THE DAILY BEE. B. BOSBWATBB. EDITOR TO OOEBESPONDENTa Ocx Conrm FBHSW we will always be pleased to heir f ttm , on all nutters connected with croj * , conntry politic : , nd on my subjetl whatever , ot jcncnJ IntaTert to the people of cor Bute. Ajrrtnlormitioa conni d with the elections , and reUting to flood ? , accidenta , wfll be gUdly recdrcd. ! AB each communica tion * however , must be as triefas pouslbls ord they mcrt in an case * be written on one ( Ida ot the efcset only. Ira N M OT WetrritJ to toll , murt In each an : every ore accompany any communlcatli n o what nature soever : This Is ntt Intended for publication , but for our own Bti ! attlon land us proof o good filth. rcunciL. ASKOCKCsioans ct caodidstea for Offlce heth. er nu3e by relf or frfcnds. and whether as no tices or communications to the Editor , are until nom'nitlous are medf ) tlnip'y personal , und wlll % charged for as dvertiicnients. of literary or BO KOT edre contributions a peetical characUr ; and ire 1111 not undertake to present or resenethe Bame in any case whttev r. Our staff is sufficiently large to more than ropply our limited ipace. All communications should be aodresaed to E. I15SEWATER , Editor. THAT cnampion political weather- prophet , Robins of the Inter-Ocean , who predicted Nebratjii was sure for Grant ty a Isrge majority , have to reconstiuct his horoscope. KQ to the pressure on our tpico by the kcil news we have been com pelled to omit the concluding portion of the prccredingj of the Republican State convention which -will appear in our next issue. THE Herald informs us with becom ing gravity that Lieut , Governor Cirnea has come to Omaha to protect QB aga'nst mob violence. In what ca- picitydoei the lieutenant governor propose to"Eerre ? His commission as lieutenant governor gives him no more authority in the executive de partment than cm bo legally exer cised by the late speaker of the lower house. His functions are simply or namental. Ho is a sort of figure-head as presiding officer of the senate , and practically without authority unless the governor should resign or die. It is not l all probable that Governor Nance will acc3mmrdle the valiant r v warrior from Scward by ttndering hi * H resignation , * and , ; ? * his excellency's health is altogether too robust to sn- toipate : a shuffling vff of the mortal coil. , SEVJCKAL captains of Atlantic steam ship lines have been arrested by the ! United States authorities charged with a breech cf 'tho-aw } > limiting the number of j-asiengers lo be carried by any vessel. On account of the Immense immigration , the steerages of Atlantic stsaaiors have been gener ally crowded the present season ; hence the enforcement of the law on the purl of the gdvcrnment. On the other hand , the agents of the steam ship lines claimo that they have in fringed no law. More than this , they assert thai the United States govern ment has no righ la interfere with the passenger or olher arrange ments of inward-boinii foreign ves sels as respects either freight or pas sengers. In the interest of humanity this vuettion. if it can be no other way , ought to" be settled by an inter national commisEion. It will be re membered that in the year * 1849 and 1852 thousands"o"f passenger * di.d by epidemic cholera , mainly the result of over-crowding The juortality iu those years wis'frightful ' , and terves as a warning for the present and fu ture of this trade. ACCOKDIKQ to t'ae groEsly exagger ated and UDreliable estima'es of the Inicr'Octan , Qensral Grant has al ready secured 409 delegates jn the Chioago convention. This includes the tolid delegations from New York , Ponmylvanin , Alshim * , Arkansas , Kentucky , Florida , Illinois , Missouri , South Carolina , Texas , Virginia , Ari zona , Utah and Washington Terri tories , and four votes from Connecticut - t cut , two from Deleware , twelve from Georgia , two from Indiana , nine from Maryland , eight from Massachusetts , seven from Mississippi , six from Now Jorsay , fourteen from Tonnetseethree from Wiioouiic , one from Wyoming and one from the District of Columbia. Louisiana' and Colorado are yet to hold conventions , and the Grant or gans claim the twenty-two votes of there two ttatcs , ubich would give Grant 431 votes. The number neces sary to a choice is 379. That would leave Grant 52 votes to spare. On the other band a defection of twenty- a 3v en delegates would leave him in the minority. Now , -we do not concede Colorado and Louisiana : Grant may secure tome votes Jin Louisiana , but the chances are that Colorado will cni an uninstructcd anti-Grant dclegati nto Chicago. Suppose , howev- er.that both Colorado and Louisiana go solid for Grant , the probabilities are that ho wilrlesa more than twenty- seven voles in .New York and Pennsyl- vanl& alone , while the estimate cf his strength in the southrrn states , especi ally North Carolina , Georgia , Dole- ware and Maryland is decidedly un reliable. It is also exceedingly doubt ful that Grant will secure eight votes in Massachutetts , four in Connecticut , or three in Wisconsin. . The extrava gant estimates of the Grant organs are gotten up for the purpose of stam peding weak-kneed delegates , who want to be with the -majority. Had 7i the contest between the supporters and oppon ! ij ! o | ihe "ex-president been Bimplyl/l 'rase bween.favorite candidatesi& | stampede to Grant might h&va easily been effected. There Is , however , something more than mere personalpreference in this contest for the presidency. It is a conflict of forces representing on the one hand the aemSricTfQr a trong man at the he id of tha national gov ernment ; on jh Bother , , s protest ajalnat the eparture'from a time- honored preeedjeatV against the one- man power ! rtb.t-tends to"imperialize oar republic. iTa men who entertain aati-tliird.ter a.viewa cannot bo Btam- pdedIntoftGrani camp by fear of being left la the Uunority * nor can they ' vf * ; b bulldoze * ' bj doaiineering leaders t A GBA.VB BLUNDER. Governor Nance committed a grave blunder when he honored the requisi tion for militia byprivate citizens oi Omaha. As commander in chitf ol the milifary torces of the state , the Governor is empowered to call out the militia to suppress insurrection , inva sion orreteiiion. This p'w < ri , how ever , only to ba exercitei when the civil authorities have exhausted their power to preserve the peace asd main tain older. In other words , a hwfnl call for military must come-from the local county and municipal authorifies. The city of Omaha is provided by charter with an executive head called maycr , vho is ercpowerei and re quired to protect the lives and prop erly of c't'zrns within lha limits ol th's ciiy by a police force , placed at his disposal , and in extraordinary emergencies the city council may en roll a corps of special policemen to suppress riotous demonstrations ane maintain order. There is also in this county a sheriff , authorized and re quired by law to arrett all violators o ; the peace , and in emergencies tc employ as many deputies as he may deem necetsiry to disperse mobs and bring violators of the hw lo jus tice. It appears that neither the mayor of Omaha or the Ehoriffof Doug- la ? county have called for military in terference , but the governor has seen fit to respond to a requliilion of a pri vate citizen with an order for militia , and the state has been put to the ex pense of transporting this military force from Wahoo and Colum- bua when there is no neces sity whatever for their presence. There are two well organized and fully-equipped military companies in this city , and if the police and sherifl were unable to maintain peace , they were ample for protecting the smelting works against 'any mob. Why , then , send militia from abroad ? Governor Nanca'is usually very deliberate and cautious , but in this instance he was a little too prompt. Besides being without warrant of hw , this casing out af the militia has created * a very bad Impression abroad. It has been tel egraphed all ovtr the country thst Omaha was under mob rule , that a bloody riot was imminent , and that the military had to protect our city from destruction and mob violence. That is not a very complimentary ad- veithomenl to say the least. Tha only grounds for apprehending in outbreak was the advent of the armel negro laborers imported by the Smelting Works proprietors , who evi dently rxpectod a bloody conflict. The fact that tbo strikers did not rcaott to force , but Jmeroly sought to convert the negro laborers to their views shows that these strikers are not as bloodthirsty as they have been represented. Had they resorted to force we apprehend Mayor Chase and Sheriff Guy would hive done their duty. WE are assured by the leaders of the Smelting works strike that the workingraen are ready at any time to submit to an adjustment of their dif ferences with the Smelting works proprietors by arbitration , and tbey are ready to pledge that they will abide by the award. DK. MILLEK calls for troops to pro tect the smelting works , but if any * body down southshould call for troops to protect the lives of defenseless ne groes from masked assassins ha would protest against bayonet rule. OBAFTON CliHANINOB. Correspondence of TBB Bsx. GUAFTON , Neb. , May 2L The people ple ot thij vicinity were made glad by showers durinp the past few days , and there is good prospect for a fine crop of corn. Some fields of wheat where the ground was ploughed last fall look even bolter than in ordinary years , notwithstanding the extreme dry weather. Gr.ifton is steadily growing , and has become one of the most important grain points on the line of the B. &M. Corn is rapidly being deliveredand , two elevators are kept busy. R. 0. Price , of Fairmont , has charge of the elevators. Mr. P. has a good head for business , and will make his mark in the world. E. Angell has a fine restaurant. E. A. Cushing , one of the pioneers , retains his place in the grocery trade. H. J. Day , formerly of Lincoln , has a house well stocked with general merchandise. The Grafton - ton house is kept by Mr Hills , Jr. , and has a fair patronage. There are two hardware stores , two millinery stores , two doctors and one drag store. Mr. A. C. Spandsu , the drupgist , has juat returned from a visit cast , well satisfied to remain in Nebraska. He has a fine store , is a genialwhole-souled fellowwell posted in his businet and has the beat wishes of TUB BEE. JAT. RELIGIOUS. St. Peter's at Rome is now entirely open to the public. There are , it is said , eight transla tions of the Bible in the language of the South So * islands and New Zea land. land.Two Two New England churches refused to call two students of Andovcr Theo logical seminary because they me to bacco. The cheapest church in the United States was built recently in Kansas , at a cost of § 10. Its walls and roof are of sod and the floor of earth. No mortgages. President Eliot , of Harvard , will preside at the annual festival in Bos ton of the Unitarian churches , Thurs day evening , May 27. Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes is to welcome the clergy. The income of the Presbyterian board of foreign missions for the Tear iust closed shows avery large increase The receipts aggregate $586,844 , a gain over the previous year of more than 8160,000. An ex-priest in Spain , named Cab- era , who embraced Protestantism in L861 , and worked many yean as a niesionary , with the support of Pres- jjterians of Scotlmd hu recently aeon taken under the patronage of an English Episcopal committee. With four Spanish Pastors , he nis organized an Episcopal Church in Spain , with the help of Bishop Riley , of the Mexican Episcopal Church , and > ecame first bishop of the new church. i. protaitant cathedral iso "be ba jit p Madqd , EDUCATIONAL NOTES. The Quincy system is being tried a little in one of the Philadelphia schools. Gold Hill , Nov. , has gene so fir on the road of education that it has a normal class in its high school. Male teachers in the Wisconsin pub lic schools .receive $51.89 a month ; female teachers $28 42 The cost per capita of instruction is § 7.44. ThTd are several flourbhingschools in China conducted by American teachew , and through the tranilation department of the empire more than 80,000 volumes of translated works in science , art , cts. , have been sold. In the schools of this country 120 Chinese youlhscrd receiving instruc tion. tion.The The importarcs of teaching a ctr- rect management of the voice is illus- tradeJ by an anecdote told by M. Le ouve in ft recent lecture on the nrl of reading. Ho siid thit Boiryer , the greal orator , used to declare thai he once lost hit ciso by having opened his pleading in too hiph pitched a tone. His vofca rapidly became tirtd , his intellectual powers felt the effeci of his vocal fatigue , and his arguments were not delivered with aufScieni energy to obtain a triumph. Super'n'ondont Peaslee , of Cincin nati , says that the greatest mistake that is being made in the American schools is the cous'art drive iu arith metic at the expense of composition and literature. Mr. Piaslce wanlc less cramming for per cents and more education to st before pupih higher aims for study than monthly averages. Hisf nviotioDH have led to the rstab- lishljttt in the Cincinnati schools oi "Poet ? Days , " aad the systematic study of literature. The children are made to not only memorize poetic se lections of the highest character , butte to learn something about the authors , aid ; to talk about them. HONEY FOB THE LADIES. Japanesa ladies gild their faces and have a sort of golden ttarc. The Mar.'e Antoinette kerchief oi India mull has a pretty Quakerish ef fect. fect.Kilt Kilt pleated skirts are more fash ionable than ever and are seen on all styles of dreises. Dirk blue flannel remains in favor for serviceable dresses , which are made in the simplest manner. Genuine India foulards a-e among the latest importations. They show the raott delicate as well as the rich est colorings and designs. While a Loadville lawyer was crots- examining a woman who was on the witness stand , last week , she ex claimed "I'm end thunder : a lady , by der , don't you forget it. " A prize was offered at an Odd-fel lows' picnic in San Francisco , the other day of a chair tor the fattest baby , and when the award was made it was discovered that the chair was so narrow that the winner could not tit in it. The proud but exasperated mother declared fiat the blunder was "just like these men. " A typical Boston gul is reported by a friendly writer to have lately said : "I can go without my spring bonnet , and wear my thick boots up into June ; I cm even , if must be , elo with out a new euoimer dress ; but I can't , no , I won % let these seraphic concert ! go by , for they are treasures in heaveo , and I grow an inch in spirit every time I go to one. "Watsrmixie" color is pura wave green. "Fableiux1 is an intense red. "Austrian cicklo' is a light orange yel'ow. "Clary" is a delicate straw color. "Couoher de sole'l" ' is an oranga red. "Amourette" is a blush pink. "Eastern yellow" ia a marigold hue. "Humberla" is a deep peach "Heliotrope" which is just now the leading fashionable color , ia n mixture of violet and mauve. The Norristown Herald says : They were playing a game they call euchre. She held both bowers and the king , and two aces of other suit , but she was a novice at the game. A young man who was teaching her looked at her cards and warmly exclaimed , "What a lovely handl" She looked him straight in the eyes and mur mured , 'Ton may have it , if you want it. " All the rest of the evening he wondered if he was the vlc'im ' of a leap year proposal. Almost all Parisian bonnets have mauve or purple trimmings. Nearly all capotes are trimmed with flowers. Plumes will bo more used for round hata. Among the flowerd moat in use are velvet and silk pansies , violets , cow-slips , gillyflowers and bunches of lilacs. Very few rcsss are used. These flowers are arranged in very flat garlands , and placed around the brims of the bonnets. . ' here are few other colors worn besides mauve. The most favored , however , are bras , sulphur , fire and caroubier. The ribbon and flowers match in color. Many shaded plumes are used. A suitable traveling dress is made of two kinds of woolen goodr , one plain , the other figured on a claret colored .ground. The waist } and back breadth , which is slightly draped , are of broche goods. The skirt is of stifl muslin , covered with plain good ? , plaited up to the knees. On the bor der of the skirt is a ruching 4 inches deep , which falls below the plairicg of the dress. The lower part of the waist is cut open on the side of the basque , forming points , which are longer than the other part of the basque. The upper part of the waist is covered with a triple "carrick" collar. IMPIETIES. ANiobrara minister recently horrified rified everybody present by having the contribution box passed at a fu neral. Brooklyn is again called upon to mourn over a preacher who has back slidden on rok and rye , cigars and the fifteen puzzle. The New York Commercial says that next to the clergy commercial men are the best hands at planning and making away with a good dinner. A Massachusetts temperance advo cate declares : "I be'ievo that the cider-drinking church member stands a worse chance of entering heaven than the poorest and meanest drunk ard in the gutter. " "Do you think a man can run a circus and be a Christian ? " asked the serious man ? " "Well , I don't know- yes. " "Do you think Bamum , for in stance , can go to heaven ? " "I think he has A good show , " was the rather equivocal reply. Strange that some men can never be serious. [ Boston Transcript. "Gem'len , " laid the old man , as he got his legs tinder him , "a pusson who labors under de ideah dat he am fool- in1 de world will f ooner or later get de grand laff. A pusson can deceive do public for a few dayt , or a few weeks , but as soon as do fraud am ex- poeed he am a gone coon. Yon may stand yer hats ober on yer ears ; hang out yer brass watch chains , an' puff away at yer chesp cigars , but do ma- [ ority of men will see right frew you iko a buzz saw choppin up cheese. What we am we am , an * let us b'ar In mice de tolemn fack d t while skim milk has its value and its uses , it won't make ice creim nor deceive de babies. " [ Detroit Free Press. In the early stage * of hisjninistry he celebrateel Dr. Strong ! of H rt- ford , rreaohed some lime in a neigh boring vil'ase. ' One day a committee called upon him to settle tor his ser vices , and , after stammering awhile , signified to him that his services were not desired. "What does this mean , gentlemen ? " asked the doctor. "Why , " replied the spokesman , with some hesitation , "the people hive got the impression that you are inclined to univerjalealvation. " "Gentlemen , " answered the doctor , "I never have preached that doctrine ; but , if I over should , I promise to make the people of this town en exeepton. ; " MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC. Mits Emmi Abbott is reported to have made § 47,000 during her last season. Adelaide Neilson will begin an en gagement a < Balwin's Theater , San Francisco , June 7. John Brougham was sjvcnty-one on the 9th of M y , pnd has been fifty years on the stage. Wilhelmj has rolurned to New lork. He has decided not to appzar iu poblic for the present. "A Gentleman From NovaJa" ia said to be based on an English novel , ent'tled "The Golden Butterfly. " D. R. Locke , author of "Widow Bedott , " has written a now p'ayed called "Quartz Valley. " This was faibioned by Mr. E. A. Lccke , who put togtthor a piece called "Uncle Dan'l" for Mr. B. Macauloy. Mrs. Scott-Siddons will pass the summer in Europe this year , but nil ] return to the United Sta'es in October with two new plays. Here she will orgauizj a company and ttavel with tbesa plays. During the present sea- eon she has confined heraelf to the platform though she is a bettor actress than reader. In London Genevieve Ward's French performance of I'Aventurlero won almcst unanimous praise. Van ity Fair tays , "it is a strange fact that an American actress should succeed whore Sarah Bernhardt has jmt fail ed. " She will alto produce in a short time , under the patronage of the Prince cf Wales , another French play , "Misantbrop'o ot Repentir , " the French version of the "Stranger. " The benc6t to John Raymond , et Booth's theatre , N. Y.will occur on June 3d. Mr. Raymond and Mr. Florence arc to act gather ia the farce of "The ReturneJ Volunteer. " Mr. Nat. Goodwin will appear cs Jerry Clip , in "The Widow's Victim , " and give Irs admired imitations John McUullough and Mary Ai.de son will act together in a favt r te sroco ; Mr. Sot hem w-11 nppear ; and Miss Rote Coghlan , making her firat appearance on the New York stage this season , will act as Lady Teazle , in the Screen Scene from "The School for Scandal. " This bir s fair to bo an enjoyable dra- matio exhibition. Arrangements are now in progiecs for a muficat festival to be given in New York : city in May , 1881 , under the combined direction of the Oratorio rio and Symphony societies. No ex ertion will ba spared to put it on the highest plane ot mutical performances. The choral foices , if which the cho rus of the Oratorio society is the nu cleus , will number about 1000 , and tha orchestra will c jusist of 200 instru ments. The best tt > lent , both of this count-y and Europe , for the solo put * , will be secured , negotiations for several eminent artis's from abrtad being already ia progress. The entire force will ba under the muncal lead of Dr. DamrjBch. PEPPERMINT DROPS. The New Orleans Picayune says that oleomargarine ought t j be cream- mated. Talmage wants to go south. Ho is tie only man who was ever able to eat a long slice of watermelon at one bite. It ia said that when a woman ruus after a car wildly waving her handker chief , the cunductor knows what the wild sravei are s lying. [ New Orleans Picayune. The Detroit Free Press siys that when you find a man who likes cu cumbers he will do to t < e ( o. It doesn't do at the same time ( o tie to a womnn who likes onions. Mr. Edison whhes it understood that the reason why his electric light refuses to show iteclf is because the poor thing has no new spring bonnet. [ Philadelphia Chronicle. It is only the female moaquito that toruien's us. You can let the male within your mosquito bar with im- uunity. He will merely sit upon your nose and sing [ Andrews' Queen. A local paper caya that Boston has a grocer so mean that ho has been seen to catch flies and hold them up by their hind legs and look in the cracks of their feet to ace if they had baen stealing any of his sugar. "Prisoner at the bar , " said the judge to the man on trial for murder , "is there any thing you wish to s y be fore sentence is pa sed upon you ? " "Judge , " replied the prhoner , sol emnly , "there has been altcgother too much taid already. I knew all along somebody would get hurt if these people ple didn't keep theis mouths shut. It might SB well bo me , parhaps , as any body elte. Drive on , judge , and give us as little sentiment as you can get along on. I c n stand hanging , but I hata gush. [ Boston Transcript. The DrouRht on tne Seaboard. New York Herald , 19. The wave of "high barometer" which last week descended from Brit ish America and covered the northern portions of the country served to drive back the rain-bearing winds from the Gulf of Mexico and to add at least four days to the already long spell of dry weather east of theAllegheniej. On Saturday this immense wave of high pressure covered mot of the country east of the Missssippi , and its crest rested over .Lake Hu ron , with the barometer reading as high as 30.60 inches a very remarkable phenomenon for "the meirie month of " May. The consequence quence of this vast aerial movement from the dry parts of the continent and like rain averting conditions make the present month so far one of the dryest on record in the middle states , to which fact is partly due the spread of the terrible forest fires. The nor mal precipitation in the last spring months over the middle Atlantic states , as determined from many years' observaiions , is 3.65 inches , but it is questionable * whether tae rainfall for the present month has yet reached half an inch from New York to Delaware , the amount reported in a part of this re- pion falling below half an inch. In 1871 the Smithsonian Institution , summing up its raintable * , found that "in the State of New York the average number of rainy days to ba expected inMay _ is ten , " and we may Infer from ihia that there h&a-recently been a de ficiency in this stats. .But as the great mass of New York rain-fall data point to an almost invariable excess of rain in June and July , the present ieficiency may and probably will soon se made up. The drought which has marked the jresent raonth ED far , in the middle states , cos not augur unfavorably for the agricultural prospects. May of last year wag- one of Ihe dryest ever known , and the deficiency of rain was general over the whole country east of the Rocky mountains , ameunt : ing to 1.05 inches In the mid dle state * , 2.45 in New Eng land , 1.31 along the lakes and 120 in the- Ohio Valley , with exceptions only iu Tennessee , Minnesota and the Upper Mississippi Valley. But the deficiencies were made up in the sub sequent months , and the crops of 1879 were almost unprecedentedly good. We may expect them to be this year ? s good , unless recent crop reports ara at fault. The time for the r in-laden summer cumulus clouds can not bo far off. LINCOLN'S NARROW ESCAPE. SOMNAMBULISM WHICH MIGHTILY HELPED A YOUNC ! PHYSICIAN. San Fratctaco Post. The annual recurrence of Lincoln's birthday sots afloat new invoices of anecdotes ot the i-reat emancipator , the majority of which * re obviously smoking hot from the pen of the hard- pushed paiagrjphor. There is nothing about them , however , BO intrinsically remarkable as the fact that they are all reprinted with painful solemnity , particulatly in the English papers , by the readers of whom they are evident ly regarded as gospel verity. Willing to ttill further lighten the labors of our transatlantic brethren of the shears , we contribute the following p'ausible incident to the general fund , merely asking eastern contemporaries to cut off this preliminary paragraph in reprinting , and send us by wire the cJicorhl comment of the first London papers copying the story. As is well known , the cares and anxieties of the great war so weighed upon President Lincoln's nvnd as to throw his syatem into a condition of nervous sensibility of the most panful description. Ho found it almost im possible to sleep , and , when slumber occasionally , through sheer weakness , visited his restless couch , he wou'd arhe and wander about the house , his mind still busy with the questions of national oifolinccy. In fact , Lin coln became , ia t-me , a confirmed Bjm- nimbul'st , and the most assiduous Oiro tn the part of Mrs. Line - o la and tbo attendants was nve sary to insure his safety. One night , however , just afcer the Fort Pillow massacre , they omit ted to a'tich the small jack hain with which the ankle of the president was Dsual'y fatt.'ned to the leg of his bed and about five a. in. , he was dis- ovcredto bo missing. For a long time tl o anxious search of the diEtract- ed hciuehold revealed nothing until on ) of tha gnrJeners happened to thiL > k of the roof , and there , sure enough , th-y discovered "Father Abraham , " SB he was affectionately called by those about him , reclining at ler.'gt'i ' en the very edge of the cor ner ol the weal wing , at which dizzy be'gbt from the ground he WJB slum- b r.ng peacefully. How ho had de- fcended from the roof coping above to his fo-ilo'js position wni one of th se wyataries solved only in the lind of dreams. It was evilentat aghrco , however , that it would ba impossible to reach the nar row ledge whereon he lay without touching the deeper , and all could see that the slightest change in the centre of giavity in awakening woifd result in irstant destruction. The news of the president's terrible position spread like wildfire , even at that hour , ands son a dense crowd gathered beneath iu the garJen , awaiting the donouo- rr.e-1 with batel breUh. By this 11113 a hoik and ladder company , which had been sent for , atrived , and began preparing their ladders for erec- ti < u to the wall beneath the now plainly revea'ed figure , although how t ? p'cca them against the building and not wake the sleeper was the upper most thought. At this moment a young pa'e faced regimental surgeon apreired ciithe roof , and , motioning the crowd to even greater tilence , leaned over the edge and proceeded to gently lower over the face beneath a slr'ng , suspended to which was a large sponge. This was filled with chloro form In a few moments the oblivi ous preeiJent was rendered at 11 more unji nscious , and soon his rig d body ws safely approached and lowered to the p ivenienr. The iKxt morning ( it won't do to finish this historical episode without a pociio climax ) tlic ready.wilted young surgeon received the prendent's com mission as the Burgeon general of the United States army. Of course we refer to Gen. liarnus Ingersoll on Salvation. Ou last Sunday evening IngeraoU entertained more paople for full two hours and a half than were ever be fore packed within the walls of Booth's theatre , New York. Every possible seat was occupied , and all possible stinding room utilized and thousands clamored for admission in vain. It was lugereoll'a first airing of a new lecture , which he calls "What Shall I Do to be Saved ? " It was positively electric in effect , according to all the New York papers' reports humorous , declamatory and pathetic 'upon occas ion , and nil the periods well point * od. The lecturer pointed out what a great many people were doing to be saved , and shook his head at all the pious methods , saying , "It won't do ! " His plan , which he introduced at the close of his discourse , is very short and simple. It consists in preserving health in body and mind , and trans mitting health down the line of de- Bcendeuts ; In providing and preparing good things to eat , and casting out the demons of hunger and starvation ; In cultivatins ; cheerfulness instead of morbidity , and silencing the eternal talk of coffins , shrouds , tombstones and the worm that never dies. . . VINEGAR WORKS ) Jones , Btt. 3th and 10th Stt , OMAHA. First quality distilled Wine Vinegar of any strength below eastern prices , at wholesale ind retail. ERNST KUEBS. Ieb93m Ha-ager. Machine Works , J. F. Hammond , Prop. & Manager The most thorough appointed and cotrplete Uachlne Shops and Foundry rn the Mate. Castings ot every description manufactured. Engines , Pumps and every clast o muchlnerj made to order. _ Special attention irhrcn to Well AugursPalIey8 , Hangers , Shaf tine , Bridge Irons , Geer Cutting , etc. Plans for new UachlneryUeachanIaI Draught * Inf.ModcU , etc. , neatly executed. 356 Harnsv at. Bat. 14 * and 16tO CITY MEAT MARKET. Keep conitant.y on hand a large lot oi all kind Freth and Salted Mta.it. Beef. Veal MuttonPork Game , 7owL and all kind * of cau asre. Eft resb Vegetables Constantly on hand Call and be convinced ] . . .urr.rv BROg MEAT MARKET , V. P. Block. 16th St. Fresh and Salt Meats o all kinds constant on hand , prices reasonable. Vegetables In seas on. Food delivered to any part of the dty. WMA08T. . PIANO TUNING AND BEGULATLTG BY A Competent New York Tuner. ur ans repaired nd regulated. Orders left at WYMAJTS BOOK STORE , MO Fifteenth SL.cear PostoSce , promptly atteadtd tor mgtf UNO. G. JACOBS , ( Formerly of Dish & Jacobs ) UNDERTAKER No. KIT FarnTism St. , OId * Stand ot Jacob Gi * QKVBRS BF flStSGRAfg SOLICIT * INVALIDS OTHEB3 8EEEK& HEALTH , STRENGTH and ENERGY , WITHOTJT THE USE OY DRUGS. ARE RE QUESTED TO SEND FOKTHE ELECTRIC REVIEW , ILLUSTRATED JOUR NAL , WHICH IS PUBLISHED FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION. TT TREATS upon HEALTH , HTGIEKE , nd Tbjil- _ L c l Culture , and 1 > a complete eacjclowodia of information for invalids and lho e who iuBer from Ktriom. Exhausting and Pamfnl Diseuu. Every subject that bears npon health and bnman happiness , rectlTcs att ntln ia its pages : and the rasnj ques tions asked bj suffering Invalids , who Imvedespaired of a core , are answered , and valuable information la Tolnnteered to aJl who ar in need of medical d- Tice. The inbject of Elec'rfc Belts terra Medicine , and the hundred and oat , que tiocs of - al iropoi- tance to suffering humanity , are dulj onsidered and explained. explained.YOUNG MEN Acd others who suffer from NMTOUS and rbvsical Debility , Less of Manly Vigor , Premature Exhaus tion tnd the many gloomy connequences of early indlicittion , etc. , are especially benefited by ten- suiting its contents. The ELECTRIC REVIEW exposes the unmiiigated frauds practiced by quacks and medical Impostors who profess to " practice medicine , " ami points out the only safe , simple , and effective ro d to Health , Vigor , and Bodily Energy. Send your address on postal card for a copy , and Information north thousands will It sent you. Address the publishers , PULVERMACHER GALVANIC CO , , COR. EIGHTH and VINE STS. . CINCINNATI. Q HI. R. KISDON , General Insurance Agent , REPRESENTS : PIKENIX ASSURANCE CO. , of Lou- don , Cash Assets . $ f,107,12T WESlCneSTEK. N. Y , CapitU . l.OCO.tOJ THE JIKRCH NTS. ot Newark. N. J. , 1,000,000 G1BARD FIHEPbilidelphIaCapit l. l.COO.OOO KORTHWEbTErtN NATlUNAL.Csp- 1UI . DOO.WO FIREMEN'S FUND , Cahforula . 801,010 BKITlSrt AMKRICAASSURlNCECo 1,200.000 NEWARK FIRE IhS. CO. , Asetg. . . . SoO.COO AS1ERICAF CENTRAL , Aueta . 800,000 Southeast Cor. ol I'ifteenth & Doue'as St. , mcbS-dly OMAHA , N < B. ATER'S CHEEKY PEOTOKAL For Diseases of the Throat and Lungs , such as Coughs , Colds , Whooping Cough , Bron chitis , Asthma and Consumption , The few compeal tioni , which 1m e won the confidence of mankind and become household words , anjonf not only one but imny nations , must hare extraor- idioary virtue * . Perhaps - : haps no one everi- 'cured so wide a repu tation or malntnlncd it so lone as AYKR' ClIERRT 1 XCTOIUL. It . 'ias ' I ) Cn known to i ii ! the public about forty years , by a Ion ? continued series of marvelous cures , that have won for it confidence in Its virtues , ne\er eiualledby any other medicine. It stil ; makes the most eff ectual cures for Caught , Colds , Conrumption , that con be made by medical skill. Indeed , the COEKRT PECTORAL has leilly robbed these dan gerous diseases of theft terrors to a great extent nd giving a foiling of immunity from ther fat al effects , that is well found'd. if the remedy be tiki n in season. Evtry family Ehould have it in their tfoset for the ready and prompt relief of its members. Sickness , suffering and even life Is saved by this timely protection. The prudent should rot neglect it , and the -wise will not. Keep it by you for the protection it affords by its timely use in sudden attacks. PREPAHED BV OR , J. C. AYER & CO , . LOWELL , MASS Practical and Analytical Chemists BOLD BY ALL DBUGQHTS AND DEALERS * . IN MEDIOINK _ Alfred Carpenter , Anwnla.Conneotlcut writes : Please tend Oil 0. 0. D. I first learned the val ue of Dr. ThOTas Jcleotrie O'l while living in Ohio , * nd I think it the best medicine In use for man or beast. Wi < llam Boiand , Jr. , 14 east Swan Street , gays : "In the past two years I havihad occasion to use Dr. Thomas' Eclectrie Oil quite frequently for violent neuralgic pains and sick hradach. ) . I bavo found it to be an absolute rmnar.h over pain."subduing it in a quiet , soothing manner , and yet acting almost instantly. " lira. Mary Grimshaw , No. 112 Wain street , Buffalo , was cured of a violent attack ot Rheu matism of the hip , confining her to her chair , by a few applications of Dr , Thomas' Felectric Oil. She says : "Less than a bottle cnred me entire ly. My son was troubled with Rheumithm of the knee , and was cnred entuely in tweuty.four hours. SOLD IN OMAHA BY ALL DRUGGISflS ffOo to Your Drnfzlsl for Mia Freeman's New National Dyes. For brightness and durabll- ty of color they re unequalled. Color 2 to 5 tie. , p Ice IB nentu ' Wl-lv ATTENTION , BUILDERS AND CON TRACTORS. The owner of the celebrated Kaolin Banks , near LOUISVILLE , NEB. , baa now ready at the depot at Louisville , on the B. & M. railroad , ronHcxTjEj sxfcxoK to fill anjr order at reasonable prices. Parties - ties desiring a white front or ornamental brick will do well to give us a call or send for sample. J. T. A. IIOOVEK , Prop. , L-itinvHle. Neb FRONTIER HOTEL , Laramie , Wyoming , The miner's retort , guod accommodation * , large nmple room , charge ! reasonable. Special attention giren to traveling man. 11-tf II. C. IlILCIvno. Proprietor. BUSINESS ! SUITS for - - $20.00 PANTS for - - - 5.00 or. o. Proposals for Indian Supplies and Transportation. TVEPARTMENT OP THE INTERIOR , ornce IJ of Indian AffaUs , Wa'hlnjtoo , May iu , indonod r > P ° ° r l 0-8ealed proposal , , * Of Beef , Bacon , Fldur , Clo.hlflp , or * j W we tc. , ( as the case may bt , ) and directed 65 and to 07 Commisdoner ef Indian Affairs , Nos Wooster Street. New York , will be received un til 11A. M. of Mond.y , June 7th , I8SO. for far- < nUhlne for the Indian aerrice * totSWm fo thehooflfflOM BlcOnlO.OOO.OOO pounds Beef on pounds beani 65.000 ponndsjp"j n/.PSEJ P01"1 * CS ' 383.000 , 2 00,000 pounds Corn , . Feed , 8 SOO 000 pound , , Flour. 2W.COO pound. om 300.000 ponnJB Hard Bread,75COO powi pounds Souar , and , Blankets , Woolen and Cottmi Good * . t ° Tn < * i ° l'nlt ' ? ( consisting In p , ' , , fMO . Drilling , Standard Calico , 800,000 yrds ; yards ; Dnck. 181.000 yards ; Vcnim * , 18000 Ic.1 Supplt s , and a long lirtof articles , such as Wagoni , Harn'SS.Plows , Bakes , FAlS * T7ansportatIra ( for such of the Applies. serfs/and article , that may not be contracted for to be delivered at the Agencies. BIDS MCST B KADI OCT OX OOVKSMSt "sSIednlss showing the kinds and quantities of subsistence supplies required for e ch Agency. and the kinds nd qu.nlitics , In grow , qf all other goods and article- , { together with blank urtDcsals and forms for contract and bond.con- SliioiU to be observed by bidders , time and p'ace of delivery , terms of contract and pay ment , tranipottatlon routes , and all other ncc- ersary Instructions will.be furnUhed npon application - plication ti the Indian Office in Washington , or Xos. 65 and 67 Wooster S'reet , New York ; to E , M. Kingsley , No. 80 Clinton Place , New Tork ; WmTH tyin. No. 483 Broadway. New York ; and to the Comm'ssarl j"of Subsistence , U. 8. A , at Chicago , BMnt Louis , Saint Paul , Leaf- enwortn. Omaha , Cheyenne , aid Yankton , and the Postmister at bjoor City. Bid * will be opened at the hocr aud day above stated , and bidders are Invited to be present at the opening. CnmuD CH ess. All bids mutt be accompanied by certified checks npon some United State * Depojitory or JLssistait Treasurer ; for at least five per eent of the amount of the proposal. B E. TBOWBBIDGE. mlStillJ * _ Commitsioner. MAX MOJNY01SIN. FUR TANNER 119 UTH STREET. , BAff FOBS BOUGHT CVNar runham. novlltf A.F. HAffMTft CO. Contractors § nj BAIKIM HOUSES. THE OLDEST ESTABLISHED BANKING HOUSE IN NEBRASKA. GALDWELLsHAMiLTONlGO. B-AJSTJSZEIRS. Business transacted same as that ot an Incorporated Bank. Accounts kept In Currency or gold eabloct to sight check -without notice. Certificates of deposit Issued pay able tn three , six and twelve mouths , bearing Interest , or on demand with out1 Interest. Advances made to customers on ap proved securltloq at market ratea of interest. Buy and se gold , bills or exchange Government , State , County and Cltj Bonds. Draw Sight Drafts on England. Ire- lana , Scotland , nad all parts ofEurope Sell European Passage Tickets. COLLECTIOKS PROMPTLY MADE. auglJtt U , S. DEPOSITORY. FIRST NATIONAL BANK * Of OMAHA , Cor. Faruhom and Thirteenth Sta. OLDEST DANKiKG ESTABLISHMENT If 01TAHA. (3UCOSSSORS TO KOUSTSSB BRQ3. , I8UIUSQS9 IK 1G64. Organised as a National Bank August SO , 1E98. Capital audProfits Over $300,000 Specially authorized by the Secretary oi Treasury to receive Subscriptions to the U. 8. 4 PER CENT. FUNDED LOAN. JLND D1RSOTOR3 HIUUH Eotnrm , President. AC9CBTCS KOOSTZI , Vies Predde&t. H. W. Tana , Caihler. a. J. Forruroic , Attorney Josa A. CsnanTOx. 7. n. DATH , Asct Octhler. Tali bank recelru deposit * without rqrard to amount * . laraal tlm * otrtlflcatM bearinr nUrcat. Draws draft * on San Frandcco and ptincipa cltlee of the United States , alao London. Dublin Edinburgh and the principal dtlaa of u * cent nent of Europe. Cellepaee&zo ticket * for emigrants In the In- mn line. mayldtl REAL ESTATE BROKER Geo. P. Bemis' REAL ESTATE AGENCY. ISih & Douglas Sts. , Omaha , Neb. This agency dooa BTKICTLT a brokerage bud- nees. Does not speculate , and therefore any bar gains on its books are insured to Ita pr.trong , In gtead ot being gobbli d up by the agent Hoggs and Hill , REAL ESTATE BROKERS No. 250 Farnham Street OMAHA. - NEBRASKA. Or Korth Bide , opp. Grand Central HoU Nebraska Land Agency DAVIS & SNYDER , 1605 Farnham St. Omaha , Nebt. 400,000 ACRES carefully ( elected land Eastern Nebraska for gala. Great Bargains In Improred farmi , and Om * WKBSTEKBNTDSB , Late Land Oom'r U. P. R. R. _ p-febTt JTSOS BUD. . UVU i. UX8 Byron Reed & Co. , OL3UI 13TAJLUH1P REAL ESTATE AGENO * IN NEBRASKA. Beep a complete abstract of title to all RaalK ate In Omaha and Douzlat County. mavltf THE ORIGINAL BRIGGS HOUSE I Cor. Randolph St. & 6th Ave. , CHICAGO , ILL. lr ± UU 3 jir.Aiu iiA' A * * $2.00 AND $2.50 PER DAY Located In tha buataeffl V ShM con oci'etf OGDEN HOUSE , Cor. MARKET ST. & BEOAZWAI Council Bluffs , Iowa On line of Stree * } * * T , Omnlbusei i to in fronTall trains. BATES-Parlor floor , J3.00 per second floor , 2.60 per day ; third floor T VbMt-furnished r and most commodious hou OEOT.PHELPS.Prop. METROPOLITAN OiLULa , NEB. IRA WILSON , -PROPRIETOR. The Metropolitan is centrally located , anu flrgVdass In every respect , hatlwc recently bee entirely renovated. The public will find I comfortable and homelike house. martt UPTON HOUSE , Schiiyler , tfeb. First-class House , Good Meals. Good Beds Airy Boom ? , and kind and accommodating treatment. Tw > good sample rooms. .Bpeaa attention paid to commercial travelers. S. MTT.T.EE , Prop. , Schnyler , Neb. B. A. FOWMR. JAHMH. SCOTT. FOWLER & SCOTT , ARCHITECTS. Designs for buildings of any dtscrlption on exihibition at our office. We have bad over 20 years experience in designing and supenntend- tajf public building and residences. Plans and estimates furnished on short notice. BOOH 8 , UNION BLOCK. m20n1 SANTA CLATJS FOUND. Greatest Discovery of trie Age. Wonderful discorerlesinthi world havebeen made Among other things where Santa Clans stayed , Children oft ask if he makes goods or not , If really be lira in a mountain of snow. Xart year an excursion sailed clear to the Pole And suddenly dropped into what seemedlike thole Where wonder of wonders they found a new I and. While fairy-like beings appeared on each hand. There were mountains like ours , with more beautiful green , And far brighter skies than erer were seen. Bird * with the hues of a rainbow were found , While flowers of cxquirite fragrance were grow ing aronnd. Hot long were they left to wend r In doubt , A being soon cam the/ bad heard much about , Twaa Santa Clans' self and this they all aay , He I eked like the picture e e erery day. Ho drora up a team that looked very queer , Twu a team tf grasshoppers instead of reindeer , Be rode In a shell instead ot a sleigh , But he took them on boird and drora them Ho showed them an over hl wonderful realm. And factories making goods for women and men. Furrier * were working on hats great and snail , To Bonce's they said they were sending them all. i Kris Ktegle , the Olove Maker , told them at once , All OUT OloTes we are sending to Bnnce , Santa showed tb a suspenders and many thlan EaySrTalse took these M f i iend Buncc'i star * . Bait * Glaus then whispered a secret he'd ten , As la Ontaba , every ono knew Bunce well. He therefore should seat his goods to hi * care , KnowlBS his Wends wai get ttdi rofl share. Soy rtowmTar je.dwellert In Omaha town , AOrho * * nf present ! i * . Bunco's go round , for shirt * ; oolErs. or jfloTci tjeat and fmall , BendTOUi sister or aunt oae-sii. iIL Baiarchaniplon Hatt r ft th * ) ? . * , Dottj > 6 jtreet , Omh-i _ j Ji JOBBERS OP HARDWARE , CUTLERY , NAILS , STAMPED MD JAPANNED WARE , TINNERS STOCK , SHEET IRON , TIN STOCK , ETC. 1317 & 1319 DOWLAS STREET , . QTV/T A T = T A. apU-tf Positively no Goods Sold at Retail. HENRY HORNBERGER , ST-A.TU .A.O-ZI2W 3EOXt. V. ELATZ'S MILWAUKEE BEER ! In Kegs and Bottles. Special Figures to the Trade. Families Supplied at Reasonable Pncgg. Office..239 . Douglas Street. Omaha. IE1. O. ZMZOZRGK&.UST , WHOLESALE OROGERI 1213 Farnham St. , Omaha. PAXTON & GALLAGHER , WHOLESALE GROCERS ! 1421 and 1423 Farnham , and 221 to 229 15th Sta. KEEP THE LARGEST STOCK MAKE THE LOWEST PRICES. The Attention of Cash and Prompt Time Bayers Solicited. AGENTS FOR THE HAZARD POWDER and the Omaha Iron and Nail Go. II < * rmr I. L SLEDZIANOSKU-- . , MANUFACTURERS OF IMC O TJ L D X 1ST Gr S I AND DEALERS IN PICTURE FRAMES , CHROMOS AND ENGRAVINGS. 922 Douglas St. . Near 10th , Omaha , Neb. DOUBLE AND SINGLE ACTING POWER AND HAND PUMPS Steam Pumps , Engine Trimmings , Mining Machinery , BELTIHC HOSE , BRASS AND IRON FITTINGS , PIPE , STEAM PACKING , AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. HALLADAY WIND-MILLS , CHURCH AND SCHOOL BELLS A. L STBANQ. 205 Farnham Street Omaha. Neb' OMAHA FENCE i BOX CO. We Manufacture to Order OFFICE RAILINGS AND FINE COUNTERS oEi : FXTXZQAJSTID Iron and Wood Fences , Brackets and Mouldings , Improved Ice Boxes furnished on short notice. GUST , FRIES & CO. , Prop's. . 1231 Barney St. , Omaha , Neb. CARPETINCS Carpetings I Carpetings I J. B. DETWILER , Old Reliable Carpet House , * 1405 DOUGLAS STREET , BET. 14TH AND 15 { TTigT * A Frr.Tfst'FTTnT'i HT 18QS. ) ' Carpets , Oil-Cloths , Matting , Window-Shades , Lace Curtains , Etc. MY STOCK IS THE LARGEST IN THE WEST. I Make a Specialty of WINDOW-SHADES AND LACE CURTAINS And have a Full Line of Mats , Rugs , Stair Rods , Carpet- Lining Stair Pads , Crumb Clothes , Cornices , Cornice Poles , Lambrequins , Cords and Tassels ; In fact Everything kept in a First-Olasa Carpet House. Orders from abroad solicited. Satisfaction Gnaranteed Call , or Address John B. Defwiler , Old Reliable Carpet House , OMAHA. THE ONLY PLACE WHERE YOB can fled a good inortment ol BOOTS AND SHOES At LOWER PIBURX thin at ny other ahoe bouae In the citr. P/LANG'S , 236 FARNHAM ST. : _ LADIES' & GENTS SHOES MADE TO ORDER d > potoct fit tiunnteed. NEW GROCERY ! 16th and Ginning Sts. the supplying We propose people of North Omaha with CHOICE CKOCJ3RIB3 at mod erate prices. Give us a call. jCaah paid for Country Pro duce. Goods delivered free to any part-of the city. ap7-lm NERVOUS DEBILITY 1 ' Vital Weaknes * and Pros * Humphreys' tratlco for or.vwork ot No. 28. knows. Trice 81 per vUl orl * iato and large rial at powder tor 5. sent port- . . HOMPHIOSYI ITM on reocipt of pric. HOUZO. MED. CO. . 109 Foltos St. , NeyYoifc IilMt , CaUkJopH ft * . ] ip d .wj