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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 15, 1874)
.1 t THE OMAHA BBE OFFICIAL PAPER OF lilE CITY. TO COItUESPOSDEXTS. We o sot desiro any contributions xrhiterer oi a literary or poetical iharacter; cud we will not undertake to preserve, or to return he urns, in any cue winterer. Oar EiaB U mfficlcntly large to more than supply onr limited space In that direction. Erax Name op Wettee, In fall, must in each and erery case accompany any communica tion of what nature soever. This is not in tended for publication, hut for our own satis faction and as proof of cool faith. Ock Cocstst FZIESD3 we will always be pleased to hear from, on all matters connected with crops, country politics, and on any sub ject whateTer of general interest to the poo pie of our Stale. Any information connect ed with the election, and relalln; to Coods, ' accidents, etc, will be gladly received. All I fcrirf u coniLlfc; and Cnr nmt. In all case.. 1 be written up' c one fide of the heet only, rounuu AM. Asrsot xczmestsoI candidates for oSre whether made by tell or friends, and whether as not 'tcsor con.uunlcations to Je Editor, are (until nominations arc made) simply personal, and will be charged as ad rertUemccts All communications should be sddressod to . E03EWATEE, Editor and rablisher, Draw- r 271. AOTICK. On and after October twtnty-Srst, 1S72, the city circulation of the Daily Bee is assumed by Sir. Edwin Daris, to whoso order all sub scriptions not paid at the of Dec will be payable, and by whom all receipts for subscriptions will countersigned. E. ltOSEWATEB. Publisher Can they agree? Arc the interests of mechanics and laborers Identical with those of the farmers and agri culturists ? The Bee has long since expressed its doubts on this score, and now the practical evidence of the soundness of our conclusions comes to us from Illinois. About three weeks ago a conven tion of farmers and workingmen was held at Springfield, to put up a platform and nominate a ticket. The alliance madcat Springfield has "however been of short duration. Tue workingmen of Illinois have publicly severed their connection with tho movement. The Chicago Tribune of the 13th explains the situation by stating that "the work ingmen care very much more about what they believe to be their rights than about any little matter of gratitude. They complain that no concessions were made to them In the Springfield Convention, and that nothing more is wanted of them than steady and industrious voting." WHAT WOULD THEY D01 Is there a business man in or out of tho city council that when he lalanees his books at the end of the year and finds that he has not made any money, or perhaps lost sonic, wouIq increase his expenses. Tax payer in Omaha Herald. That would depend entirely on circumstances. If i wide-awake and enterprising merchant should, nt the end of the year, discover that his income had fallen off for the want of a proper effort to extend his business, he might very judic iously increase his expense with a view of making up the lost foot hold. Let us illustrate: Mippoe that Omaha had two dry goods mer chants, one of whom, "old fogy," was timil and parsimonious, and the other, "wide awake," an ener getic and shrewd business man. Suppose, furthermore, that both had Invested the fca.'uc capital and both pursued an economical and conservative policy during the first year by rentinj cheap stores, hir ing cheap clerks, and keeping their advertising bills very low. 2sow suppose that at the end of the year both of these merchants should discover :i balance on the wrong side of the ledger, what would they do? "Old Fogy," the timid, would naturally pursue the policy intimated by the Herald tax payer. He would decrease his ex penses bj' moving to a cheaper store, discharging one or two clerks and cancelling his advertisement". "Wide Awake on the other hand would follow his energetic impulse and increaM his expenses with a view of extending his patronage. He would either removcto a better and more expensive location or he would put in plate glass thow win dows, sky-lights, and otherwise embellish and improve hii "store to render i t more attractive. He would Also double or thrible his adver vertisements In the newspapers, and distribute posters and show cards, exert his ingenuity in every direc tion that would promise more cus tom. Now which of these merchants would at the end of the second year come out ahead? Does anybody doubt- that Old Fogy would come out with even a greater balance against him on the ledger, while Wide Awake, with increased ex penses would have built up u profit able trade with a handsome balance on the right side. If the taxpayer who advocates the do-nothing policy would for a moment reflect he will discover the analogy between that policy and the course pursued by Old Fogy, the supposed timid and parsimoni ous dry goods merchant. It seems to us that Omaha has pursued that policy long enough. Our rickety eidewalks, rotten bridges, and break-neck cross-walks are disgust ing and driving away people who come here to invest. Our drainless, muddy and unsightly thorough fares arc striking evidences of thrift lessuesa and a general want of con fidence in Omaha's destiny as a city. According to Taxpayer the assessed valuation of Omaha proper ty is $6,740,210, or about $3,000,000 below the valuation of 1ST0. Since then over $1,500,000 in private and public buildings and permauent improvements luivc been added to our property list. This would indicate a shrinkage of four millions and a half within the past three" years. This shrinkage proceeds directly from the want of confidence in con sequence of the do-nothing policy pursued by our city government. : Had Omaha inaugurated a liberal system of permanent public im provements in ISTher property valuation to-day would be twelve millions instead of six and a half millions. If, on the other hand, the do- nothing policy shall be continued, Omaha may as well prepare for further shrinkage in real estate val ues, and consequently for evpn a higher rate of taxation than she is now paying. Right here we may as well men tion that tax payer's figures are not very reliable. For instance he says: Tiie proposed improvements al ready vcted by the council "Will amount to about $11,000. Add this to $14,000 shoit for runninc expen- 1 tcs, and you have a debt of $25,000 ' to lap over on the levy of 1875. This calculation is based upon the aSSUPttOn that the whole $11,000 comes out of the city treasury; whereas half of that sum will be paid by the property owners on the streets where the improvements are made. The Bee concedes that the policy of drawing money out of the geueral fund for public improve ments is Injudicious. The money for such enterprises should be raised bv long time and low inteiest bonds, and we believe the people will cheerfully vote them when they are made acquainted with the objects in view. The spirit of the slaveholders' rebellion seems still to be rampant in some portions of the south. "An attempt was made on the 4th of July to pull down the United States' flag at a celebration of a grange at Limestone, East Tennessee. Those making the attempt were ex-Confederates, as might be supposed. The Jlcrald and Tribune, of Jones borough, gives a lengthy account of the affair, in which it states that 'there was a time in the history of Fast Tennessee when to display the American flag, or even to have it in possession, was considered by a cer tain class fraught with danger to the guilty persons. But that time passed, and the old flag was exhumed from its many hiding-places and thrown to the breeze, and from the Carolinas to the western extremities of the na tion the national emblem floated free, and all parties acknowledged its supremacy. It was hoped that the spirit of treason and rebellion was forever dead, and that the monster Secession would never again riise its buried head and dis close Its hideous features to the popular gaze." Award of tho Indian Supply Contracts. The Secretary of the Interior, Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Board of Indian Commission ers, acting cojointly, have made the following awards for the contracts for "Western supplies, during the fis cal year to June 30, 1875 : Contract for bacon for the Sioux nation, to bo delivered at Sioux City, is awarded to J. E. Booge, of that city, at ten and a half cents per pound. T. L. Mirriam, of St. Paul, is awarded the contract for pork for the Sioux nation, a, nineteen dollars and a quarter per barrel, also deliverable at Sioux City. Armoi, Clarking ton & Co., Chicago, secures the con tract for bacon for the Kiowas and Wichitas, deliverable at Kansas City, at 17 cents per pound. The beef cattle contracts are awarded as follows, prices being per hundred pounds gross: for Fort Peck Agency, C. A. Broadwater, at.$2,25; for the wild tribes in Idaho Territo ry, J. 31. Dougherty, at $1,64 the lowest figures ever reached; for Ft. Hall Agency, Idaho Territory, Da vid McCranor, at $2,20; for the Crow Agency, "Wilson & Bich of Montana, at $1,94 the lowest ever clTered for this agency; for the San tee and Poncas Agencies, P A Lar Kev of Montana, at $2,68. The contract for supplying 22,500, 000 pounds of beef for the Sioux of Dakota is awarded to J. R. Forman of Nebraska, at $2,30 per cwt. The contract price last year was $2,73. "The following awards were made for supplying flour for Fort Peck Agency; C A Broadwater, of Mon tana, at $3 45 per cwt ; for Sioux Nation, deliverable at Sioux City, to J L Merriam, at $2 73 per cwt. For the Sioux at the Red Cloud Agency, deliverable at Cheyenne, to T S "Martin, of Colorado, at $2 50 per cwt., the lowest figure ever ob tained at this agency ; for the -wild tribes of the Indian Territory, de liverable at Kansas City, to J "W Slaveno, of Kansas, ac $2 30 ; for Fort Hall Agency, to David Mc Granor, of Montana, at $4 80. Mc Cranor al-io secures the contract for flour for the Blackfeet Agency at $5 50 per cwt. Owing to the rav ages of grasshoppers in this vicinity, the supply of flour for the Blackfeet has to be imported from a distance at the above high price. The quan tity, however, Is only 225,000 lbs. The contract for supplying wheat for the Yankton Agency at 95 cents per bushel, and for thcSantee Agen cy, at Sj cent", are awarded to X W Weili of Nebraska. Corn for Fort Peck Agency is to be supplied by C A Brodwater at $2.45 per cwt. The corn contract for Bed Cloud Agency, delivered at Omaha, is awarded to J T Granger, at 59 cents per bushel, and corn for the Sioux, on the Missouri river, deliverable at Sioux City, to be fur nished byT L Merriam.at 78 cents per bu hel. A 3Tev7 Telegraph Company Con templated. The New York Post says : For some time past it has been known that an effort was making to establish a new telegraph company, and it is now reported that the ne gotiations to this end have been nearly completed. Ave have been uuabfe to obtain full particulars in regard to the scheme, but hear that three of the railroad companies running the principal trunk roads from tiie Atlantic seaboard to the West (exclusive of the New Ytrk Central propose to build telegraph lines over their roads, and such roads as they control, for a new telegraph company, which will take these lines on a 999 year lease. The railroad companies, in consideration cr having free use of the telegraph lines, are to keep them in re pair. The instrument used is to be that of the Automatic Compa ny, aud it is .claimed that the new company will be able to reduce the cost of conveying messages by tele graph from one-quarter to one-half the present rates. .Mr. Peter H. Watson, of the Erie Railway, has been mentioned as "president of the new company, and it is said that this isHhe secret for his reeent re fusal to accept another election as president of the Erie. We have been unable to learn whether there is any connection between this pro ject and the new Atlantic cable which the Faraday is now laying. SEWARD. Seven Tears Ago Marvellous Growth, of a Fiogresaive Town. Railway Traffic, Commerce, Ho tels, Churches, Schools, &c Special Correspondence of Tn Eee-1 Seward, July 13. Editob Bee : When visiting this place seven years ago next January, on the town site was to be found only one log house, occupied and owned by Lewis Moffet, and near all the land around was owned by the Govern ment; the location was so far from Omaha, Plattsmouth an J Nebraska City, it was considered of little value, and scarce worth homestead ing on account of its being so far from market, mills and other nec essary conveniences, and the prin cipal trading points were Nebraska City and Plattsmouth, Omaha be ing on the north side of the Platte river, wes necessarily cut off on account of the inconvenience in crossing that ill-famed stream. But as immigration came in, Seward county became more noted, and the town was laid out in 1868, by Mr. Moffet, which improved slowly until 1871, and as the county demanded a good town, it was fast populated; all the land was taken up, a good portion of which was se lected by the B. & M. R. R. in Ne braska. April 1st, 1873, the Mid land Pacific Railroad was complet ed, and the town began to thrive aud manv business men came In from different locations, and launch ed their commercial barks, many of whom were engaged in business in the river towns. Now they are among the leading business men of the young and thriving city, which is well represented in the several different lijes of business, with good assorted stocks of merchan dise. The business part of town Is lo cated on a high level elevation, which is slightly undulating in every direction, making the loca tion one of tne most sightly in the county, which can be seen for many miles around, and from which the beautiful rolling prairies, wjth well improved farms, which will attract the oye of admiration and lovers of scenery, where the fields are covered with golden grain, which can be seen waving in the distance, now represents wealth, progress and prosperity. When first here it required five days to make a trip to the principle trading point and return with a team, now only one day is required to bring hundreds of tons, in per fect safety, with much less expense, by rail. As it will loubtless be of Interest lo your readers to know the amount of business done by rail, I give the following statement, which is taken from the books of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, and given mo by the kindness of Mr. H. A. Thomas, their agent, since April 1st, 1873: There has been received at this place, 520 cars of merchandise, 618 cars of lumber, 153 cars of coal, 56 of household goods, 65 of imple ments, 100 of brick, stone and lime, and 50 of miscellaneous freight, making a total of 1,562 cars of .freight to date. Amount shipped "from this place, 1,043 cars of wheat and other grain, and 272 cars of stock, hogs, merchanisc, and other miscelloneous freight, making a total of 1,315. Seward will have several good buildings erected this year. There are two brick builaings in course of erection, which will be completed coon one for a bank and one for business houses or merchandise. The town has Ave lumber yards, more than is usually found in a town of this size, but as they supply a vast amount of territory, which t they will doubtless have a good traae. The Mohawk yard, formerly of Nebraska City, was moved here some time since and have been do ing a good business. Mess. P. J. Grank & Co., of Lincoln, also have a yard here, under the manage ment of Mr. Burns, who has been in their employment for some time with marked success. Messrs. Gard ner & Butterfield, formerly of Crete, Aeb., opened a yard in June, who have now on hand the largest stock of lumber in the city. They have re ceived about 800,000 feet of lum ber. Their cash sales for the last twenty days have been about four thousand dollars, notwithstanding the dull season for sales and the competition of old established yards. They buy their lumber from the manufacturers, and doubtless h as good rates of freight as any lum ber dealer in tho west. Mr. Gard ner is interested in the pineries, and Mr. Butterfield attends to the sales. They are wide awake business men, and are selling on short margin for cash, aud by such have won a wide known reputation in the west. Seward has at present only two church buildings, the Baptist and Prosbj-terian ; but the Methodist will build a brick church this sum mer. The town is well represented with schools, and they are miking arrangements to build a large school house this fall. The town has two hotels, the Blue Valley and Tuttle House, besides several boarding houses. Messrs. Little, Brock & Co. ore building a large elevator, which will be completed in time for the approaching harvest It has all the conveniences necessary for a first class elevator, with scales to weigh the grain when received, and one of Fairbanks scales, with hopper, which has a capacittyof 5,000 bush els, or 30,000 pounds. It will only require a few moments to load a car, which can be done easily from the hopper where the grain is weighed. The elevator has a capacity of 50,000 bushels. Tho wheat crop this season will far exceed that of any previous year, but the yield will only be about two thirds of a crop in the centre and eastern parts of the, country. The shipments of grain from this place will be immense this year, as Sew ard is the only station convenient for many miles North and West, as well as South. The town has two livery and feed stables. Mr. E. Atwater, one of the oldest citizens of the county, has a good stable and is one of the most accommodating business men of his business, who takes pleasure in attending to the wants of his pat rons. Edward Mclntyre, one of the oldest employes of the B. & M. R. R. in Nebraska, in the land depart ment, is selling land rapidly ; he is early ana' late and always busy in the interest of the companv. Seward contains about 1,000 in habitants, with a rapid growth, and is destined to make a good sized cityat no .distant day. There- are two newspapers published, the Re porter and Atlas, which have a good circulation. Asp. H0SEY FOB THE LADIES. Chandaliera wltli.candle3 in them are thejait pretty thing for earings. Chewing-gum is so cheap at Wa terbury, Conn., that a female semi- nary is to be established there. A wbman at Lowell, Mass., who weighs 391 pounds, is ruining the hack business in that place. ' Tic-lit lacinc is acroin comintr Into fashion ; this Is good news for short armed lovers. The recent arrival In Berlin of a party of thirty young lady tourists from America, writes a correspond ent, created a profound flutter. We note that those tortoise shell and gold butterflies are worn again in "the hair, and appropriately at this time of the year. Mrs. Sarah Kidder, of Li vermore, Me., will be 103 years old next Oc tober, and is probably the oldest per son in the State. A Delaware dame, during twenty four j'ears of matrimony, has pre sented to her happy husband twenty three little olive branches. Accidentally, a Mrs. Smith ap peared on the streets yesterday with her bonnet on wrong side before, and yet she was not arrested. How long are these outrages to tolerated ? An article on female apparel, built upon the model of Dr. Mary Walker's pants, for mountain climbing, is on exhibition in a Broadway modiite's window. The first exemplar of female physic in Holland, is a Miss Jacobs, of Sappemeer, who has recently taken her medical degree at Rotter dam. Some of the ladies of Cape May are wearing dresses made from the tilk washed ashore from the French ship Independence, which was wrecked on that coast half a cen tury ago. The most fashionable style of shirts in Nevada w made of colored muslin, having a boson) decorated with prints of a full eucherdeck. The shirt is especially popular with bachelors who "go it alone" In the game of life. There seems to bo some change in the style of wearing the hair. The back braid is not worn so low in the neck, and on top of the head u number of linger puffs are arranged in a most peculiar man ner. Pearls are very fashionable this season. The ear rings are a series of bars or balls joined by gold chains, and with these come a star to be worn in the hair. BreastpLis and brooches appear to be entirely out of fashion. An old lady writes to say that she is warmly in favor of women doc tors for women ; that a sick woman will tell one of her own sex more about her feelings in five minutes than she would a male doctor in an hour. A young fellow in a Western town was fined $10 for Musing a girl against her will, and the fol lowing day the damsel sent him the amount of the fine, with a note saying that the next time he kissed her he must be less rough about it, and be careful to do it when her father was not about. The Empress Eugenie is an ar tist in ecclesiastical needlework and embroidery. During the last year she has worked with her own hands mere than one set of "vestments" for the little chapel, and also a stool uul cushion for the priest, The Empress would riot allow a single stitch to be put in by any other hand than her own. A strong-minded woman in De troit made the following gentle re ply to a policeman who had called at her house to get her husband to go to the polls and vote : "No, sir; lie can't go ; he's woslihig now, and he's going to iron to-morrow, and if he wasn't doing anything at all ho couldn't go. I run this hero house, I do, and if any one votes, it'll be this same woman." A Brooklyn writer on street car courtesies holds this opinion : "To vacate your place for every young tiling who enters, who has been on a visit, or shopping, and who will doubtless dance a half dozen sets after she gets home, Is npt gallantry, but the air of a fop or downright fool, and will never be performed by a sensible man who has done a hard day's work. Thoy Indulge in "Society Gos sip" out in Kansas. A Dallas re porter is guilty of this: "Miss X wore a red bombazine dress, rr.ched with point alpaca, and an overskirt of rose gingham, with a border of parsley blossoms. Her tournure was particularly noticea ble, from the fact that her hair was so deliriously scrambled in front. She also wore No. 9 lilac double butiouod gloves, No. 6 store-shoes, slashed at the heels, and Pompa dour bocks." Cashmere shawls are shown in fulness of variety and in qualities hardly approacued before. Prices are wonderfullj' low for these costly things, but there are numbers of them ranging from $4,000 to $5,000. Very desirable shawls, either In antique or the modern designs, are had foi $500. Below this nothing is covetablo except a few excep tionally handsome stella shawls, with blue, white, black, or scarlet centors and fine border for $150 to $250. Camels hair shawls as low as $25 are shown, but they are coarse, not delightful In color, and arc only favored as carriage rugs. This is the somewhat spicy style in which Mrs Smith advertises her husband: "Lost, strayed or stolen ! An in dividual whom I, in an urgent mo ment of loneliness, was thoughtless enough to adopt as my husband. He is a gord looking and feeble in dividual, not knowing enoughjhow ever, to come in when it rains, un less some good looking girl offers him the shelter of her umbrella. Answers to the name of Jim. Was last seen in company with Julia Harris, walking with his arm around her waist, up the plank road, looking more like a fool, if possible, than ever. Anybody who will catch the poor fellow and bring him carefully Taack, so that I can chastise him for running away, will be In vited to stay to tea by Kate E. Smith." The comet Is very popular among young lovers, and they never tire of tiie heavenly hunt, but endure with astonishing resignation the constantly lecurring collisions con sequent upon the sudden move ments of their heads in opposite di rections. Now and then tiie young fellow is sure, he sees it, and then, in the excitement of the moment, he passes his arm about his companion's neck, and with his hand under her chin, raises her face toward that point of the starry fir-" mament where he thinks he has discovered the celestial wanderer. Foil of enthusiasm, thegirl remains gazing in this position long and earnestly, the silver moonlight il luminating her countenance with a radiance that gives to every feature an angelic charm, and suggesting the idea that,she herself might be a beautiful starpmoulded into hu man form and sent upon earth for the delectation oflmankind. But at this interesting point of ttrt search the voice of a sleepy and un- romantic father penetrated the shadows of the garden "Ja-a-a-ne! it is ten o'clock,'! ind the charm is broken. v ' f BANXDKJ ALVIN SAUNDERS, President. EN OS LOWE Vice Presdent bex wood, Cashier, f ir STATE SAVINGS BklTK, X. W. Cor. Farnham sud 13th Sts., Capital Authorize i CapiUl . 1.00U,tf DEPOSITS AS SMALL AS OJfE DOL lar sece'iTo! and compound k jerest al lowed on the same. ,fH '! TKtf Advantages OVER Certificates of Deposit: TIIE WHOLE or axv part of a de posit after remaining in this Benk three months, will draw interest from d.te of depos it to payment. The whole or any part o' r de posit can drawn atfany t me. aug2lU The Oldest Established tLiivj.ix vt auuoA IN MjRASKA. Caldwell, Hamilton & Co., Business transacted same as that of an Incorporated. Bank. Accounts kept In Currency or Gold ept dit J subject to sight check without BO' tice. Certificates of Deposit issued nay- able on demand, or at fixed date bearing interest at six percent, per annum, and available in in all parts of the country. Advances made to customers on approved securities at market rates of interest. Buy aud sell Gold, Bills of Ex change, Government, State, County, and City Bonds. We give special attention to nego tiating Kallrond and other Corpo rate Loans Issued within the State. Draw Sight Drafts on Eaglaud, Ireland, Scotland, and all parts of Europe. Sell European Passace Tickets. COLLL1XTI0XS PROMPTLY MADE, aaltf EZRA MILLARD. President. J. H. MILLARD, Cashier. NATIONAL BANK Cor. Douglas and Thirteenth Streets. OMAHA, - XE1.RASKA. Capital.... . Surplus and Pro fit J.. $200,000 00 Su.000 00 FINANCIAL AGENT SFOR THE UNITED STATES. ANT DESIGNATED DEPOSITORY FOR DISBURSING OFFCEKS. THIS BANK DEALS in Exchange, Government Bonds, Vouchers. Gold Coin, BULLION and GOLDDUST. , 4 And sells drafts and makes collections on all parts of Europe. SSTDrafts drawn payable In gold or curren cy on the Bank of California. Sjlii Francisco. rpiCKETS FOR SALE TO ALL PARTS -- of Europe Tin the Cunard and National Steamship Lines, and the JIamburgAmr:can Packet Compny. jy27tl TJ.S.DEPOSITORY The First National Bank OX OSkT Corner of FarharA and 13th Utreets. THE OLDEST BASKING E8TABLISHHT INKEBEABKA. (Successors to Kountze Brothers.) ESTABLISHED IN 1858. Organiaid as a National Bank, Input 26, 1863 Capital and Profits over - $250,000 OFFICEBS AMD DIEECTORS: E. CREIGIITOX, President, H. COTJNTZE, Vice Pres't. A. KOUNTZE, Cashier. II. W. YATES, As't Cashier. A. J. poppleton. Attorney. Tiro Boatrioo Hydraulic, Cement, AND- WOULD INFORM THE rjBLIC THAT they arc now ready to furnish HY DRAULIC CEMENT, of the very best quality, and in any quantity, either at the factory, which is located at Beatnce.Ncb., or at the Pipe works in Omaha They also are prepared to furnish allklndsofC-MENTPIPINGIorSEWERAGE. J uiuuiAiiE, h.ru. Also manufacture an styles of CHIMNEY WORK. WE G U ABAN TEE OUR CEMENT TO BE EQU .L TO ANY HYDRAULIC CEMENT MANlrACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES. mrORDERS FROM DEALERS RESPECT FULLY SOLICITED. BEATRICE HYDRAULIC CEMENT ., & PIPE CO. OMAIfA - - NEBRASKA. niy21-3n CARRIAGE, BU6CY and WaGON MANUFACTURER. N. E. CORNER of 14th and HARNEY STS, WOULD respectfully announce to the pub lic that he Is now ready to fill all con tracts in the above lines with neatness and dispatch. aExpress wagons constantly on hand and or sale. ;ove -DEALEK IN Fruits, Confectionery, CIGARS AND TOBACCO. NF corner Ftmhuc and FJerenth strata, OMAHA, .... NEBRASKA. kd2T Bavarian Beer Hall! 193DongUs-St. Opposite Metropolitan Hotel. Finest brands of all classes ol Ltqnors and Sears. FresL Laser constantly on hand. jc2o-3m IHAS. uaut, Prop. P. FALLON, DEALER IN . Dress Goods, Silks a4 TrUuilBfk. No. 383 DoJgo a et, bettreen 14th and 15th. Dress makine done Tarith neat ness and dispatch. Orders sdliciteU. Je25-3m JOHN H. GREEN, STATE MILLS DEALER IN 6KAIX, FL0UK AND FEE, AJTD COMMISSION MERCHANT. K DBWEY A Si STONE, Furniture Dealers Nos. 187, 189 and 191 Fainhaiii Street. OMABA, ONTE marSdtf MILTON Wholesale Stoves TETWAEE and THTXTEB.S' STOCK. -SOLE WESTERN STEWART'S COOKING and HEATESG STOVES, THE "FEABLBSS," COOKING STOVES, CHARTER OAK COOKING- STOVES, AllofW&Ica Will bo Sold at Manufacturers' Prices, With Frelsht added. apl'U Bond fox J A THORTJI NEBRASKA SHIFT MANDFACTOFY 159 SWfflfca 159 t, PM -7 FARNHAM ST., OMAHA, SHIRTS AND GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS, &C &0. C-Shlrts of all kinds made to order. Satisfation guatrsutsed, aprllyleol Fort Calhoun Mills. FXjOTTK;, FE!D Sc HEXj MaBufdclared iTiili Great Care from llie Best Grain. General Depot, Ccr. 14t2i c& Dodge Sts, OMAHA. may 3-1 y. W. B. EICHAEDSOIT. --rr ATT A- TCkiAiJ ASKA PITCH, FELT AND CRAVEL ROOFER. And aianoTdcturer of Dry a 1 Saturated Hoofing aud SUeatUlnj Felt. AISODEALERSIX Hoofing, Pitcla, r Coal, Tar, Etc., Etc. TJOOPiKG In any pait of NehraaVa or adjoining States. OQccopposite.tha Gas Worts, on 12thi treet-" AdOrccs P. O. Eor" 432. WHOLESALE CANDIES I arc now manutacturing all varieties of candies ani-will sell at easteEN :f:ric:es Dealers In this State need not irant to in Kat f n CAN II IKS. Atrial Is solicited. 2E2TB.7 XiATET, st- oor- xatix. 1 Douglai mchlltl B. & J WILBUR, Books and Stationery, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, Fourteenth Strove, - Omaha., XTeb GENERAL AGENTS FOR ALL SCHOOL BOOKS arS-lmy - O. F. GOODMAN, WHOLESALE DRUGGIST, IA.ncL Dealer In PAINTS, OILS XIJI) Omaha nun. cr. DccicELXjia-oisr, IXPOEXEK ASD JOBBEl OX FOBEIOS AND DOMESTIC WINES and LIQUORS, .Tobaccos and Cigars, No. 142 FARNHAM STREET, OMAHA, NEB. Old Kentucky WLisklrs a SprciaUr. .WAGEXT FOR THE ELDOBADOJKTXE COMPANY", CAtIF0P.NIA.-5a julj2 ly ortex's 1. I Established 1858. ..a-. oiaza M CARRIAGE MANUFACTORY 538 S40 FoBrteeatli Street, Q (Office np stairs.) Omaha, Nebraska. QsrrlsC. and Baggies on nana or cade to oraer. - - N. B. Particular attention paid teXepair Inc. prCS-U JS, UNDERT 5. SJL CLAyJTVCl.l X JACOB CZSS SCI I-arBauuss St B. 14tk JU Ait ill JLKEB "Tifln hi Bi-nri7iiVTMnJiM'lgMtMiltwrTVV - " affile fcVS. rBsiisssstiSatSV REM j i V I ROGEBS. AGENCYFOR- X'zrioo Xjisti Ul' V isss?? FARNHAM ST., NEBRASKA. EUM CLIRK. Omaha WINDOW GLASS, Nebraska. J-19U. or ffoUot. Xll. iJfJAS. M. jfcTVITTIE. J HUUi.tSAl.fcUEAI.EKLX Clarified C.vdex. 133 nd ISO Farnhaia Street. II. I' WALKER. -MANUFACT0KKr-ANiD.LEBiN- BOOTS & SHOES 1 51 m? f- tTen Tmhxm and DoneUs GRAND CENTRAL 13 "O T H Xi . 3KAHA, - SEBRA8KA The largest and Lest hot between Chicago wd can Francisco. Opened nev September 30th, 1573. s3 tl UKO. TUKALL. Proprietor. BTXOX bcko. uewts S. JUXO BYRON REED & CO. The Oldest Established Real Estate Agency IN NEBRASKA Keep s complete Abstract of Title lo.alBeal Ertjtr In Omaha " Dootba couair. Mawuibi MAX MEYER & BROTHER, OMAHA, NEBRASKA I ssfl ' vXVssTrt ( .. - C-iril-TBaTTJ jmmm -?!-- jLmsssBmss iiS is 3 IxfflH i Mel n 4 IftSsfela m t CHEAP FAEMS! On tne Line of the Union Pacific Railroad A lati Qraat cf 12.000.COD Acres of tin best FAR21IHQ aai KIKEBiL Laals of America 1,000.000 ACKFS IS NEBRASKA Df THE GREAT TLA1TE TALLEI THE aABDEH OF THE WEST HOW 103 SALE These lands are In the central portion of the United SUtes, on tbe 4tat, lesrw of Nwth iJtt ltode, the central line of the great Temperate Zone o! the Ame'tcau Ccntlnent, and for grain rowing and stock raising unsarpisned by any In the United &U:ei. CHEAPER IS PRICE, aire faToralle terms t. nd now coaealeatto maiket tia ca be fbond Ebewaere. FIVE and TEN YEARS' credit glren with Interest a: SIX PER CENT COLOHISTSard ACTUAL 8ETULESSca hay oa Tea Tears' Credit. Laals the ua Brtce to sJl CREDIT PURCHASERS. A Deduction TEN FEB CENT. FOR CASII. FREE HOMESTEADS FOR ACTUAL SETTLERS. iiid the Best Locations Tor Colonies! Soldiers Entitled to a Homestead cf 160 Acres. Froo Fassos to 3?xtroIianors of Xjgtfirl Send for new lcsCTiptiTe Pamphlet, with new maps, pcbllhod In English. Grraan, SwceJ and Dan' .'j. mailed Iree eierywhce. Address O. . --1$-. ulrfMaril Lund Commissioner U. P. K. K. Co. Itoiana, 1 eo. A. B. HUBEldttANN fc CO., IHAC77IOA1j WATCHMAKERS,! S. E. Cor. 13tli WATCHES JEWELRY AND AT WHOLESALE Ott RETAIL. Dealers Can ENGItATOG DONE 56TALL UOODS WARRANTED ian31-U S C. ASBOR s. C. ABBOTT & CO., Booksellers DEALERS IN WALL PAPE2LS, DECOS.-A.TZOIS'S, A.XO-X3 -WTIETIDO'W" SHADES, No. 188 Farnham Street. Ciaalia, Neb1 Pnbllshers' Agents for School Hooks nscd In Nebraska. GEO. A. HOAGLAND, Wholesale Lumber OFFICE AND YARD COR. OF DOUGLAS AND 6THSTS., U. P. E. R. TRACK. OMAHA aollU WM, M. FOSTER, "Wholesale Lumber, WINDOWS, DOORS, BUNDS, MOULDINGS, &C. Plaster Paris, Ilair, Pry and Tarred Felt. Sole Agents for Bear Creek Lime and Louisville Ucmoat OFFICE AND YAEb: On C. P. Tract, let Farnham and Dou; spr2tl N. I. D. SOLOMON, WHOLESALE ZFAIHSTTS OIIiS AUD WINDOW GXiASS, i I HO AT, OIL AND OMAHA - FAIRLIE & BLANK BOOK MANUFACTURERS, Stationers, Engravers and Printers. 2TOTAHXAZ. A2T2 Z.OBGZ SEAXtS. MascMc, Odd Fellows tt tcT TTPO T?j TVT S w -J- - " LODGE PROPERTIES, JEWELS, KrlrE ASTERN PRICES 282Dtmi eto. ARTHUR BUCKBEE. FSXTTSB, B TJ I X O -A. B. AND DEALEB IN CO i a y. I o O Tor Yards, Lawiu, Ceaeterie llthetrectbet.eFLnhaiaanaiIrnerl aprrW 55 B vVr M B I i ryMtm? FREE EOMES I 10UZa.xa.ix.Ta.es- ;uror OF JEWELRY & Douglas Sts. & CLOCKS. PLATED-WARE, Save TIME and FREIGHT Ordering of Us. oj FREE OF CHARGE ! TO BE AS REPRESe3. J. Cauutisuj. 1 ilttionerg B UEB, ia.st,.OMAHA, - NEB. HEAD - LIGHT OII NEBRASKA! . MONELL, and Kniglits of Pythias POS, BLANKS ETC., AT AD EXPItESsb.-Xfc OttlAgC V. XsTZ33 mi j lit D B R I 9 'A 2 7 Cfearch Grcids ual Public Part, OjjlAxL -1 X i i v- - -Vi