Nebraska Newspapers

    THE DAILY BEE.
E. ROSEWATER , EDITOR.
THIBTY-FOUK Grangers , led by
Church Howe , representing all there
is left of the organization that counted
Its members in Nebraska by the tens
of thousands less than three years ago ,
called upon Governor Hanco. Thirty-
four dupes of a rogue who was man
aging the grange in the interest of
monopolies , and who boasted that he
was drawing § 1,000 a ye r from the
Union Pacific ae head Granger , and
demanded an equal sum from the B.
&M.
THE comments of the Governor of
Ksnsis in his recent message upon
tte raid of the Cheyonnes last summer - '
mer , and his recommendations to pre
vent a future recurrence of such out
rages , should commend themselves to
the legislature of Nebraska as well as
that of Kansas. The Kansas Governor
Bays , touching this important subject :
"The duty of the hour is not so much
to deal with the past , but to look to
the future with a determination that
a repetition of these outrages shall
never sgaiu occur in our State. I
therefore respectfully recommend that
an appropriation be made as a military
contingent fund , sufficient in amount ,
should circumstances at any time re
quire it , to uniform , mount , equip and
pay a limited number of re
liable , discreet men under command
of an efficient officer , whoso duty it
shall be , at such times and places as
may be doemedad isable , to act as a
patrol on the frontierand promptly
give tacatfrjdf-w ryTApproach of
danger ; and thus the citizen , having
duo notice and promptly aided in his
defense by the State , could be made
ajcuro in the enjoyment of his life
and property. And I further recom-
mand that a committee be appointed
to ascertain the extent of the damage
zustained by citizens from the raid hy
said Indians , to the end that neces
sary steps may bo taken to secure the
payment thereof. "
IF any self-confessed accessory of an
embezzling county or State officer ,
should undertake to dictate the ap
pointment of the successor to the
officer deposed for such criminal col
lusion , it would be generally regarded
an unmitigated outrage. But , in this
State , and in these degenerate times ,
such an attempt is actually endorsed
by papers and people.who claim to bo
reputable. Here , we have this man
Newman , whom certain papers and
people hold up as an hones I man , and
whom we know to be u dead-beat that
hut swindled the publishers of this
paperout of several years' subscription.
This honest public officer , whose
confession has for months been on file
at theTreasury Department , admitting
over his own signature that he was
aa accessory of an embezzler , and that
he knowingly lied under his official
oith when he certified that the returns
of his office were correct
Less than thirty days ago the Com
missioner of Internal Hovenue direct
ed the late U. S. District Attorney to
file a complaint against this came rev
enue rogue Henry A. Newman , before
a United States grand jurybecame
in the Commissioner's opionion the
previous grand jury had , in violation
of ila plain duly , failed to indict him.
And now , in the face of all these
facts , some sympathizers with roguery
have , it is reported , endorsed Newman
for reappointmcnt , while others insist
Newmsn should name his successor.
UNIVERSITY CLIMluaLLORSHIP.
Tax BEE has token no active part
in the controversy over the University
Chancellorship , mainly because we
have been withoutreliable information
concerning the alleged abuses of trust
on the part * of Chancellor Fairfield.
To a disinterested observer the con
troversy has so far partaken too much
of the character .of a personal pique ,
on the part of the editor of the Bepub
lican , who has taken offetKo at the
Chancellor's treatment either of him
self or some personal friend. Since
Mr. Brooks has made some specific
charges of irregularities , it wriii , of
course , behoove Chancellor .Fairfield
11 clear his skirts by demanding an
investigation at the hands of the legis
lature.
Upon the proposed reduction of
salary to $1,500 a year , or the pro
posed abolition of the chancellorship ,
THE BEE deema it eminently proper
at this time to frankly express its
views.
The Nebraska University like any
other public institution where adi-
visionof authority would tend to breed
diisousion and disorganization , should
and muat have a responsible head.
Whether that head Is known by the
name of Chancellor , President or Su
perintendent is immaterial. No man
should be clothed with the supervis
ion of the University who does
not possess executive ability
enough to control , direct and
instruct the members of the fac-
nltya the discharge of their respec
* " ' ti < r < lutios. No man is capable of di-
railing and instructing such a faculty
who is not himself a profound scholar
and experienced instructor. Such a
unn cannot be hired for 81,500 a year ,
and , in fact , a man possessing such
rare qualifications , can with difficulty
be found for3,000 a year. The sala
ries of superintendents of public
schools in leading cities of the Union
range from § 2,500 to § 4,000 a year ,
and the salaries of heads of American
colleges and universities average from
53,000 toGOOOayear. It takes aman
* t M much executive ability and schol
arship to organize , and supervise the
Nebraska Univcouty as it does to , su
pervise any of the Eastern college *
and universities , excepting , perhaps
t hose of Yale and Harvard. If Chan
cellor Fairfield" lacks Ihe requisite
qualifications , or if , asl * alleged , his
management is corrupt , he should be
deposed. If hoi competent , efficient
and honest , his-alary is not too
Wgh. IfhUtima isiadl sufficiently
employed , let him dispense with toinu
member of the faculty , and feke his
place a * instructor. Whatever a&tion
taken should be with the sole vie-
rf making the
University a reputable
COLORADO.
Governor Petkius inaugural deliver
ed last Tuesday to the Colorado legis
lature is the most comprehensive re
view of the msrvellows growth andin-
exhau&tiblo resources of Colorado we
have ever seen in print. .Its diclion is
lucid , concise and forcible ; its
scope covers the entire domain
of natural productions , industrial ac
tivity and future development of Col- .
orado. We take pleasure in repro
ducing the following extracts from
Governor Pitkins' inaugural as a reflex
of the elevated tone of this interesting
State paper , andir.oro especially for
tlie purposeof enlightening the readers
of THE BEE about the material pros-
prosperity and future greatness of the
baby Stale. Governor Pitkin's esti
mate of the position of chief execu
tive is tersely expressed as follows :
Regarding the office to which I have
been chosen as a sacred trust , to ba
administered for the benefit of every
class of the people and every section
of the State , with no benefit to my
self , except the good name which I
hope to secure and maintain among
my fellow citizens , I shall bring to the
discharge of its duties an honest en
deavor to faithfully execute the laws
without fear and without favor.
The marvellous growth of Colorado
and her bright future are graphically
portrayed as follows :
Although the youngest State in the
Union , Colorado is , with three ex
ceptions , the largest in area. Its ter
ritory exceeds in extent the Kingdom
of Great Britain. Twenty years ago
there was no organized community of
civilized men within its limits. To
day it is covered with beautiful cities
and flourishing towns whioli contain
as many nica and women otvuyflpji-
jence , education and culturo--iQEro-
porlionib\th ? population-as i nyT of
the older States.
On our plains , where twenty years
ago nothing but the antelope and buf
falo roamed , are to-day thousands of
herds of cattle , horses and sheep ,
bringing most profitable returns to
their owners. Along the valleys agri
culture is suocoEsfully pursued.
Scarcely ten years ago , and not a
mile of railway liad been constructed
within our limits. To-day more than
twelve hundred miles are in success
ful operation , over 200 miles of which
have been built within the past year.
Several rival corporations are now
pushing forward their iron lines with
all possiblehaste to secure for trans
portation the wealth of the central ,
woetprn and oouthwestern sections of
the State.
Where , a few years ago , long cara
vans were moving westward from the
Jlisaouri river to supply our Bettlu-
ments with the necessaries of life , wo
find to-day an endless succession of
railway trains carrying to the east our
surplus product of cattle , flour and
grain.
The minor J weal'h of Colorado is
described as follows :
We have become the third mineral
producing State in the Union. The
on > which has given Colorado rank
next to Nevada and California ha *
hitherto been taken entirely from the
counties of Gilpin , Clear Creek , Park ,
Boulder , and Summit. In those coun
ties the mines not only show no signs
of exhaustion , but are improving an
greater depth is attained. In very few
of them has there been sufficient do-
velopmcntto givethe advantageswhich
have attended deep'mining in othei
parls of the world. New mines are be
ing1 constantly discovered in these old
est settled counties. Their ere pro
duct the past year has exceded that
of any former year. The treasures of
the San Juan country were unheard
of until within the past few -yoara ,
and the rich placer claims in that
locality are of more recent ciscoycry.
For want of reduction works and
proper markets for ores , and on ac
count of the great distance from rail
roads and the enormous expense
cf transportation to and from
this mining district , it has scarcely
began towards tlio mineral produc
tions of the State. The past season
has seen new works erected at various
localities for the treatment of ores ,
railroads are pushing on towards the
mines , toll roads are being rapidly
constructed , and there can be no
doubt that in a short time the broad ,
rich and inexhaustible -veins of San
JutJi.nil attract world-wide atten
tion , and add millions of dollars
.where they n w add thousands to the
annual ere product of the State.
Eighteen months ago Leadville wns
unknown , and the mines in that local
ity wore undiscovered. To-day it is
thn most famous mining camp in the
world.
xi u believed that the mines already
discovered in that locality will pro
duce a greater amount of ore in 1879
than the entire State of Colorado has
produced in any former year. No
one can estimate at the present time
the value of the discoveries now being
made in the neighboring camps at
Ten-milo and Elk mountains.
The mining interests at Kosita are
quite as promising as in any former
year , and with the preparations now
being made for extensive workings ,
we may expect a largo increase in the
ore product over previous * veara.i
* * * * * *
Wu are entering upon a new era in
our mining history. Instead of our
mines becoming exhausted as has been
the case in other States , we have but
just begun prospecting.
From Wyoming to New Mexico our
mountains are filled with inexhaust-
TOT-iireasurcs ? in silver d 8 ° W'
While trade languishes end manufac-
& gSJS" " " " Pralyzed in
from our mines bri"ng"roVperity
and contentment to
the .
pc0.
pie. Capital judiciously invested in
any of the mining districts of the
State , will bring better returns than
if employed in most of iho business
ventures of the East. Within the
next twentyjroars Colorado will be
come the largest mineral producing
State in the Union. Here , as in Cal
ifornia and Nevada , some of the colos
sal fortunes of the world will bo
made. The road to wealth is here
open to the poor man and the poor
man's children , as well as to the rich.
IT the Grand Central Hotel contro-
very shall result in the reconstruction
of the hotel , it will prove of inestima
ble value to the citizens of Omaha ,
3ut if it is simply to be personal crim
ination and recrimination , it will , dis
gust the community and benefit no
body. The first and only favorable
intimation comes to us through
Sir. Herman Kountze , who
says that he is " willing to
> ut in money for rebuilding the
Grand Central if other Omaha capital
ists will join him. It is true , however -
over , that several of the former own
ers of the hotel "decline lo reinvest.
Some of these notably Mr t Tardell
are no longer residents of Omaliav ,
and very naturally prefer to put their
money into other enterprises.
GENEKAL GEAIJT will take another
dinner jvlth President Mac Iahon ,
and then he will pack hia sadclle-bags { *
tor a ride to India , on a French , ' (
steamer.
JK. tST * " i -H..ll , ,
Ttoe Bate of Interest.
N. T. TimM.
Does the absorption of Four per
cent. Government bonds indicate that
.his rate of interest is hereafter to'be
: ho measure of the value of money in
his country } It is understood , of
course , that in ordinary circumstances
national credit ranks higher than
corporate or individual credit , and
he Four percent , standard can there-
"oro be used only approximately.
But , keeping this distinction in view ,
does the progress of funding indicate
a large and lasting reduction in the
general rates of interest , or is it in
dicative merely of continued distrust
and the consequent accumulations ol
die capital ?
Referring to former remarks of The
Dimes upon this subject , the Spring
field Republican hails the Four per
cent , investments as implying "a great
reduction in all interest" as a "great
cheapening of all capital , " with at-
endant relief to industries and enter-
) rises , -Is the condition of things
ras generally healthy , the inference
would be correct. If , with an
average demand for capital ,
ts loanable value declined ,
t would be safe to assume
that the lower rate of interest is the
result of causes on which prudent
business men may base their calcula
tions. But this hypothesis ia at var
iance with facts. The cheapness oi
money represents , not its wholessme
abundance , but the absence of desira
ble opportunities for its investment.
Whether in London or New York-the
position is susceptible of this con
struction and this only. Ordinary
channels for the employment OL capi
tal are closed. Industries are de
pressed and enterprises suspended.
When business loans are effected , th
rate charged for accommodation bears
no proportion to the rate allowed or
deposits or to the prices of consolsanc
United States bonds. The value ol
both of these securities has , then , a
double.fiignjficance. So far as it ex
presses'public confidence in the credit
jf the two governments , it is satisfac
tory. So far as it exemplifies the ab
sence of a legitimate business demand ,
and the prevalence of a distrust whose
ramifications may bo traced every
where , it is not a fit subject of con
gratulation. England and the United
States would both bo better off if the
tendency to invest in 3i consols and 4
per cent , bonds were not so pro
nounced as ic is. %
\Vo are reminded that "an enter
prise is now highly prosperous which
pays 8 per cent , on a fair valuation ,
while capital used to demand 12. '
Undoubtedly. During the last five
years there have been enterprises oi
all kinds , previously prosperous , whose
proprietors have been glad to make
ends meet The fact , however , can
not bo accepted as evidence of thai
"groat cheapening of all capital'
which precedes a permanent lessening
of the rate of interest. It has more
significance as in part an explanation
of that withholding of capital from
business projects which produced a
financial plethora , and in turn ron-
dara possible the sale of Four per
cents on a large scale. Nor is the gen
eral argument affected by the negotia
tion of choice corporate loans at rates
below these formerly paid. The Chicago
cage and Rock Island Railroac
provided for the retirement of a 7 per
cent , bond by the issue of a G per
cent. , which to-day yields the buyer
not more than 5J net The Chicago
Burlington and Qnincy road , which
was content to pay 8 per cent. , issues
A 7 per cent , consolidated , which a
present prices does not yield more
than G per cent. net. In either case
the transaction on the part of the
company has a more direct bearing on
its improved credit than on the ques
tion of interest. The companies are
able to obtain money on better term
than formerly , because their Jmaucia
condition in stronger. Railroads whos
condition is. less favorable are oblige !
to pay the old rates. Yet if "th
great cheapening of all capital" were a
wholesome reality instead of an un
healthy symptom , the effect would b
visible , in a greater or less degree , in
all directions.
The change from depression to nc
tiyity , from hard times to prosperity
vt ill be gradual. In this country , a
least , it has begun with a fair proapec
of continuance. For a time , the pro
cess will not appreciably affect th
prices of securities or check the flow
of capital into the Four per cents. Bu
it is unreasonable to suppose tha
these prices can be maintained , or tha
Four per cent , will satisfy the averag
investor , after confidence shall hav
been restored and ordinary outlets fo
capital reopened. The requirement
of industry and business will give ris
to a demand to which capitalists wil
respond. A real estate movemen
will effect the holding of Four pe
cent , bonds. These are not contiu
gencies to bo regretted. They wil
stop the talk about "the great cheap
eningof all capital , " and they will ex
plode the notion that a Four per cent
bond express the future normal rate
of interest in this country. They ma ;
even suggest a revision of the opinion
tKat the return of bonds from Europ
is a blessing. But the country wil
have substantial rpasons for being sat
iafied. It will recognize in the highe
value of money , consequent upon an
increased demand , one of the signs o
industrial and business prosperity.
What ia not unlikely to occur is a
nearer approach to equalization , as be
tween East and West , in the prevail
ing rates of interest. The
attempt to moke 4 per cent , a measure
of values will not succeed , but it ma ;
bo possible to lessen the difference in
the rates obtaining in Illinois and New
York respectively. The governor o
Michigan , in his message to the legis
lature , speaks of "a demand for the
repeal of the provision authorizinj
contracts to be made at rates as higl
as 10 per cent. " If this bo accom
plished , the uniform rate in the State
will be 7 per cent. , at which rate , the
Governor says , "an abundance o.
money can now bo obtained" on rea
jstate security. It is possible that the
Michigan farmers are misled by cir
cumatances as accidental as those
which deceive some Eastern people.
At any rate , we know that ono of the
results of the inability to
ind profitable employment for
: apitnl here has been the sending o :
large amounts westward for invest
ment in farm mortgages. Lenders
nave gone on their knees to borrowers ,
and the latter have no doubt , in semi
localities , obtained loans at the rate
mentioned by Gov. GroswelL But it
would be premature to infer from an
exceptional fact that the western rate
on mortgages has declined from 10 to
per cent The Illinois farmer ask
i-heir creditors to revise existing con
tracts on an 8 per cant , basis. Leav-
"ng details out of account , the west
will have only itself to blaine if the
wide difference between its borrowing
rate and that of the east be not re
duced And in the natural tendency
of capital to flow where it finds the
> est channels of employment , wo
have an influence that will gradually
equalize the value of money and
> revent that "great cheapening" in
he older States which the adoption of
a 4 per cent standard would imply.
A joint memorial and resolution
was adopted in the Senate directing
Nevada Senators and Representatives
to vote for House Bill No. 2,423 ,
which limits fifteen
Chinese to any
essel , or any other measure tending
to chbclc or prevent further immigra
tion of Chinese coolies and laborers.
All the Senators voted in the affinna-
tive"except Comins of White Pine.
OCCIDENTAL JOTTINGS.
California.
There are fifty-four prisoners in the
county jail at San Jose.
Rain is needed in some parts of the
State , and farmers are discouraged at
the crop prospects.
Mrs. Hiram Pomeroy , of Little Cal-
avaras Valley , near llilpitas , killed a
lynx with a club , which she found
killing her chickens.
The orange crop of San Gabriel
Valley will be very heavy this year.
In number the crop in superabundant ,
but in size it is smaller than usual.
During 1878 there were shipp'd from
Calistoga , 17,777 flasks .of quicksilver ,
of 7Ci pounds each , making the total
number of pounds shipped l,359,940i.
TheSulpher Bank mine produced
From the 1st of Slay to the 26th of
Dctober , the date of the destruction
by fire of the sulpher refining works ,
1,357 , 771 pounds of sulpher.
At a recent meeting of the White
Cigar Makers' Union , of San Francis
co , a resolution thanking the Grocers'
Protective Union for its resolution to
cease patronizing any and all who em
ploy Chinese labor , was adopted.
One hundred men are reported to
be at work in the new placer mines
recently discovered on the head
waters of the Salinas River , San
Louis Obispo County. Gold and
silver-bearing quartz has also been
found in that vicinity.
A corporation , with the title of the
Western Electric Light Company , and
a capital of § 5,000,000 , was organized
in San Francisco last week , and filed
its articles of incorporation. The di
rectors are prominent citizens , with
the wealth , influence and enterprise
requisite to develop this important
business.
Farmers in Napa valley who employ
Chinamm are frequently of late ro-
ceivingluionymoiiB letters from an in-
ceiSdiarV company , warning them to
discharge their Chinamen , or suffer
the destruction of their property , * ud
holding up the example of T. L.
Sngsby , of Yountaville , whose build
ings ware some time since burned for
the same reason by this gang.
Oregon.
A largo vein of gold bearing quartz
lias been struck in the Steamboat
Quartz mines.
John Shambrook killed 12 geese and
wounded 5 in one shot at the Umpqua
ferry recently.
A farmer named Newcombc raised
105 bushels of oats to the aero in Til-
lamook county last season.
The farmers in Tillamook county
raise four pound potatoes , and turnips
measuring GO inches in circumference.
The Salem flouring mills of Port
land have jusi loaded for the Liver
pool market , the ship Robert Lees ,
with 10UOO barrels of flour and 800
tons of wheat.
Travelers from Lake county , reach
ing Jacksonville , reportstockdoing
well in that locality , notwithstanding
the cold weather. Very few cattle
buyers have arrived this season. .
Eight marriage licenses were grant
ed in Douglas county last week.
Spring may be the time for birds to
mate , but men and women in Oregon
appear to prefer the cold weather.
The following is- the transactions
of the U. S. Land office at Rosoburg
for the pant month : Pre-emption
filings , 15 ; homestead entrics,14 ; final
homestead entries , 14 ; donation cer
tificates , 3 ; cosh entries ; Oj'timber ap
plications , 2.
Washington.
The boats now make two trips a
week between Celilo and Wallula. '
The keel of a little .steamer has
been laid at Centreville , to run on the
Chehalis river.
George Phillips , at Oreas Island ,
was shot and killed recently by his
wife , an Indian woman.
Kalama is to have a new depot that
will bo a credit to the railroad com
pany and &n ornament to the place.
The Olympia oyster company report
sending off twenty-seven tons nearly
500 bushels of oysters last"week. .
Most of them go to San Francisco via
Portland.
The people of Puyallup are deter
mined that no more white men shall
take unto themselves wives from
among the daughters of the forest-
without being duly married according
to the laws of the Territory.
Montana.
The Montana river trade increased
thirty per cent , during the season of
1878.
1878.Territorial
Territorial warrants bearing ten per
cent sold on the 1st inst at l per
cant premium.
The Helena library has now nearly
1,500 volumes of choice reading mat
ter , besides magazines , periodicals ,
and many of the leading papers of the
East and West
The Peigans. Bloods , Gros Venires ,
Blackfeet , Assinaboines and Sioux are
now in the Milk river country , and
Fort Belknap is the common centre
for all these tribes.
The scarcity of buffalo compelled
Sitting Bull to leave Cypress moun
tains. He is camped with 800 lodges
at the Big Bend of Milk river , ninety
miles nor&east of Belknap.
The silver reduction works at Glendale -
dale received from the Helca Com
pany's mines in 1878 , 4,225 tons ,
valued at upwards of $300,000 ; crude
bullion turned out , 1,100 tons.
The Stonies , or Northern Assina
boines , have killed Big Crow Foot , the
head chief of the Blackfeet tribe.
Thanks are due the Stonies fornd-
ding the Northwest of such a man.
A number of miners are bringing in
a ditch to Prairie Gulch , in the Bear
Paw mountains. The ground pros
pects about five cents to the pan.
Galena , carrying several ounces of
silver to the ton , has also been found.
During -1878 E G. McClay & Co.
received and forwarded from the ter
minus of the Utah Northern railroad
6,500 tons of freight for different
points in Montana. During the same
period the shipments froai the terri
tory aggregated a total of 3,000 tons.
Nevada.
The product of bullion from the
year 1878 , shipped , amounted to
$609,841.75.
The Legislature will petition the
Government to aid artesian well
building in Nevada.
In th Nevada State Senate on the
10th , the joint resolution relative to
the Reagan Railroad bill , instructing
the U. S. Senator from Nevadato vote
therefor , was adopted by a unani
mous vote.
At one o'clock the morning of the
Llth , the shaft of the main engine at
the consolidated Virginia works broke ,
and before the engine could be got un
der control a tremendous amount of
damage was done. Fragments of the
machine flew in every directions , al-
nest demolishing the interior of
ho building. The air compressor at
he rear was broken in two ; timbers
and rafters reduced to kindling wood ,
and a piece of the engine weighing
800 pounds tent clear through thereof
roof , smashing up a cottage 600 feet
away. The damage is estimated at
510,000. No one hurt
Arizona.
The construction train of the South-
m Pacific wfll reach Mohawk Sum
mit , sixty miles east of Turns , by Jan.
25th. Freight and passengers are now
delivered at Adonde , thirty miles from
Yuma.
A complete quartz mill for.the Tiger
mine7 50 miles north of Phenix , has
arrived at Yuma.
TKeTHackberry } in Mohave county ,
is turning out about $40,000 per
month at an expense of $15,000.
It is claimed that the Southern Pa
cific company intend to lav two miles
of track daily from Gila City to Mari-
copa Wellsr"
A reliable record of bullion and ere
shipments from Final county , for the
past eleven months , exceeds ono mil
lion of dollars.
Governor Fremont estimates the
farming and grazing lands of the Ter
ritory aa about equal in area to the
State of New York.
Gov. Fremont and Judge Silent
have recently made a trip to Mohave
county , to inquire the condition of
the Indians living there.
United States prisoners Berry , Cur
tis , Chapman an clDalton , escaped from
the county jail , at { Prescott , on the
llth inst , by sawing the-barrfrom a
window. Curtis and Chapman were
sentenced to be hanged August last ,
but their cases are before the supreme
court now. Berry was in for life , for
robbing the U. S. mails.
Utah.
Utah Lake is frozen over solid ; the
ice is eighteen inches thick. " *
The late snows in Utah .have been
very gratifying to the farmers.
Boards of Trade are being organ
ized in all the southern counties.
Diphtheria ia said to be very preva
lent in the lower wards of Salt Lake.
Twenty-five men are at work this
winter on the new tabernacle at Sole
Lake.
The remains of ex-Chief Justice
McKean were deposited in the vault
of the Fort Douglas cemetery.
A party of Salt Lake gentlemen ,
numbering twelve , have started on a
prospecting tour in Southern Utah.
The total receipts of the money
order department at the Salt Lake
postoffice , for 1878 , was § 274,775.78.
The freight report of the , Utah
Southern railroad for the last year
gives the following : Received , 127-
111,191 pounds ; forwarded , 87,887.-
700 pounds.
The Freeman says : All of the rich
men who have been in officein Ogden
for a term of years have Jiad their
taxes remitted , while the common
people have paid that much more out
of their own pockets.
It is now stated that the spring ter
minus of the Northern railway will be
at Market Lake , the most accessible
point for the merchants of Boise , Sal
mon City , .Baker City , Challis , Yan
kee Fork , and all of Montana ; and
within twenty-four hours staging of
the Yellowstone Park.
The Utah Southern railroad com
pany have decided to extend their line
as far south as Chicken Creek. Juab
county , and the work will be proceed
ed with as soon as the weather will
permit. From that point another
company will push the extension still
further south , to Friscos a distance ol
130 miles.
Colorado.
Denver has a new daily paper , The
Industrial Preaa.
Golden is determined to have water
works this spring.
It is said to bo warmer on Pike's
Peak than at Maniteu.
Longmont is excited over a rich
discovery of gold quartz near the Lit
tle Thompson.
The Masons of Ouray have peti
tioned for a dispensation to open a
lodge at ( hat place.
Three Sisters of Charity have gone
toLeadviile whore they propose to
institute a hospital.
The State has gone into general re
joicing over iho election of-Prof. Hill
to the U. S. Sjenate.
An assay office has been- established
at Hughesville , the new silver camp ,
north of Silver mountain.
Arraugeknenta will soon bo perfect
ed for the erection at Leadville of the
largest and most perfect hotel in the
State.
The deep snows have covered up
the grass on the ranges near the moun
tains , and caused suffering among the
cattle.
Work on the various smelting
works in course of construction is go
ing on as rapidly as the present cok
weather will admit of.
Father Flliotti , a notedjprieatdied
at Denver a few days ago. He was a
native of Rome , Italy , and was a
schoolmate of the present Pope.
The real estate business is well
nigh as lively at Leadville as the min
ing business. Lots are going off like
hotcakesnotwithstandingthedifficult ]
with titles , most of them being mere
ly possessory.
Wyoming.
G. A. Searight has added 5,000hoac
of Oregon cattle to his already large
herd.
Several religious denominations oi
Cheyenne are holding revival meet
ings.
ings.There
There is considerable travel between
Laramiegmd the Douglas creek mines
this winter. * L _ _
Live stock men all report favorably
upon the condition of their herds in
Wyoming.
The citizens' ticket was successful at
the late Cheyenne city election. Mayor
Bresnahan was re-elected.
Many new herds of caltle will be
put into the extensive grass ranges to
the northward the coming season.
The sale of stamps , envelopes , etc.
for the first week of the present quar
ter in the Laramie poatofnce , amounted -
ed to $190 CO.
The great soda lake * northeast of
Rawlins , ore in litigation , and the dif
ferent conteslants.aro putting in their
testimony before the U. S. Land Reg
ister and Receiver at'Cheyenne.
Martin Frewn , the wealtfiy English
man who recently visited the Big
Horn country , will rofurn to Wyom
ing and locate in the cattle "business
on the fords of Powder river between
new Fort McKinney and' ' old Fort
Reno. He has already purchased 10-
000 head of choice Montana cattle
which will bo taken to the location as
above described.
NEBRASKA LEGISLATURE.
Members-Elect of the Nebraska Leg
islature , by Districts.
*
FIBST DI8TEICT.
Richardson ContttyI = PW. Birk-
hauser , Geo. A. Stone.
SECOND UBTK1CT.
Nemaha County Church Howe.
THIRD DISTRICT.
Otoe County C. H. Van Wyck , D.
T. Hayden.FOURTH
FOURTH DISTRICT.
Cass County Orlando Taft
FDTH DISTRICT.
Douglas County Chas. K. Coutant ,
Chas. H. Brown.
SIXTH DISTRICT.
Douglas and Sarpy Counties Con.
V. Gallagher.
SBVEKTH DISTRICT.
Washington County J. A. Cuppy.-
EIOHTH DISTRICT. -
Dodge County Wm. Marshall.
NINTH DISTRICT. .
Cuming County L. Otterstein ,
TENTH DISTRICT.
Bush and Dakota Counties W. B.
Beck ,
ELEVENTH DISTRICT.
Madison , Stanton , Wayne , Pierce ,
Antelope and Boone Counties Louis
Ley.
TWELFTH DISTRICT.
Dixon , Cedar , Knox , Holt , &c.
O. P. Sullenberger.
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT.
Hall , Howard , Merrick , Greeloy ,
&c. E. W. Arnold.
FOURTEENTH DISTRICT.
Platte and Colfax Counties J. T.
Clafkson.
FIFTEENTH DISTRICT.
Butler and Polk Counties W. F.
JCirnmelLSIXTEENTH
SIXTEENTH DISTRICT.
Saunders County T. A. BunnelL
SEVENTEENTH DISTRICT.
Lancaster County E. E. Brown ,
M. B. Cheney.
EIGHTEENTH DISTRICT.
Johnson and Pawnee Counties. B.
B. Dorsey.
- NINETEENTH DISTRICT.
Gage and Jefferson Counties. J. A.
McMeans.
McMeans.TWENTIETH DISTRICT.
Saline County. J. H. Grimm.
TWENTY-FIRST DISTRICT.
Seward County T. L. Norval.
TWENTY-SECOND DISTRICT.
York and 'Hamilton Counties. D.
A. Scovill.
TWENTY-THIRD DISTRICT.
Filmore and Clay Counties. John
F. Coulte * .
TWENTY-FOURTH DISTRICT.
Adams , Webster , Nuckolls and
Thayer Counties. A. L. Wigton.
TWENTY-FIFTH DISTRICT.
Buffalo , Kearney. Franklin , Harlsn ,
Phelps , Sherman , Valioy , &c. F. A ,
Seaman.
TWENTY-SIXTH DISTRICT.
Lincoln , Dawson , Gosper , Furnos ,
Red Willow , Franklin , Hitchcock
Dundy , Chase , Keith , Cheyenne , &c.
George H. Jewutt
Members-Elect of the House of Bep-
recontatlvoa bvDistncts.
FIRST DISTRICT.
Richardson County John Klopful ,
R. B. Stoffer , Wm. M. Patton , Jerry
Fenton.
SECOND DISTRICT.
Pawnee County R. A. Kennedy ,
Samuel Barnard.
THIRD DISTRICT.
Gage County John Sparks , Wm.
Curtis.
FOURTH DISTRICT.
Johnson County S. B. Starrett ,
W. K. York.
York.FIFTH
FIFTH DISTRICT.
Nomaha County W. A. Polock , N.
Johnson , E. Lash.
SIXTH DISTRICT.
Otoc County J. S. Mitchell , R. D.
Brownlee , Jacob Ljsk , George Fergu
son.
SEVENTH DISTRICT.
Lancaster County M. H. Sessions ,
S. G. Owen , W. W. Carder , T. A.
Burling.
riOUTU DlislRICT.
Saunders County F E. Davis , H.
A. Fisher , F. Haminitt
yuan DISTRICT.
Cass County It. B. Windham , J.
F. Polk , Isaac Stone.
TENTH DISTRICT.
Sarpy County Amos Gates. ,
ELEVENTH DISTRICT.
Douglas County Goo. Plumbeck ,
L. M. Bennett , R. E. Gaylord , Wm.
H. Burns , J. S. Gibson , B. E. B.
Kennedy , Patrick McAnlUC. . J.
Karbach.
TWELFTH DISTRICT.
Dodge County C. F. Eiseley , G.
M. Dodgtr.
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT.
Washington County J. J. Thomp
son , Giles Mead.
FOURTEENTH DISTRICT.
Burt County Robert Hansom.
FIFTEENTH DISTRICT.
Cuming County R. A. Thompson ,
John E. Long.
SIXTEENTH DISTRICT.
Dakota County Jesse F. Warner.
SEVENTEENTH DISTRICT.
Dixon County W. A. Vauderbilt.
EiaUTEF.NTH DISTRICT.
Jefferson County Charles B. Slo-
cnmb.
NINETEENTH DISTRICT.
Thayer County G. C. Bruce.
TWENTIETH DISTRICT.
Nuckolls County R. L. Simon-
ton.
TWENTY-FIRST DISTRICT.
Webster County J. E. Smith.
TWENTY-SBCOND DISTRICT.
Adams County R. A. Batty.
TWENTY-THIRD DISTRICT.
Cky County H. A. Draper.
TWENTY-FOURTH DISTRICT.
Fillmore County John D. Jenk
ins.
TWENTY FIFTH DISTRUST.
Saline County M. B. C. True , J.
W. Gilbert , W. H. Mooro.
TWENTY-SIXTH DISTRICT.
Seward County Wm. Hickinan ,
H. A. French.
TWENTY-SEVENTH DISTRICT.
YorkCountj. W. T. Scott W. H.
Heckley.
TWENTY-EIGHTH DISRTICT.
Hamilton County. R. W. Graybill.
TWENTY-NINTH DISTRICT.
Hall County. G. H. Bush.
THIRTIETH DISTRICT.
Buffalo County. Jas. H. Davis.
THIRTY-FIRST DISTRICT.
Lincoln County. A. H. Bmdley.
THIRTY SECOND DISTRICT.
Harlan County. P. J. Dempster.
THIRTY-THIRD DISTRICT.
Howard and Greeley Counties. J.
T. Frederick.
THIRTY-FOURTH DIRTRICT.
Merrick County. J. W. Sparks.
THIRTY-FIFTH DISTRICT.
Polk County. T. S. Clark.
THIRTY-SIXTH DISTRICT.
Butler County. F. Englehard.
THIRTY-SEVENTH DISTRICT.
Colfax County N. W. Wells.
THIRTY-EIGHTH DISTRICT.
Platte County Thos. 0. Ryan.
THIRTY-NINTH DISTRILT.
Madieon County C. 11. Matthew-
son.
FORTIETH DISTRICT.
Cedar County J. A. Ziegler.
' FORTY-FIRST DISLRICT.
Burt and Dodge Counties R. N.
Day.
FORTY-SECOND DISTRICT.
Stanton , Wayne and Pierce " Tobias "
Mack.
FORTY-THIRD DISTRICT.
Knox and Holt Counties B. Y.
Shelley.
FORTY-FOURTH DISTRICT.
Antelope County T. H. Trobridge.
FORTY-FIFTH DISTRICT.
Boone , Valley , Sherman , &c. Os
car Babcock.
FORTY-SIXTH DISTRICT.
Dawson and Frontier Counties T.
L. Warrington.
FORTY-SEVENTH DISTRICT.
Franklin and Kearney Counties
Sidney Baker.
FORTY-EIGHTH DISTRICT.
Pumas , Phelps and Gosper Coun
ties Root H. Rohr.
FORTY-NINTH DISTRICT.
Cheyenne , Keith. Dundy , Chase ,
Hitchcock , Red Willow , &c. F. W.
Gauman.
FIFTIETH DISTRICT.
Cass and Saunders Counties A. W.
Vandeman.
Vandeman.nFIYFIRST DISTRICT.
Platte , Colfax ard Butler Counties
D. C. Loveland.
FIFTY-SECOND DISTRICT.
Fillmore and Clay Counites M. S.
Price.
& CO. . ,
WHOLESALE AGENTS for the sale of Wright ,
emi * Bro. ' . FJHE TEAS , COFFEE & SPICES ,
and 3. R. TanDnier's STPERIOR FLAVORING
EXTRACTS. The trade solicited to give us an
order. Goods &U gold under a full guarantee aa
to quality. 6 1 15th St. , Omaha.
BANKH-'C HOUSES.
THE OLDEST ESTABLISHED
BANKINO I HOUSE
IW NEBRASKA.
CALDWELLHAMILTGNiCO.
: B
Uueiucsa transacted stuuo nn that of
an Incorporated Bank.
Accounto If ept In Currency or gold
BUbioct to sight check withoutnotioo. .
CertiflratBs cf deposit lut-uod pay
able In tbreo , six tuirt tw't months ,
bearing interest , or on demand with
out interest.
Advances miwlo to customers on ap
proved securities at zu&rkot rates of
interest.
Buy and soil ec'd , bills of exchange
Government , State , County and City
Bonds.
Draw 6Uat Drafts 0:1 England , Ire
land , Scotland , and all parw of Europe.
Sell European Pa ese Tickets.
COLLECTiGKS PROMPTLY MADE.
augldtf
U. S. DEPOSITORY.
FIRST WATIOHAL HANK
Of OMAHA. ,
Cor. Ftirnb&m and Thirteenth Sla ,
OLDEST GAKKING ESTABLISHMENT
IN OMAI1A.
( SUCCESSORS TO KOVSTZK BROS. , )
OrganlMd M a National Bank August 20,1863.
0 ipital andProfits Over $300,000
Specially authorized by tha Secretary of Treasury
to receive Subscriptions to the
U. S. 4 PER GENT. FUNDED LOAN.
OFFICERS AND DIRECTOK3
Hi&iiAH KOBBTZI , President.
AcscBTua Koran * , Vice President. - .
IL W. YATXS , Cashier.
A. J. Poprutros , Attorney.
JOHN A. CRSiauros' .
F. U. DATU , Ass't Coehler
This bant receives deposita without regard to
amuunts.
teuoa time certificates bearluif Interest. ,
Drawa drafts on Eon Francicco aud principal
cities of the United Su.tts , also London , Dublin ,
Edinburch and the principal dtits of the conti
nent of Europe.
Bella passagB tlckctg for emigrants In the In
man lino. mayldtf
FRANK MURPHY. BEN a WOOD ,
President. Cashier.
STATE BANK
p
OF NEBRASKA.
COR. FARHAM AND THIRTEENTH ST8.
OMAHA. , NEBRASKA.
CAPITAL , 8100,000.
Transacts a general banking business and Bell
drafts on all the principal cities of the United
Statea and Europe.
Buy gold dust , government , city , county , and
state securities. ' mvldtf
CARPETS.
J. B. DETWILER'S
CARPET S"
249 Douglas St. Omaha Neb.
OTlId&WlT
SPECIAL ORDINANCE
No 1S6.
LEVYING a special tax for curbing and
guttering Douglas street from the
center of Tenth street to the center
of Sixteenth street , in the city of
Oinaha.
Be it onJaimd by tin City Geunril of tht City of
Omalia ,
SEC. 1. That a special tax to the amount cf
ttven thousand f even hundred and forty-five dollar
lar * and urenty-iix cents ( $7,745 78) ) , which , bo-
is\g the cost and expense of curbing and gutter
ing Douglas street from tha center of Tenth
street to tha center of Sixteenth street , bo , and
th * sama is hereby levied upon those lotg that are
bounding or abutting said improvement , accord
ing to Byron Keed's map which corresponds nith
A. D. Jones' mtp , as thg first and original map
and plot of the City cf Omaha , to-wlt :
Lot. Moelc. Amount.
3 101 532274
6 101 161 37
6 101' 161 37
6S
S 10-2 161 37
7 192 161 37
6 102 10137
5 102 181 37
8 103 161 37
7 103 161 37
6 103 161 37
6S'
S' 103 16137
8 104 161 87
7 104 151 37
0 104 161 S7
0o
o 104 101 37
8 105 161 37
7 - 105 181 37
6 105 161 37
5 105 161 37
3 100 161 37
7 106 161 37
6 108 181 87
106 ICt 37
1B feN 322 74
B 123 181 74
4 161 37
1 122 101 37
2 122 161 73
3 122 161 37
4 122 161 37
1 121 161 37
1J 111 101 37
3 121 Itil 37
3i
i 121 161 37
1 120 16137
2 120 161 37
3 120 161 37
4 120 1C1 37
1O 110 161 37
O 119 101 37
3 ne 161 37
4 119 161 37
1 118 161 37
2 118 161 37
I 118 161 37
4 118 161 37
Sxc. S. Such special tax shall b due in thirty
( SOJdays from toe passage and approval cf this or-
dinauca.
EEC. 3. This ordinance shall take effect and be
In force from and-af ter its passage.
( Signed ) O. W. LINIKOER ,
Actiug Pres't City Council.
Passed January 7,1879.
Attest :
Z. TAYLOR , City Clerk.
Approved January 8.1879.
( Sifted ) K. H. WILBUR ,
Mayor.
#
The above tax becomes delinquent on tha
seventh day of February , 1879 , after which date
ten per cent , penalty , awl Interest at the rate of
one per cent , per montnTln advance , will ba
added. CHRIS. IIARTOAX ,
City Treasurer.
ld t
tMTTBPHT&LOVETT
MTTBPHT&LOVETT ,
GENERAL
INSURANCE AGENTS.
CAPITAL P.EPRESENTED ,
S G OO O OO , O O.
Losses Ad'ctxl and Paid at this office.
504 THIRTEENTH STREET
( St.1S Bink Building. )
febSTdlr OMAHA , SEBRA3K
PATRONIZE HOME INDUSTRY
The Only Lithographing Establishment in Nebraska !
Ll J. BROWN & CO. ,
T
Proprietors.
OMAHA BEE
LITHOGRAPHING
COMPANY.
Drafts , Checks , Letter , Bill and Note Headings , Cards ,
Bonds , Certificates of Stock , Diplomas , Labels ,
etc , , done in the best manner , and at
Lowest Possible Prices.
" . saeoEto tv JB " AS CO-- ,
PKACTICAL LITHOGRAPHERS , OMAHA.
ESTABLISHED 1855.
MILTON ROGERS.
Bole Agency for the
Celebrated Charter Oak Stoves , " *
The Favorite Cook. Stoves ,
Stewart's Famous Cook Stoves ,
Ulillers's Patent Double-Cased Wrought Iron Ranges.
Jobber of
TIM PLATE , METALS , TINNERS' STOCK ,
Patent Granite Iron Ware. Stamped , Plain ami jtapanncd
Wares.
Dealers can save time and freight by ordering from us.
WRITE FOR CATALOGUES AND PRICE LISTS.
MILTON ROGERS ,
mrlstl No. 243 Farnliam St. , O31AHA , UTEB
THE LAE&EST JEWELEY HOUSE IN NEBRASKA
None but Good Goods , and poeitively the Lowest Prices.
First Quality of FRENCH CLOCKS.
Swiss Ci\rved \ Clocks.
DIA5IONDS and other Precious Stones of our own importation , which
we can Sell Less than Wholesale Prices.
* 14k and 18k Jewelry of any desired style made to order.
Highest Price for Black Hills Gold.
Elgin Watches by the Single Piece at Wholesale Price * just the same
aa if you bought a hundred of thpm.
Wholesale" Agents fo * American Clock Company ,
AND GOKHAM STERLING-PURE SILVER-WARE ,
and of the Most Celebrated
Companies. Call on or send for Price List.
A. B. HDBERMAIW & Co.
Corner 13th and Douglas Sts. , OMAHA , NEBRASKA.
ALE T
M..HELLMAN & CO.
MEKCHAAT TAILORS ,
SWOFACTURERS OF CLOTHiNO ]
iKD DSAIJOIS CT
GENTS' FITK1HSHIN& GOODS , &c.
ONE PRIGS ! GOODS MAEKED IN PLAIN FIGURES
221 and 222 Farnliam Street , Cor. 13th.
PiERGY'S STOVE HOUSE ,
217 Farnham Street , Omaha.
EANGES. HEATING- STOVES , COOK STOVES.
Keystone Helper , Astral. MidriiyJit. Ltxington. Miner.
( SS Styles and 96 Sizes. ) AUadin , Fine Art. Director. SucctM.
Paris ftoyal. Splendid. Silvio. Spy. BucWs Brilliant ]
Paris. And Settral Others. 'ack Fox , JLnteltpt.
Call and Examine Them.BttfBtm
BttfB-tm
DOUBLE AND SINGLE ACTING
POWER AND HAND PUMPS
Steam Pumps , Engine Trimmings , Mining Machinery ,
BELTING HOSE , BRASS AND IRON FITTINGS , FIFE , STEAM PACKING ,
AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
HALLADAY WIND-MILLS , CHURCH AND SCHOOL BELLS
A. L. STEAM , 205 Parnham Street , Omaha , Neb.
< sc 0:0 w j-iiE ,
AGENTS FOB MINERS ANTHRACITE AND BITUMINOUS
OFFIOE-608 Thirteenth Street. ,25tf OMAH& , NEB ,
D. T. MOUNT ,
( Successor to A. KELLY , )
HARNESS , SADDLES AND WHIPS ,
254 FARNHAM STREET , OPPOSIT CFAND CENTRAL HOTEL , OMAHA.
febldly
IMIETZ & BROTBCE
NEBRASKA BREWERY AHD MALT HOUSE ,
Cor. 16th and Leavcnworth Sts. , Omaba , Nebraska ,
ORDERS SOLICITED AND PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO.
Henry Lehmann ,
509 < fe 511 12th St.
Foil and Complete Rock of Wall Pp r. Efcadea ,
nd fir.uiw. jal-rm
G. ANDREEft.
ManvJaetuTtr of Pin and Burglar
VAULT DOOR3 , JAI1. WORK , ETC. , ,
Corner Fourteenth ana Jackson J3ta.
Repairing of U klmls preiapUy.don r [ fl