prepared his bill as modified , nnd ho has reported it to the house as a substitute for sundry Intcr-ntato commerce bills. Ilia bill now consists of nineteen sections. Ita first section provides that nil charges for transportation of properly by rail roads from ono state to another , or from any foreign country , shall bo reasonable. The second section makes it unlawful for persons so engaged to rccoivo from fthip- pore any greater or less rate of compen sation for carriage than is charged for like service to other persons. The third section makes it unlawful for such per sons to nllovf any rebate or drawback or advantage in nny form to ono shipper not allowed to all shippers. The fourth sec tion makon it unlawful for persons or railvrny companies to enter into combina tions to prevent the carriage of freights being continued between points of shipment nnd final destination tor the purpose ol avoiding the provisions of this net , also makoa pooling combi nations unlawful. The fifth sections ap plies the provisions of the act to transpor tation of all goods , whether carried by ono road from point of nhipmont to that of destination , or by several roads in combination. The sixth section makes railroads failing to act liable to the per son injured , or the actual damages and counsel foes , and the seventh adds n fine not exceeding 81,000 for each violation of the net. The eighth section providaa for the appointment of three commission ers , whoso terms shall bo six years each , and who ahall each bo paid § 7,500 per annum , their duty being to enforce the provisions of the act. They are to be provided with clerks , their traveling ex penses paid , they are to have an ollico in Washington , nnd may travel about the country to hoar complaints and examine into alleged violation * of the law. The closing section of the bill appropriates the sum of § 40,000 , or so much as maybe bo necessary thereof , to carry out the provisions of the act. The most objectionable feature of Mr. Itcagan'a bill ia to commission. Wo liavo no faith in any commission being successful unless clothed with political powers to enforce its dictum. The law will not cnforoo itself , and the commis sion will bo a more ornamental body. It is an ingenious schema to nullify the1 main object which Mr. Reagan had in the regulation of commerce. It loaves to the railroads to say what charges shall bo reasonable. It is very doubtful , how. over , whether this bill , even as it ia , nill pass , because there are still features in it which would bo obnoxious to any rail road monopoly , and therefore it will be antagonized at all points. Thia is espe cially true as to the provision prohibiting pooling. The fatal mistake of the framers - ors of the bill , if they design to make railroads competitive , is that they as sume that railroads do compote , whereas competition ia always impossible where , combinationa must bo made aa n measure of self-preservation. TJIEFAST MAIL. While the establishment of faat. mail service between Chicago nnd Omaha is a very commendable enterprise , it will by no moana mcot the wants of Chicago or ° Omaha. The train leaves Chicago nt 3 a. m. , and the Chicago papers admit that they can but. poorly servo \hoir ' patrona became it will bo found very diUloult to collect the news of the coun try , print the papers and have them de livered by mailing by that hour. The d ] bulk of the Chicago letter muil for the bo west is dropped in the postollico before 10 8p.m. , and the trains that leave over fc. < all the roads bottroon D and 10 o'clock fc.Q with this mail roach Omaha about the same time an the fast mail train. Between - twoon 8 p. m. and 3 n. m. , when the foot moil leaven Chicago , there ii no cairior distribution and the enl ) letters that would leave Chicago , uftoi the departure of the night trains , nn those that would bo aropped into tht Chicago pontofllco building. For Omahr the advantage will also bo found vorj slight , because only a few people wlu < have lock boxes in the postollico wil procure any of the night mail before tlu following morning. Whenever the Chicago cage papers make connoctious with tlu fast mail , wo shall have thorn at break fast instead of at 11 u. m , , and there th < w advantage will end. (0 Jt Tu effort to have Samuel J , Tildoi In uqminatod'for the presidency , ia doclnret lo by the Chicago Tribune to bo n move la inont to rob the grave-yard , This ex ill plains why so many proininenfc democrat ' are sookiuti second place on the ticket In the event of democratic 10 success , thi to second-place aspirants base their hope * for reaching the presidential cliair upoi the death ofTildon. Mr. Tildon , however it over , ia not yet nominated , and if uoini ill uated his election is no auro thing , and i to elected ho may postpone hia trip to thi grave-yard for four years. TUB democratic loaders in congress an locking horns and presenting a spoctacli that cannot bo very gratifying lo thoii party. One wing , uuder Rnodall , i making desperate resistance against tin iittompt at tariff reduction , and the othei faction , under the lead of Morrison , com prUing a majority of the democrats it the house , have planted thorneulves firm Jy In favor' of tlio proposed revision ol > import duties. Ono wing of the demo cracy is trying to force through the bill to extend the bonded whisky period , while the other wing retaliates for the opposition to the restoration of the old tariff on wool by opposing the bonded whisky bill. If this Kilkenny cat fight continues the republicans will have a walk-away next fall nnd the democracy might nn well disband , K TIIK The people of Omaha liavo boon aroused ns they never have boon before to the necessity of enforcing the regulations nnd restrictions in the liquor trafiio against all disorderly resorts , dons and low dives. When the present high license law wont into effect there was n disposition on the part of the city authorities from the mayor down to the city attorney to treat part of the law ns n dead letter. Those oflicors were inclined to disregard the plain letter of the low in several im portant particulars which constitute the beat feature for the protection of society against the worst evils of the liquor tralllc. They seemed to regard the income from the tralllo as the only object of the law , whereas its main object is nnd should bo to confine the trofllc within narrow limits among the class of dealers \vio keep orderly places and do not harbor thieves , thugs , pickpockets , nnd outlaws generally. The law makoa the granting of licoitBo an optional matter with the board. They are forbidden to grant license to parties ffho are known to have violated the law or failed to procure thirty resident free holders ns endorsers of their good stand ing. But the board is not compelled to grant licenses promiscuously eon when the proper petitions have boon filed. It is their duty to reject the application of any party who is known to the police na a keeper of a disorderly house. Mayor Boy d and City Attorney Mandcr- son started out wrong. Thoyimagincdthat it was a great benefit to the city to got license money from anybody and every body. They ruled that every applicant should have a liconno unless a remon strance was made and proofs furtished in a regular trial to convict the applicant of a violation of law. This placed the dons and dives on n perfect equality with doalora who keep the moot orderly nnd respectable places. It compelled the citizods who looked to the mayor or city marshal for protection to run the risk of violence and abuio from the koopon and patrons of just such places na the old St. Elmo , now the Theatre Comiquo. Another ruling made by City Attorney Mandorson , that the license could bo collected by the quarter , instead of-by the year in ad vance , naatrictly required by the law , also defeated to a great extonttho main object of the law , namely , to restrict the traffic. There may have boon some * excuses for these departures from the strict provisions of the law at the time it went into ollect , because the "Merchants' ant' Manufacturers'Association" was dispoaec to make nn organized resistance to hif-1. license in any form. In other words Mayor Boyd deemed it prudent to ntnki concessions rather than to have n bitter fight during that exciting period. Bu thoss concessions once introducec Imvo resulted in the worse kiiu of abuses. The law requires thane no license shall issue until the board has examined nnd approved the petition am the bond of the applicant. The board consists of the mayor , president of iho council , and city clerk. This board has practically boon consolidated into one man , and that man ia the city clerk. He nlono ia the great mogul who handles controls and adjudicates the whole license business. The board holds no sessions examines no petitions , ixnd passes upoi no bond. With the exception of the collection of the money , the whole thin ] is n farce nnd a fraud. The policy one the method pursued are contrary to law and the result is that the moj salutary features of the high license have boon nullified. The time has come however , for our people to insist upon m honest enforcement of the law , and righ hero lot us aay that the better class o saloon keepers are heartily in accord will this demand. Wo insist that the mayo and president of the council must par form their duty in the promiaea. The ; must pass upon every individual npplica tion nnd they must bo held rcsponsibl for nny failure to protect the citizens They know , if they want to know , tha certain applicants for liconao keep disorderly dorly houses and. are notoriously bat characters , and they have no right to say that they will inauo license to sucl characters unless n protest or remonstrance stranco is tiled by citizens'backed up bj testimony from witnesses. The law leaves the discretion with th board , and it dooa not contemplate th necessity of respectable citizens visiting and patronizing vile dons in order to su euro testimony. Another thing that th board ought to bo hold responsible for i the issuing of licenses to persona h ' are acting merely as substitute ! and tool for parties who have boon convicted o keeping disorderly places , and canno legally got a license in their own name n IT is quito evident that the Dative T' 'Irlbuno has boon annexed to ono of th iif great railroads which run into Colorado if Mr , Charles S. Gleod , who has bee trained in the Union Pacific and Atch son , Topeka it Santa Fo literary bureaus has been made the editor of the Tribun at a "princuly salary , " which only rai roads can pay. We congratulate Mr Oleod , but the people of Colorado hav no occasion to rejoice. . . . _ _ _ i ii TUG Mexican republic is by no mean so slow a country aa uomo people mighj . tuppoao. * Already the government man i. Jifosts its intention of regulating the rail f I roads , by demanding n reduction of tin nriff on the Mexico & Vera Cruz rniK oad under the terms of the concession jpulating that the tariff rutci must bo oduccd M soon ns the earnings permit wymout of 8 per cont. dividend on com mon stock. Here ia an example sot for ur own government , which has boone o slow in the matter of regulation of allro&ds , which it has created t.nd sub- dizod. THE board of education , having ob- aincd legal advice to the effect that tha holcsalo liquor doilers can bo compelled o pay licoino , has decided to tnko immo- iato steps for the collection of such li- enso in the future. There is no doubt int the licctmo law applies to wholesale oalora OH well as retailers. Tlio non- ollection of the license from the whole- ale rs up to the present time has lost to lie school fund many thousand dollars , a back liconao cannot be collected from licm , nccording to the legal opinion ob- aincd by the board of education. DAKOTA , Mlucohnln county fanners have organlrod I''armcra' ' club. Government land can bo had within twenty nllo.i nf Blimarck. ' Tower City gave SIB.OOOto secure the North ) .ikot.i Baptist college , , A pout of the G. A. U. will bo arganl/od nt ) eland thu 15th tnst. A cornet hand has been organized at Do- indj also one at Kmnkfort. Sioux Kails stock buyers ba\o paid out 100OjO for hugi ) tbis HoaBoii. Thera U a inltlc war in Yanklon , mid the irlcu is down to 1 cents n quart. Butte county takes SI 1,881 , as her portion f tha I.uwrcnco county Indebtedness. 'J'ho 1'runkfort and IJist Yulloy railroad Is lOgotlatlng for depot grounds ut Groton. Brown county had un assesed valuation In 883 of $2'JS5t)2U. ) In 1881 ! it was § 031,0. A Farmers' Alliance has boou orgunfced , ' 1th twenty ( .barter members , nt JoUnd ) , pink county. The saloon-keepers of Sully county nsK the ounty commissioner * to Incrcaso the sa'oon icouse from $200 to 5300. 1'uul 1'ago , of Davidson county , hax the moat stock farm lu Dakota. His buildings or his short honu cunt tWX)0. : ( ) Bismarck will build water work during tha lomlng summer. Tha alto is already selected ind orders fonvurdod for 8UO tons uf pipe. The young ladles of Huron have organized a leap year club , and adopted the following notto : "When you eco what you want ask for t. " The receipts from all sources at tlio Mitchell and ollico during I'obrtiary were 3-8,3-U , which Id considerable less than for previous oars. The Farm , Larimoro & Northern railroad eonis to bo an asaurod fact , The company IUH boon incorporated and the money sub- icribed. Immigrants are beginning to arrive atlo- and , Raymond and Clark , and It is reported , hat 150 cars have boon ordered at Monaon , 11. , for these points. A large three story flouring mill , with a capacity of 100 barrels per day , will be built ut I'laukinton , work on > the structure to com mence 011 the Ifith in.st. It ia reported the Omaha Smelting Works company baa olferod Sb.'p a toir for the ore of the Ulaua mine on Itapid creek , IS. II. The nine is H.iid to bo a wonderfully rich one. The material for the new 818,000 school imiso , to be erected at Lakota , Nelion county , 'i mostly ou the giuiind , and active work will 10 commenced on the building , early In April. MIsafngglo McLoney and Jliss Clio J'Conuell , ot Sioux 1'ullHero pleeping in a room over coal stove , connected by a stove [ ilpo. The gas esc iped and both young ladle * were rusphy.xiatod nearly to death. The Grand Forks chamber of commerce stniugly endorses the kchemo for the nutl ) . tlon of the Hod river and the protection of its bunk * . The total cost of tha required iui [ irovcnionta arc estimated at . ? 350COi ) . The Chicago , Alllwnukee & St. Paul Hall way rompauy in in receipt of ndvicex f how ing that the outlook for foreign immigration this year in more favorable than over before. A liigo proportion of thu immigrants will como from Canada and Great Britain , and the ma jority of thorn ViilluoUlo in Dakota. Harry Tuttle was taken from the hospital at Spoarlisb , early on the morning of tha 27th ult. , by six or eight masked men and hunt' to u limb of a tree. The veidict of the coroner's jury WOK that Tuttle died by strangulation at the hand * of mon lo the jury unknown. Tuttle wu4 ouo of the partloi wounded in the recent light of Deputy Marshal llaymond \ \ horse ; l cowboys. WlOlllNfl. The legislature has siuo died , Iiaramlo has boon incorporated. Hon. 1' . 12. AVnrren has boon ro-appoiutec treasurer of the territory. Chief Judtlco Scner a topped down and enl of tha tonltoiial bench lout wotk. Wjoiiilng now bos eight counties. Crook and I'tumout are yet unorganised. Willlaiu Henry Smith ministered ton mini' iHaeuneil by auicldo. Ho wan n resident ol 1'ass Creek. Hun , Luke Mnrrin , the spiritual direc'nr ol the lesNIattiro , hun been appointed poniUm- tiitry Lonmitaiiionor. The Murgurlta Gold Mining ami Milling company has increased It * uiiiitul stock frou $500,000 to $1,100,000. , Cattle men generally are fooling qiiltd oltttei over the outlook , anil ilo ir > t anticipate mud mow so\oio weather this spring. Canes , gauls and other gifts \ > cro < llstri > buted liberally among the olliccr of the loult- latura the Imt night of thti se slou. The members m usual were in high spirits. , Frank Wharton Is 1 ild un In Larumla will uohl foot and MIDV bllndnoM * . Ha gut lost 01 the plains anil wandered about four dayn am three nights , with a hlUiard for company. I ! . 0. Cumilmm , of Chuyunne , bet his bottom tom dollar on Hip at faro , ilia bank raked ii tha pot , and ha Joined the busts uf Pharoah ou the other uhoro. An empty revolver n-nl a bullet in hU brains made aa easy job for the coronet ' Jury , Wyoming Is credited , by the department o agriculture In the report for 18S3. with 1,633 milk cm\n , n per bead value of 933 , roprotont ing $149,689 ; oxoti and other cuttle ! to the number of R07 000lioad valuo.S25.15 ; amount- ' The killing of Ilngen and heeper In Sweet- water county turns out to have been n dollb orate and cold blooded murder. When Twin tlotou , the murderer , wna naked by the author Itloa to explain the thootlng , ho wrapped hU artillery urount ( him , mounted a horde ant kipped. The Choycnuo Democrullo Loader has a caultal stock of 810,000 paid up. The trus tees are Alexander 11. Iteol , Luke Voorhees John 1Coail , Nowtun N. Craig , 1'rancU A Kemp , John W. Snyder , Luke Murrln. 0 , 1'erry Oran , ; , Trod W. Schwartzo and 1'hllip Dater. WON TAN A. Thoinanoua of Hfloiia line paid $1,000 for ijround for a temple The latoat mineral dUce > ery Is a quicksilver mine near Llvingstoue , In Jimlinrnut Oulch. Tlie bu lno34 men of lientou and Helena have orfttiiUeil Ui connect both cities by roll An outlay of $ .18,001) ) | j pniji-uoil ou tha Alice biueUIng workii ut Aiiuoonda thlaiprliig T ho oier [ tor of the SUylluo nt-ktlon of the Northern IVcllio was throwu ovcr the Hue by a looomotlt H tha other day. Blherljjw county has omo 185.000 In Its tre ury , un amount nufUclant to rellova preo- ent wauu utul provide for future expan M. I 4 I1,1 , } " ? W'UT ' fell dowu a 120-foot shaft . na tll | llviw. One collar l ouo and gui urm , Iliowover , uero brokeu , but the iimn | ) rouil < e < j to rejume work ivithhi two mouth * . | The Utah nml Northern sunoyow lia\o eft Virginia City to ur\eytho route of the ironch reid to liozeman. The line will run mm Cama , A town on the main line nf the Ttah and Northern railway , in a northeast erly direction until the westerly boundftrloi of tha National I'ark. lien Hngun , thopugl IsllcosfinRellror.vtitca Dillon that ' 'I In the of rom , am imu t a grand campaign here. Opened up n double- shotted b.Utcry on King Alcohol and his cohorts on Saturday night , The ulnin nro mimorotli and the wounuVd nro writhing nn- lor the heavy blows. Many Imx o signed tlio ilcdgo nnd the end Is not jet. " COLORADO. Abbott U coming to Domcr to cimpon I'uttl's trail. Ixjadvlllo Is now Illuminated by forty-thrto lectric lights. Tlioro Is n good market for the Canon City oal oil at $1(1 ( per barrel , Tlio Deinor Ixiard of lrr.do was coalesced with the chamber of commerce. The runners' Alliance of Tort Colllni nro ifToring tempting inducements to millers to > ulld there. The copper ere recently found nt SaUiln U f an excellent quality , nnd oxhtn In gio&t . Denver proposes to refund her outstanding [ Alligation * to the amount of § 300,000 In ion vortiblo bonds , Tha inomborshf ; of tha Colorado Cattle J rowers' WHocIntlon has pasned the 100 ix > st , uid thu membornblp Lontinuoti to grim , 1'rank Vorter , who killed Oeorge Short In 1870 , on the plains north of Hugo , win tried n Albert county and honorably acquitted. Gmmlnon county is In debt nearly n half nllliou dollars , It In , however , ouo of the argost and wealthiest counties In Colorado. 1'ryor llrothors , of lluorfano county , luuo contructH ooNcring the ilolivuiy of l0liUO ! bead of thtoughcnttlo from Texas to Colorado for .ho . season uf 1881. ayer lloutt , of Dciner , has returned from t tour of inspection umoug hl8C\ten ho hoi ( Is raiiging on tl u Cache la 1'oiidro. Ho reports the cattle ns being in excellent condition. Lcndvillo minors Bay that their output for .ho coming SOBHOU will bo decidedly in excess of any farmer season , IXtonsivo preparations are being made for tlio utilization of oyeiy available claim. The snow wax noxor before known to bo BO loep in thu Uuunlsoii countiy aa it is now. In .bo timber above Ir win It i from t\veho to ourteon feet. At Crested JJutto two ami a utlf feet of snow ban fallen within the past ; wo days , The Denver Tribune passed into the hands : > f the New York syndicate , March 1st. Of iho change the editor pays : "Tho Tribune \U11 ! )0 conducted on business principles and ns a jroad , untramclcil republican newspaper. It bovond factions and beyond personal ambi tions. " James 11. Milbnrn , the surveyor , walked nto . -uncovered shaft on the Ypsllunti inino , Jojd\illo , SICO foot deep , on the 27th. L'horo was thirty feet of water iu the bottom. The mouth of the shaft was concealed by deep now Ho is the sec mdictlin who has per- 'shod in blind shafts this < vintor. ( . AI.1FOII.MA. The damage to the railro&d cmnpany in San DIego by the late rains will roach $250,000. The anti-monopoly democrats nro organiz- ng in Thurmau or Butler clubs throughout the state. Pi\o thousand dollars v-oro raised for the Ohio flood anlfercrs in u\e minutes in San Francisco. Shad was introduced into California waters seven jcara ago , and now they are so plentiful that they are a drug on the market. There are seven banks in process of liquida tion In the state ; their liabilities nro $1,13U , 382 50 , and their assotn. moat of which are se unites , $ y9 , 'J03. J2 , The tax commissioners of the state estimate the \nluo of manufactured nrtic'.on in Cili- fornia for the year ending December 31 , 18b3 , atSl'28,000,000 , produced by 17,000 employes , who receive wngon amounting to ? 2.ri,000UOO ) an aorago of ? 532. UTAH. The Snmn on mine fchlps ? 0,000 woith of ozo per mouth. General M cCook has naked for an appro priation from the war department , for tha construction ot eight now brick buildinga for the U6o cf tha field and htjff olllcers at Port Douglas. A bill is bof ere the Utah legislature \\hich re quires that "any ponton who shall soil any proprietary or ether medicine , except ou the prescription of nphysic Hn , without first put ting on the bottle or package containing the medicine n. formula of the contenta of the bottle tlo or package , in plain I ngllxh language , shall bo guilty of a misdemeanor. " For the two months of the present year the receipts of bullion , ( excluding ore ) nt gall 1 iukohu\ibeen ) n follows : Jnnuary SI 1228.71 ! February $3GIGOC 47. During the week ood- , , \Ji If 1C i * WW-JWf Ui UUblJj ( > AwUi'Bitr MM * * w week before the roeolp.u were ? 10iiSSS.05 in bullion , nad § 0,000 in ore. J < EW MEXICO. The mercury in the southern pait of the territory regUtored OS degrees In the shadi last week. An oxlont-ivo salt deposit is reported t. have boon dlsmvered 011 Diamond crock , no fur from the Uluck range. The legialatmo ! * utill dUidod mil both rumps are hurling thundering big lies nt eat ! other. Nobody hurt ttui8 fji. The bureau of immigration of jXovr Mexico In doing pee I work. They Imvo sent li.535 , 000 p.iptrs of literature , descriptive of tin country. The ninoutt of annual taxes of Santa Va county wore 8U,18i ) for last year. The tola debt of the c'mnty up tj 1'obnmry 15 , 18b wiw 810,031.39. Now anil rich dNcoverlen of gold anil cop nor nro reported from Hall 0.411011 , 18 miles from AlLurniorque , and n rush to the Sand ! IF is HUnly toba thnoutyomaof thcsodlscovmles The SimdUi are known to Imvo bean workoi hundreds of yearn ugo by the nultveg , semi iild-tinio shifU with the ruilo , notchct log ladders being still in existence Many mining clalnm ha\o boon loot cl in this range by ( buqucrque citizens , but the load it which thin rich find in reported in the onli ono on which much work has yet been douc. AH13 YOU GOING TO EUHOl'E ? In another column will tie found the an ouncomout of Mftasrs.THOS. COOK&SON ourl t Agents , ' . ' 01 Broadway , Now York relative to the very complete arrangements they Imvo umdo for tours In JMirop * ths coming Spring und Summer. "Cook's Uxcur alonlat , " containing maw ] and full particular * will be mailed to any address on receipt of II cents. PropoaulH for SulislBtuiiuo Ilr.uiQUAnitiw DKI-ARTXKIT or TIIK TIAUE , ) Orncis CIIIEC L'oitnn IKV OK SU'UHHTHNCK , V Om h , Keb , February 16th. 1831. ) Seilod pr IKunls In duplicate nurkfd "Proposal for SuUlstcncu Storci , " and a'lilriwcd to the under ( Igneil , will bo ruccl til. tu j ct tutlio usual con il tlon * at thlt ollloo untl' 121. cl k i nou , Murb ' 0 1881 , aUUilch tin e and iiloco thoj wJl koopvi edli thtprcivnctcf MJJo i tor furnlthliiK mil dollxery at the flu' ' oUtcnce fit rihauto or inch other ph.o li the rltv of Omaha u may bo ile igust l. I8011irrcl 1'nrk , lUlit IBCM. Itlank | roiwi < al81nj Infornatloo u to tbe niaiine if biJdlniru ia Urnuol iiaTiucnt will be fun Ulie onaipllpa | j tithUotllco. Tlio ilht U rcnone to r jooi nay or all LUli. JOHN P. HAWKINS , mt l-3t Majur and O 8 fORPOSALS FOR VRESH BEEP. I'LATTC. ) Oflioo Chluf CoramUnary 1 1 Sub UUucr. ] Ouuii , Nm , , Kitruu ) 20. ifSl , ) T\1IR Acting ( ) ommiiwar > o ( HubiUtuntxi at carli o tbifolluwlne l'c t , til'urU UrliUtr , I ouj la i , I aramlo , Mi Utuuey. Nlutirara , Ouiihi. lloblu ou , I ) A. Uu ol ) , hlJuey , KroJ SUtlo , U'adialilt rhtmt-o p p > t und Omol.a Uo ot will itcoh > < ) ltH ] prouowU until It M.tloSUt da ) of Apill ( jgl , l wlihlillniu tlioy will oojicncd In tliu | iroi. enou ol liiddcr * Icr the fumlt li g ai d dalvcry o KrfBh Ucof In m l .o Mock , for | MU < > , anil chultx ) cut fur talc * to oltl.erp , lliut may be rcquliol liy the suh- 1st no ) Jeur | < mo.t. U. 8. Army , at lii Ir rupectlri ix ts durmf the 11 ml j ear o uimcno HIT Julj l , L&ll II auk Iir0 | > o a'a and In.tructlon * to llddtu j < ltin , ' ltiOMii ( tl < Jii an to conditions u > oU-cnixl | > y liulucra tornn of ciuitm t uil iaincut , will lolurnl hud on atiiillcatlan to thU oillro or to the CouimUtaritt a tlio uojtj niuiixl. rrojvaa's ' \vlll uot bo ooinMcrc unlti i K-comiunlod b\ the "luotiurtlona to blddiro" ft oie referred to. Ilio right It rtvrarvtxl to reject any or nl lid * , JOHN P. UAWKINS. mar mo9t clt Chid U. & ttl' " STEELE , JOHNSON& CO. , Grocers ! H , U. LOCK WOOD ( formerly of Lockwood & Drnpor ) Chicnep , ngcr of the Ten , Cigar nud Tobacco Departments. A full line o all grades of nbovo : also pipes and smokers1 articles carried in stock. Prices and samples furnished on application. Open orders intrusted to us shall receive our careful attention Satisfaction Guaranteed. AGENTS FOR BENWOOD NAILS AND LAFLIN & RAND POWDER CO _ _ . . _ _ -.J . - - _ . _ . i - - i . - . _ _ jr _ T J m . * i * m , . YJJ mmff | l | t f TT jT BBHBM THE BESTTHREAD FOR SEWING MACHINES tWilliinnutic Spool Cotton is entirely the product of Home Industry , and fapionnunceduy experts to be the best sewing machine thread in the world. . FULL ASSORTMENT CONSTANTLY ON HAND , fand for s .ta by HENLEY , HAYNES & VAN AUSDBL , m&o Omaha , Neb. > * 5 TUB OLDEST WHOLESALE & RETAIL JEWELRY HOUSE IN OMAHA. Visitors xm hero find nil the novelties In SILVERWARE , CLOCKS , KICK AK0 STYLISH JEWXLBY , The Latest , Most Artistic , and Choicest Selections in fcftoxxos AST ) ALL DESCKIPXIONS of WATCHES. AT AS 10W MUCKS As ia compatible with honorable dealers. Call and 300 our e ogan. now B ore , Tower Building , CORNER 11TH AND FARNAM STS MAX MEYER& BRO. , A largo stock arwave ou hand. NINE LEADERS IMPORTANT TO BUYERS OF Out of the many hundred manufac turers of this line of goods , wo lay claim to representing the loading makcro , and can snow a inoro complete- and larger line of Pianos nnd Organs than can bo found in ano ONE House in the west. Oui NINE LEADERS arc the following well- known and celebrated instruments. STBINWAY PIANOS , OHIOKERING PIANOS , KNABE PIANOS , VOSE PIANOS , PEASE PIANOS , ARION PIANOS SOHONINGEROYMBELLA ORGANS , OLOUGH & WARREN ORGANS , STERLING IMPERIAL ORGAN \lowant everybody desiring a Vlano or Organ to cell or write to us for information mation and GET POSTED. Wo can sell yo the best instrument made for the least money , if you will give us a tria and want to buy. All wo ask is to show you , as wo know we can satisfy everybody romour Nine Leaders , which ore racog- izod by those posted , ns the beat made. end tor catalogue and price list' TUB OLDEST WHOLESALE & RETAIL TuAX MEYER & BEO. , Cor.Hlh and Farnam ? Omaha Neb. JOBBER OF E ASTERJi PRICED DUPLICATED 1118 FARNAM STREET , . . OMAHA NEB. Double and Single Acting Power and Hand Engine Trimmings. Mining Machinery , } Bolting , Hoao , Brass and Iron Fittlngo' Steam Packing at wholesale and retail. HALLADAY WIND-MILLS , CHURCH AND SCHOOL BELL& . Corner 10th Farnam St. , Omaha Neb. . AND DEALER IN til OMAHA , NEBRASKA. J. A. WAKEFIELD , WHOLESALE AND RETAHi DKALKIl IN J k/llJLU AUMjj JL 4.UJJ.UIIJJ SASH , DOORS/BLINDS / , MOULDINGS , LIME , CEMENT , PLASTER , &G- STATE AGENT FOR MILWAUKEE CEMENT COMPANY. Union Pacific Depot , Dr. CONN AUGHTON 103 BRADY ST. , DAVENPORT , IOWA , U. S. A. Established 1878 Catarrh" , Deafness , Lung and Nervous Diseases Speedily and Permanently Cured. Patient * Cured nt Home. Write for "Tins MEDICAL-MISSIONARY , " for the People , Free. Hmmltation and Correspondence Gratia. P. O. Box 292. Telephone No. 220 HON. ED WARD RUSSELL , Postmaster , Davenport , says : "Physician of tvoa my ana Marked Success. " CONGRESSMAN MURPHY , Davenport , An Honorable Man. l ino Success. Wonderful Cures. " Hour * . 8 B [ SPECIAL NOTICE TO Growers of Live Stock and Others. WE CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO Cake H If the rrt Kutl die * , * * * I'xxl lor itoc * 'I ny k5ui % "ne [ > ound li eq\ul to thre nouodi ol com tock ted mth OrouiiJ Oil 0ko Ij Hie Fall us Aiaier , in ui a ot riunloi ; do u , will Incrcaao la welirht Mitl b m good nurl-ctabla edition la tuo taring. Dalrycwu , t > oil M othcre , wno UM it onn t tlli to lUCttrtto. Xrjfll a4 JuJwrJjryounolui. Pilce US w net * M uu ch rK lor ucLi. Addreoi Vfl ; . . , 1Jttt L. jb | Jx