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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 12, 1880)
THE DAILY BEE. E. ROSEWATER- EDITOR TO CORRESPONDENTS OcnCooTM FniEXDswe willalwaj be plea ed to bur ( ix > m , on all nutters connected with trope , country poiitice , an * on an } cubject whatever. of trcnet l interests to the people of curS'ate Any infoirnation connected with tt e eleclioi's , at d relating to floods , cc deut * , Till be gladly received. Ml such communica- tloiehowxer , mu-t te as brief possiblt ; and they must In all casei be written on one tide of Ue shret only. TltiKAMZorWmiXR , in full , mint in each and every case accompany any communication of what rature oevi r. Tbl ii not interdtd for publication , but for our own ! satisfaction and ai proof ofood ( , faith. f 'andidnes for Office wheth er tnide 1 } fit ci fr'cnds , and whether as no tice' or communications to the Fditor , are until notnliatious are made rElo.ply personal , and will be cluiced fornsadvcrtisiireut . We DO j.oT < l < e're rontntialinm cfa litowryor poeti'al character ; and we will rot undertake to p epertcor rescue tlies me in anj cnfe w hat T r. Our et * f is nj-fhiient 3 large to more tbau supply our limited ppace. All communicttionb hruld be addressed to E. ROSEWA1ER , Editor. NATIONAL REPUBLICAN TICKET. I'OR PRESIDENT : JAMES A. CARF1ELD , FOE VICE-PBESIDEXT. CHESTER A. ARTHUR , of New Ycnk. IT'S a contest between epaulettes and brains. RACINE , with 16,000 population , claims lint she is the u 'cond city in Wisconsin. EX-SKNATOK POMKROT , of Kancaa cotoriety , has transferred his politi cal aspirations eastward , and is now a candidate for congress in western New York. HANCOCK is reported as lelling Tilden that hn wanted to run his canvass on the plan patented by Mr. Tilden in ' 7C. Here H au open ing for Dr. Miller's eminent services a a manipulator of electors. THE eastern canals are the grain tariff barometers of the country. The extortion of the railroad companies are regulated by the rise and fall of the water. Juat at present the canahand lake fleet are doing an enormous trallic and freight tolls eastward by rail are correspondingly reduced. THE advance of the Southern Pa cific and ifs eastern connection , the Atchison , Topeka & Santa Fe rail roads , is being rapidly pushed. There is at present a gap of about 300 miles between the advance construction par ties. This gap of 300 miles at the present rate of building by the two companies , will be cloned up by the end of January , 1881. THE conflict over the reduction of fares on the elevated railroads is agi tating the New York press , and the Herald indignantly asks whether the elevated roads own New York , or New 11 York the elevated roads. This ques tion ot state and city ownership by railroad corporations is agitating mure than one western city , as well as New- York. ; THE fact that the census returns of all but two or three northern cities hare been published , while the south ern cities have not yet handed in their footings , i * giving rise to the belief - lief that the returns are bring with held in order to incroasj the totals. General Walker does not think euch a fraud could ba successfully carried oat. BOB INOERSOLL is thoroughly in fvor of the New York legislature ! passing a law to elect the presidential .electors by congressional districts. When asked whether he con idercd inch action constitutional , he replied , "Yei , sir ; it is entirely constitutional , no question about it. I want to beat the other side. I want to do it fairly , nut anything we can do to help our Bda : that ia constitutional , and we t'on't do , chows folly. We hare a perfect right to do anything that is constitutional to beat a shot gun. " C d d AN article in Friday's Republican , signed "A Young Republican Workingman - e ingman , " urges the formation of a a Young Republicans' Club , separate a Mid apart from the regular Garfield b nnd Arthur organization , which , it do- n chres , is composed and officered by o profession * ! men , end leaves entirely Iitl out of its organization mechanics , " la- tlI bjrera and colored tltl men. This horny- listed individual hasn't avoto _ in Ne- tlti bnska yet. Th * hardest labor ho ti his over done tiP WAS pleading caiei in a juiticg's court , aud the only object of P the or anizition which he is purging ii h 11 foist upon party the organization ad tlat venturers like himself. There is no atPI doubt if the had PI young nun ai much ability as hohas presumption , he would 8 ( soon get his shire of recognition. bl is As an example of the etfectd of Gen 0 eral Hancock's reconciliation policy in 0Ti L iuiiina : the following choice except Ti frim New Orleans a ! Picayune i * some- whit ti , interesting " reading : "The no- pro is pissing out of politics. He can cl ; never figure again in that arena as a Tf republican , for the sitnp.le reisou tint temi the republican has mi party no longer auy mimi u e for him rUher mi t r , any opportun ity to him. dii use The southern states diiHi all Hi are hopelessly democratic , and it would bo a waste of ii * : money , sorely n e Jed in more promising at ; quarters tj canvais this section in the interests of foi t "e Chicigo nominee ! . We under inj stand that it is not thointcmtion of the qu we. rtipubl'can ' party managers to attempt paiUr to o ginizea campaign in thothis state Ur and they have eqmlly good reasons to am cal ahinlon the struggle in all the other sin * uthern states. If 'he ' ne ro is wise ela KJ ' h mint begin to BOB that he has now " i as little to hope from the republican 1 " - party , as that has to expect from him. sea , ( 1 f He will see that in his own tecticn he me : must tide with the dominant party or , clat pilitic lly speaking go to the the wall altogether. " "The southern states Yo : a'C'all hopeletiiy democratic , " simply this ; besiusa ihe right to a fr e ballot is twii mtintftiaed in every poft of the trifl cjaj THE FASTIS * N SPE31BB. A cominp/j-'w b' tween Turkey and Greece , vnich may involve in the. struggle ymo of the rival great powers- of Eurrp ? , seems to be inevitable. The orcin of the difficulty h the fail ure of Turkey to c rry out the rec ommendations of the late Berlin con ference , relative to restoring to Greece thas portion of her Thessalian terri tory which has been wrested from her by the sublime porte , and which the sultan aud his ministers solemnly promised to restore. Latest advices from ConstantLnople announce that the Turkish ministry refuse to fulfil their pledges , pronounce ihe de mands of Greece inordinate , and have already commenced the mobilization of its troops. Greece la also arming ita soldier } ' and enrolling recruits and a conflict between the two nations may shortly be expected. For thirty years past the power of the Sublime Porte has been rapidly on the decline. Nothing but the Jeal ousy of the great powers , each unwil ling to permit his lival to extend the boundaries of his empire , has pre vented the dismemberment of Turkey years since. The frightful internal condition of the sultan's empire , the abuses and extortions BO con tinually practiced on foreign subjects , the utter disregard of financiil pledges , cillod soloudly for redress that the late Berlin conferf-nce of the great powers undertook to a * > ttlo the question forever and exacted from tho.trembliiig Mussulinon promises of reform which were considered as tine 1- ly placing the troublesome eastern question out of the field of European riv < tliy. It now appears that Turkey had no it tent ion at the time of fulfilling any of the pledges givi-n to tha Bmlm C'ji.ferenco and had neither the incli nation nor power t-j cany them out. Her late nrglect to h-ind ovir to Greece the territory of nhich she had robbed her , hr.a now been followed by an evidentdeterminrttionon the part of that plucky little n ttion to take what btflonj-a to her without calling on any of the great powers for their assistance. But it difficult to see how the great continental powers can refrain from interfering. The dis memberment of Turkey once be un will inevitably procjed with great rapidity. Russia \ill claim her right , to a free entrance to the Mediterrane an. England , if true to her old tra ditions , will cDiubat such a inenice to her Indian posnessions. Austria will preient her claims to the rich provinces on the Danube , and jachandallof the powers will look with jealous eyes on any increase in ; he territory of the other. Meantime the various governments ire racking their brains for a solution ) f the question which will avert a jeneral European quarrel , and Turkey s gaining time for new expedients rhilo she watches this new tangle in ho web of European dip'omacy. Will The Republican explain to this ommunity nnd the producer * uf XelirasVa rhy one dollar fc charged for every ton of al transferred at Omaha and why the irice of fifty bushels of corn in confiscated or transferring three hundred bushels of rn across the Missouri ? [ UEE. TUB BEB will have to look to the mv.i pi ol lines for any explanation vliicli it may really dcaire on this > oint. Pending its investigations in hat direction , will the editor of THE ? EE explain to such portion of this lomiuunity as that journal readies , rhy one dollar is charged for every on of coal transferred at BUir and 'Uttfirnouth , and why the price of fifty inshels of corn is confiscated fortrans- Drring 300 bushels of corn across the lissouri , by boat at both these points ? -Republican. What haa the Iowa pool to do with lie Union Pacific bridge tolH Does ho pee ! compel the Union Pacific j exact ten dollars pjr car ar transfering lumber , conl or lerchandise across the bridge ftrir such freight haa been delivered y them to the U. P. at Dillonville. Iocs the Iowa pool compel the U. P. j charge ton dollars for transferring ighteen heads of live stock across the ftisouri at Omaha even if this stock i to bo sliughtorvd nnd pricked at lotincil Bluffs ? What justification oes the fact that the pro- ucers of this state are impos- d on i.t Plattsmouth and Blair fford for the highway robbery t the Omaha bridge ? It was charged y the editor of this paper during the lemorablo debate over the biidge rea- lutions that were before the repub- ican state convention of 1878 that he reduction of bridge tolls bj * the Fnion Pacific monopoly would compel lie reduction of tolls at all points be iveen Omaha and Atchison. We still maintain that the Union ' .icifa'c highway men are responsible > r the extortionate rates charged by 10 ferries above and below Omaha r id tli's ' fact ought to convince the roJucers aud business men in every n action of the State that this Omaha nc ridge swindle affects all of them and not merely a local grievance at maha. In waging war against this iniquity , HE BEE is n < it battling for Omaha one but striking against an itnpim- 3ii that cripples the industrious IBS c s in every section of the elate. ic-utter disregard of the public in rest and subserviency to Jay Gould's onopoly , manifested in the com mits of the Republican , are a igrace to Nebraska journalism. ere is a paper ostensibly pub- B h > * d a an exponent of principles th h ( d public policy , making apologies r unjustiliable extortions by point- CO ; to similar impositions in another ot irter. lu th other words here is a hn , per that admits the charge that the us lion Pacific is robbing the people ab i attempts to defend that crime by of ling a'tention to the fact that ithr robberies in , are being p rpetrated wh e where. wi ov seaside resorts on the Atlantic to coist have been it brought this sum- itint r within the means of the working int : ises , and hundreds of thousands of 4hi no poor of the great cities of New ha ; k and Philadelphia * are * enabled wi ] i season to enjoy a seaside bath for sal : a or three times a week for a ing sum of money. Pbysicuna j OQ that the resujtg Q tje ) f , _ r " the poorer classes is already.apprecia- ° ble and that the ' , health-givMr'air of ilte ocean has brought baclclife and strength to thousands who would have otherwise surely perished in the close confinement of factories and tene ments. ONE or the great burdens of wealth conei ts in dodging the assessor. Of forty New York millionaires each re presenting more than two million * of money but three pay an approximate ly equitable tax on their personal property the remainder escaping under various legxl technicalities. HONEY FOR THE LADIES. Belts are so wide nun-a days that some of tliein are stiffened with whale bone. Black Spanish lace ininlillas are lined with old gild and heliotropes folks and satins. The prolty women of New Zealand are described as great talkers , and rub noses instead of kissing. All gloves are mide longthia season , to suit the short sleeves , whichjreach but little below the elbow. Freckles are not so bad. It is said that en ? girl does not object to seeing them on ai.other girl's face. Black currants make the prettiest fruit bonnet for a blonde. They are arranged so as to droop on the hair. Fashionable young ladies of Lon don blow aonp bubbles in dtawing- roonis in the afternoons as a remedy for ennui. Twi ) Illinois lamplighters are dis coveiod to be girls , whose fntlier com pelled them to divss in boys' clothes in order to get the work. The newest combir.ation in coloia IB cherry culor aud white on a ground work of bronze , rfse color and garnet with sky blue and marine blue. A woman at Newport bathes in a auit of nilod silk , worn under her n u- al flannel suit. She B.IVS she enj ys the surf but can't bt'ar the touch of salt water. The newspapers of Coloiado are confident tint fifty good looking uirla ill do more towards civilizing a min ing camp than all tbe preachers in Christendom. .Many of the wath goods come with floriated b .rdcrs , and they cm be tastefully arranged in many ways , a preference seeming to exiitfor plain , Hat bane's ' neatly stitched o" . Cambrics in plain cnlorsara decorat ed wit'i ' Torchon and the old-fashioned CJuny lace , but for \ery plain dresses simple bands and ruffles of the same and contesting shades are uted. "I like hut we tlier bist , " said a , Philadelphia yirl , "because it makes pa aud ma so sleepy that they don't conm bothering around the parlor the mgh's ' I have male company.- [ Phil adelphia Chronicle. . A judge of much experience says he has never had a breach of promise case before him in which tbe mother > of the girl did not know more about it than the daughter. She always sua- pects the fellow is a raic-tl , and ac cordingly gets ready for hiln. . Machine stitching seems to be a most popular finish for street costumes and few aie the dreeses which are not ornamented with this trimming. It s so essentially quiet and refined , and is always so suitable , that one cannot be sutp'ised at its popularity. The Rochester Democrat says this : Young gentlemen shauld never uo on picnic excursions unless they know li < w to swim , even if the water is not more than two feet deep. Prudent inotherj are not apt to trust their precious daughters to the c ire of in- : ompetent young men more than ince. | d A girl who is red-headed and cross- ayed and wears number eleven bro- jans c.ui be advertised all over the V ruuntry as a beautiful creature by : .mni'tting some crime. Who ever heard ot a fern ile horaethief or a mur- Jeresa who wasn't just lovely / Seed pearls thit look like snow- Hakes , amber bead * in their trin lu- esnt beauty , cut jets thit glimmer brightly , and radiant cichcmire : beads of many colors , are all ifed in the de siyning cf trimmings for robes that ire inflenr1 roy.il in their queenly mag- li nificence. . Dark blue and green Hannel suits It I ! are irt miny instances Irimmed with narrow pipings of cardinal. If a sur- fi n tout is worn , it is lined with the car dinal ; but if not , the edges of the polonaise or overskirt and jacket are hushed with the pipings and s < veral rows of nuchine stitching. White and smoked pearl , ivory and celluloid buttons , in round and oval shapes , ' are used en iluse suits. The Queen has charged the Lord Chamberlain of England with the del- icite duty of deciding how high up or liow low down dresses shall bu cut. rhe official uill , it is presumed , vary bis rules to suit ench oas ° . . For bony necks dressj.i should bo cut up to the oars , and for beautiful necks and justs down to the Hue of good tasH. An authority on horsemanship says ; ha > it is folly for a lady to put herself into etays so tight that her figure islet lot flexible w.nle she is on hogback. X stuffed doll , he says , should never je put on a horse , nor any woman who II s not so loosely dressed that she c n acy her own boots and put tip her > wn b.ick hair. While thu lady is on sorseback the circulation of her blood hould never ba impeded. It is becoming fashionable for wo- iien to wear no chemise. They pin SrTi heir collara and cuffs to their dres.es , Ti nd dispense with the great garment of nystery. For the more or less bulky as otton garment they substitute a mere asg'i kileti-n of gauze , without arms , low g'iwi 11 the nock , and reaching bardy to wimi he hips. [ Clara Bell in Cincinnati mi inquirer. al The fashion of ornamental hosiery an i responsible for that of shoes in we lace of boots which is so prevalent fin . us season. It is a pretty fashion if th < 10 foot is small , and the dressing tm niiity , but high colored stockings and e shoes do nut improve large , flat , ill- laped feet , and for these there ia Dthing be'ter ' hnlf ] or so good , no alter what the fashion tie be may , as a ell-mad * buttoned boot. bo i Young ladies hijr , you should all go to r oirut. They have just started a jrse railrrad there , and they divide ma ie cars into halve * , reserving ono foremen hxl omen , and calling it the harem , and the nipelling the men to remain in the i her part , no matter how numerous lec ey may bo. Think of the bliss of are ving half a horse car for one's sole Ro e , while half a dozen men dance Am iout on the platform , tit on the top Ian the car , and swear in good Syrian ! 1 Some hard-hearted parents are tk- leg * j a cruel revenge on the j oung man abe to sj-t up so late with Matilda last for nter. They spread themselves all Th er the front stoop , and if he wants pro say any sweet things -without doing yea ; in a public he tain is way , obliged to go o the back parlor , where there is agir draught. After he has stayed agirT ; ro an ihour , and his collar and cuffs Bro pgrdejected and forlorn , he is very this Ifing-to give up Matilda's society bar jTcaol corner in the nearest baer nun oon. and iutumn leaves , cherries and their will ve * ( and the brilliant green foliage the : , ara * ll wrought in Me ty 4 cmbroldery ( and are Sold in the neces sary number of bands to trim a dress. ' O' { course , these are only suitable for evening dresses. Madame La Mode has indeed objected to the quantity of jet beads worn on street costumes , and declares that house dresees are the only ones to be so profusely decorated. Cords and picqueti , thickly studded with these bright little beads , are in perfect taste , and are largely used , the fashionable world admiring them as a trimming that will allow the ex quisite shape of the costume to be dis played . | 50ne of fashion's fancies now is to hang a vast number of fancy articles to chains worn around the neck. It is sid an eccentric lady in London startled the guests at a recep'ion by recently appearing with what appear ed to be the skull of an iufant pen dant from her Chatelaine. It turned out to bo that of her pet monkey , properly polished and furnished with small crystal eyes. Another lady of fashion wear * a gold box , in which she has small powder puff and a little rice powder , alao a small mirror. Ono of her whims Is to use those to ar range her complexion before folks. The fashionable ladies of Paris are al so overwhelming a young Italian artist with orders from Roman heads , which ho carves exquisitely and wonderfully upon a cherry sto IP. This is the whim of the hour and the sculptor receives enormous prices for these tiny heads , and it is said no emerald is costlier. POETRY OP THE TIMES. Trie Sweat By and By. There's a land that is hotter than this , Where neier a collar will stand : Where you can only bubble and hi s O. go to that beautiful land. ( Sif.g : ) In the sweat by and by , etc. A Storm Signal "Was ita wailing bird of the gloom , Which shrieks on the house of woe all night , Or a nhiverinj ; fiend that flew to a tomb To howl and feed till theglnnceof night ? 'Twas not the death-bird's cry from the wood. Nor shivering fiend that hung in the " blast ; Twns only my night-shirt stout and good And it flapped on the line as the storm roJe past. { Derrick. PEPPERMINT DROPS. A steam bicycle has been invented. Phis will fill a long-felt want. A jleani bicycle may explode and kill iis rider. The Now Jeraey army worms g' > t * ay with almost everything except New Jersey mosquitoes. So long as : hese are left that state has something : o be proud of. I' is all nouaenee that cats can not ive at the height of 8000 feet above he sea. At lli.OOO feet they feel so liry that they can dodge- brickbats hrown from three different directions it once. The average person speaks about 120 words a minute. This estimate is onsiderably short of that required rhi-n the speaker has a trniiK ltd fall n his head while he is hunting for a leeve-button. A eoft answer turneth away wrath .s a general thing ; but it does not go ery far this hot weather when a man trikes addled eggs , sour milk or mud iy coffee at his boarding house , unless 10 is about two weeks behind with his ent. ent.If If you have imbibed the idea that lie New York excursion boats are hiefiy employed in the business of lowing up , poing down or roasting agjengers you can congratulate your- 3lf that you are not far wrong. An English doctor nays that no hu- lan being will eat lettuce unle-.s there i some faint trai-e of the hog in his .ttnro. We would like to stick a pen i "his fellow. Trace of the hog , in- eed. The doctor probably goes the ntire animal , and puts too much nion teed in his salad. fNycum Ad- eri issr. Mrs. Mulhooley was telling Bridget 'Kerrigan that .linimy , her husband , ad prospered finely since his arrival i this country that ho "had six ibs. " "Six scabs ! " echoed Mrs. I Kerrigan ; "slime an' ha has the limallpox , thin. [ Norristown Her- Id. "There is a pleasure born of pain. " Light you are , and that pleasure oines when we poor fellows in the ity this hot weather think of those in lie country battling with the festive losqtuto , and trying to wipe their ice with a towel about five inches juare. "I desire , " said the husband to the rife , as they were walking along liore , "that when I die 1 may bs bnr- B id in a plain , stained pine coffin , 'ithout expomive ' ' " trimmings. "But , iy dear , "said she , "how much more ftspcctable and fashionable it would 3 to have black walnut and silver. " 'Possibly ' , " ho said , "but I was think ig of tint for you. " Ho came into the sanctum with a irge roll of manuscript , under his rm , aud said very politely : "I have little trifle here about the sunset estetday , which was dashed off by a itjnd of mine , which I would like in- pted if you have room. " "Plenty of wm ; just insert it yourself"replied 10 editor , gently pushing the waste asket toward him. Galvestoif News. What the editor printed "The Ion. Luke Lethertung , our difct'n- ' jished representative to the nation tl ngrtsD , has \ery kindly favored m itli a copy of his able and masterly ieech on thn 'Improvement of Bob- iled Frogs. ' " What the editor said ' What in thunder does that fool nd his rubbish here for ? " [ Bston ran-cript. A Georgia man rigged himself up a bear , to have some fun , and he it it , for the inhabitants turned out itli dcgs and him ran four miles over stumpy country before he couM ike them understand that ho wasn't war ; aud then they talked of tarring d feathering him for alarming the imon folks or the neighborhood , aud .ally gave him three days to leave \ 9 couuty. He won't play bear any > re. EDUCATIONAL NOTES. Drawing is to be allowed as an op- ual study in the last two years of B th courses of study in the Boston ; h schools. Che study of book-keeping haa been de compulsory for two hours and a f : auh week in the first grade of i Sn Francisco grammar school ? . U Amsterdam there is an excellent hnical echool in which six trades taught to young women , and at tterdam there is another. So lerica may take a lesson from Hol- d. d."he "he committee of the King's col- 3 lectures to ladies in London are ut to found a permanent college the higher education of women > classes which the committe have IV vided for during the last three H have been very large , and main- led with little variation , stiil aver- j : ig upward of 500 in each term , , he requirements for entrance at Mac T ) wu University- very strict , and MacEi summer an unusually small Ei num- mad enter unconditionally. A large madw ibar ware admitted on. conditions , w it is thought that the claia of ' 34 s be the brgeat that ever entered , . . _ v n ; --i Pli fwr uth taMtaft the la& authorities o ! Hudaoh , N. Y. , have determined to introduce co-education in the schools of that city. The sexes have heretofore been taught in sepa rate buildings. Co-education has just been teen forbidden by tbe school Board of.Louisville , Ky. The American Institute of Instruc tion will open iti fifty first annual meeting at Saratoga next Tuesday evening- , with an addre-sby Secretary Northrop on the "Quincy Method. " Dr Sears and Mr. Beechor will also read papers during the meeting which will end on Thursday eve'ning. Dr. Wayland was the first president of this organization , which has -only once brfore hold a meeting outside the limits of New England that was at Troy , many years ngo. Tne London association for the de velopment of University Instruction haa during tho'last winter held classes aud leciiiros atternb d byl,000students in various parts of the metropolitan area. Other courses in populous cen tres have been carried on by lecturers appointed by the Universities of Ox ford and Durham. In Durham and Northumberland the lectures have been given in eight towns to more than 1,200 students. The Hoard of Freeholders convened to frame a new city character of San Francisco luve prepared a report pro viding tbat the bjardof education shall be appointed by the Mayor without respect to the party politics , to hold office four years. Heads of families are to bepreforrod in the ap pointment , and lheyaro to be con firmed by the Board ot Aldermen , the first board to be cla'sitied by the Mayor into terms of one , two , three and four yeara , so that thereafter two shall be so appointed every year for a term of four years , the office no lousier to b an elective one. The boml is requested to elect fourp'r ! sons t" act with tha superintendent of school ? , during the pleasure of the bord , as a board of inspectors of the common schools. No teacher is to be mployed , paid , or dismissed , except on the recommendatii-ii of the latter board The inspectois are to make and enforce rules for the schools , ex amine teachera for cettificutts , to be gnvited on t'-eir ' recommendation ; to recommend ti the board of education the appointment end diiunis al of teachers and cancflli'ig of tho'r ctrtiticates ; to ascertain and re port the condition of the schools and recommend to the board of education such measures as they may deem nec essary for the advancement of educa tion in the municipality ; to give gra-1 tuitcua arlvlce to officer * , teachers , j pupils and pirenta of pupil * , on sub jects connected with public Echcols. The annual echool tnx levy is limited to a sum equal to $27 each for the av erage number of pupils attending the public echi oh in the preceding year. The department is to devote itself primarily and o p cially to providing and improving eK-mentary instruction. MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC. Anna Dickinson is visiting friends in Elizabeth , N. J. G. C. Boniface has been engaged to play leading business with Ada Caven dish next ECaaon. Sothern , Raymond and McCullough have arrived in London. Their first pisifc was to BoucicauU. Salvina cornea to America in Sep tember to play a short engngemont prior to his departure for Australia. Ole Bull will summer , as usual , in Norway , and will have as guests Emma Thuruby and Maurice Stra- fosch. Some one describes the opera as that sort of music where "theysrjueal uid go up , and then choke and come iowii. " Gustavus Levick has signed with steele Mackaye for the leading juve- lile business at the Madison Square heatre next season. Mm Annie Louise Gary is to make ler ' first appearance under Mr. Maple- ion's mnnagomement at Her Majesty's heatre as Leonora in "LaFavorita. " Signer Bri noli , who was recently he subject of negotiations for a tour n England and Germany , has de'er- ' uiutid to remain here and accept other ingageinents. Herr Kloephas Schreinor , with an ircheitra ot sixty musicians engaged o play the season at various watering- ilacea , has arrived in Now York from lamburij. They will open at Long JJeach. Rafael . ! scfFy , the pianist , during hu season of 1880-81 gtyes a series of oncBrls with orche trial accomp ni- nent and a number of chamber mu le soiree ? and recitals. He is now iroparing a now repertoire of interest- rig works. Mr. Frank Mayo , who is now In Dnglancl , will return to this country > to in the summer , when he will or- ani/o a new company and appear in nnjiii.ctinn with it at Cincinnati , on ieptomber 13. He has obtained a reah play , which he will then intro- uce to the public. RON TURBINE WIND ENGINE : MANUFACTURED BY 1 F < tast , Fees & Co , , Springfield , 0.s < The Strongest andHogt Durable VIND ENGINE \ In the World. Elundrodi In use In Iowa and Nebraska Sold Dealers In nearly evrry county. This cut represents oar uckeye Force Pump \ which is particularly adapted to Wind Mill u o , as It works easily and throws a constant stream , and does not Freeze up in the cold- ast weather. Send for price list W. H. RAYNER , Wettern Ag't , Omaha , Nsb. SI ble B. . lachine Works , F. Hammond , Prop. < fe Manager ie mot thorough appointed and coBplete bine Shops and oandry in tbe eute. zil istlngs ot every description muinbctared. ' ye * iginet , Pumpa and every daH o machinery wr etoqnjer. " . Special attention siren to ill AugursPalleyg , Hangers , & , Bridge Irons , Geer Cutting , etc. ttcj , fjgt INVALIDS AJTD OTHERS BEEK1K jr HEALTH , STRENGTH and ENERGY , WITHOUT THE USE OF DRUGS , ARE RE QUESTED TO SEND FOKTHE ELECTRIC REVIEW , AN ILWJBTRATEn JOUR NAL. WHICH IS PUBLI'JHED FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION . TT FREATKspon HEALTH , HTGIE.VE.ind Phy i- J cal Guitar * , and is a complete cncrcloptrdia of infotmitiqn for inv li-ls and tbw * who luflir from J "etvou . Eibnutting and "Painful Dut > ci > . Etcry lubject that bir upon bealtbanil bumin huppinrst , reteires MtenU-m ID Hi pages L and tbe raanj quea- liona ak d bj auffermg invslnlj , who hnrr iir pmie > l of a cure , are answered , and valuable mforiiiMiou la volunteered to all who ftr in ueed of medics ! ad vice. The subject of Elecric Belts rertu . Mdicin * f and the hundred und out question * of " 'M nnpni- lance to suffering tiumimlr , ate dulj lOQsulered aud explaine explaineYOUNG MEN < t . , HUltillg lt COIltMltn. . , TliKLKCTRU * KE frflti'I-t ' prarticvi by quackauJ uie licrtl nilfo-lnrt who proftm to "practice m * > dicins" umi pviiit-tmu Ihr * only if * * , Bimplv , nuil eTctUt ! > rotd tullejl'li , Vi or , arnl Bu lily I"ii Tjy. J euJ jour .iiUresi on jK tal CAI ! for a copy , an i luformatiou worth itbou auil ? frill fc * * * * -tit you. AiIJffH * tli * | iubli * h * rn , PULVERMACHER GALVANIC CO. , COR. EIGHTH and VINE STS. . CINCINNATI , ( J NOTICE TO BIDDERS Proposals Tor Furnishing Hie City of Omaha , Ne braska. ! with Water , lor Fire Protection and Public Use. Sealed proposals In duplicate will ic received tj the imilerslgncd at 1 is offke In the dty of Omalu , Nebraska , until 12 o'clock , noon , on the 12th day ol July , A. D. , ISiO , for tiirniahm : ihe nty of Omaha , Nebraska , with wat r Horlgfor flre jirote , lion and public life , for the tcini ot twenty fire ie.it9 fiom the time of compltlon i > f said worky , through two hundreil and fifty flre hyd antH , of the cl anicter and of the locations uuntitn'-d in ordiuan e No 123 , paiseil by the citj- council of the city nf Oinaha , Nebraskn , and ajiprotrd by 'tie Uiayor , on the 11 th day of June , A18oO ! , and the report of J. U. CooV , on- Cl'Kor , | ipro\eJby'he illy council June 8th. IRsO , copies of which wlH be furnlahed bidders on application. Such proposals or bldf shall be ai-corapinitd Dy a bond with at I oiC three res'd nce sureties mtheauntcf tnenty-flve tboujaii dollars amI I ditioned In the t > > ent of the acceptance of fu"h J propnsa'snrbidsanda arillneof the contract for euch public supply aiid Ore protection to such bidder or bidders ; for the faithful p-ifornmiice of tha terms and conditions nf qrainan e Nn. 43 , and that the water to be fui i < i-h d thrnngn said h-dr nl8 , nhall a1 , oil times when r&iuircd during said term ( aroisonable time being allow , ed for n-pair < i In caws of unavoidable acciilents ) perform the tests mentioned In ordinance N < > . 423 , and give the flre protection therein mentioned tioned- Said propolis or blili shall specify the prlc per hydrant per year for tbe liid two bundled and fifty hydrants d < rinir sali term ; ho the price per hjdrant per year for inteimed'ate ' hydrauta placed upon the mains spec'fled i tbe rep .rt of J. f . Cook ( on Ma in the office rt the city clerk of Onnha , Nebraska , toplcp of which wil be furnished bidden on application ) , in ex- cti of si'd t o hun 'red and fifty , and also the price per hydrant iwr year in cace the city at any tiinodurin ; Pild terra elects to have more hpdrauta upon new ma ! ' i. Sal I proposals or tUs shall be accompanied by a conditional acceptance of ordinance No.42 > , In the event thn contract for the public supply and flre protection shall I e awarded. The contract for such publ-c supply and fl-e prelection wM be awarded to the lowest respon sible bidder or bidders , and the citj councloi the city of Omaha reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Kmelopcscontainingpropor.lashould h m < rk- ed "Proposals for furnish ng the cty of Omaha uith water for fire protection .nd public use , " and address to tbe uuderiigned , j. F MCCARTNEY , City Clerk of the City of Omaha. Omaha , Nebraska , June 12th , ibSO. AVER'S HAIR VIGOR , FOB RESTORING GRAY HAIR To Its Natural Vitality and Color. Advancing years cknejw , care , dis appointment , ami hereditary predis position all turn the hair gray , and either of them In cline It to shed pre maturely. ATER'S HAIR Vi oR , by long and -xtenshe use , has { proven thatltbtopa 'the fallh Kof hair i immediately ; often . renews the growth : uid alwaja surely restores ita color , when faded JT gray. It stimulates the nutritive organs to healthy actively , and preserves both the bairand ita beauty. Thus bn hy , w eak or sickly hair be- mwt glossy , pliable and strengthened ; lost iiair regrows with lively expression , falling hair s checked and ittablished ; thin hair thickens Hid faded or gray hair resume their original col ir. Its operation is sure and harmless. Is cure larn'rufT , heals all humoro , and keeps th scalp : eel , clean and soft under which conditions lis'iaws of the scalp are imposslolo. As a dressing for ladles' hair , the VIGOR is Braised for its grateful and agreeable perfume , uid valued for tbesoft lustre and richness of tenet t Imparts. PREPARED BT Dr. J , C. AVER & CO. , Lowell , Maes , Practical and Analytical Chemists. IOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEALER IN MBDfCINK SANTA GLAUS FODND. Greatest Discovery of the Age. VonurrfiildiecoTeriesinthiwiirldhavebeenmade Lmnng other things where Santa Claiu > xtaycd , 'bildrcn oft ask If he makes goods or cot , f really he lives in a mountain of snow. < ast year an excursion sailed clear to the Poll Lnd suddenly dropped in to n hat seemed like kholo Vhero wonder of wonders they found a now land , Vhile fairy-like beings appeared on each hand. Tiero were mountains like ours , with more beautiful green , Lnd far brigh'/er skies than ever were eeen , llrds with the hues of a rainbow were found , Hiile flowers of exquisite fragrance were grow Ing aronnd. lot long were they left to wonder In doubf , L being soon came the/ had heard much about , Oial Dwag Santa Glaus' self and thlelhey all say , alse le looked like tbe picture r ( fee every diy seTl [ e drove up a team that looked very queer , Tl Fwas a tenm * f grasshoppers Instead ot reindeer , lu le rode In a shell instead of a sleigh , ut he took them on hoard and drove them away. 10 showed them all over hlx wonderful realm , .nd factories making goods for women and men , urrlcrs were working on hats gre t and small , o Bunco's they said they were sending them all. ris K Ingle , the OIo\e Makertoldthem at once , 11 our Gloves we are ( tending to Bunce , n anta showed them suspenders and many things more. tying I alse took these to Mend Dunce's store. fin inU Glaus then whispered a secret he'd tell , en s In O.t.aha every one knew Bunce well , 00 ! e therefore sbouid send his goods to his care , nowing his friends will get their full share , ow remember ye dwellers In Omaha tonn , II who want present ! te Bunce'B go round , jr shirts , collars , or gloves great and small , md your sister or aunt one and all. Bunce , Champion Hatter of the West , Douglas reet. Omaha All tre fINEGAR WORKS I att Jones , Bet. Stk and 10A Sti , OMAHA. . First quality distilled Wine and Cider Vinegar any strength below eastern prices , and war. nted just as good at wholesale and retail , nd for price list. ERNST KREBS , lehMm Ma" ner. THE ONLY PUCE WHERE YOU can find good assortment of 1 ! BOOTS AND SHOES att. _ 1 At a LOWSR PIQURE than at II any other shoe home In the dtr. IIr P. LANG'S r , MoDe 238 FARNHAM ST. 'to ' De ] toi LADIES' & GENTS , HOES "MADE TO ORDER d a perfect Cl fmarDtr d. friers > rvre * > cn decll-lT TV 4. FowLra. JAJIM H. Seoit. Lea FOWLER & SCOTT , RCHITECTS.1" > ripM Jor building * ol tar dtscriptlon on bibrtlon at onr office. We Kara had orer 20 1lhlx1'C.Miln-dwJgnin ! t I1 < 1 nperlntond- FtalOic tmlJdlnj f aod rttidenw * . Kani and - , - _ .uuv. on ihort coUco. .ROOM a. nyroK BLOOK. aarxa * A. F , RAFERT & C0. GC l triwjtors asd B ilgen , . . n. I , OYB BANKING HOUSES. OLDEST ESTABLISHED. BANKING HOUSE IN NEBRASKA. GALDWELLHAMILTONGO B ZSTIBZEIRS- Biisinejs'ransactedeameas thatof In Incor porated Bank. Accounts Iti pt In Currency or gold snbjtct to siht check without notice Certificates of depos t isw.d parable in three , six a'ld twelve months , bcarin ; Internt , or en demand uithoul inttre t. Ailv.nces made to < ujtome on approved se- curi'ien al market rates of Interest. Buy and veil . . ' "Id. hills of exchange Oovtrn- ment , S'nte , O un'y and City Bonds. Pr.iw Sight Draft * on Fn land , Ireland , Scot- la'id , and ull parts of Europe. Sell E inipean P.vsaic ; Tickets. r.OLLECTIONS PROMPTLY MADE. ftiigldtf U. S DEPOSITORY. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF OMAHA. . Cor. 13th and Farnbam Streets , OLDEST BANKING ESTABLISHMENT IN OMAUA. ( SUCCfBSORSTO KOUNTZE BROS. , ) EKTIBLIbllED l.s 1856. Ouaniz.'d HI n National Bank , August 20,16A3. Capital aud Profits Over$300,000 B eciillynuthtjrizcd bj the Secretary or Treasury to renixo Su'iscnption ' to the U. S. 4 PER CENT. FUNDED LOAN. OFFICERS AND DIREC10RS UBRM N KOI-MZH , I'roeilent. AuofoTfs Kof > rzn. Vice Pre = iJent. II. W. VArtn. < a > hler. A. J. 1'orriETON , Attorney. JOHN A. CR IOIITON. F. H. DAVIH , ABs't Cashier. Tin ? bank receiiesdeposit without regard to amounts. Is.ues time certlflcate hearing interest. Ura s drafts on Sin F ancisco and principal citie ? f the United ! -t.-\IC9 , al Lend 'n , Publin , EdiiihurKh nnd the principal cities of the conti nent cf Europe. Sel'spvstge ti'jkota ' fir EmfcMito In the In- man line. majlitf REAL ESTATE BROKER Geo. P. Bemis1 REAL ESTATE AGENCY. 15th < L Douglai Sit. , Omaha , Neb. This agency does iiRiciLf a brokerage bud * nesa. DOCH notepecubtc , and therefore any bargains - gains on Its books aie injured to IU patrons , In steail of being gobblid up by the agent BOGGS it HILL. REAL ESTATE BROKERS A'o. 1408 Farnham. Strut OMAHA - NEBRASKA. Office North tide npp Grand Central Hotil. Nebraska Land Agency. DAVIS & SNYDER , 1605 FarnJiam St. Omaha , Nebr. 400,000 ACRES carefully selected land.In Fa t m Nebra ka for aale. Crcat Bargains in improved farms , and Omaha dtpropertv. . X F. DAVIS. WEBSrER.SNVDKB , Late I and Com'r U. P. R. R 4 > teb7tf Bl RON' REED. LEWIS REID. liyron Reed tt Co. , REAL ESTATE AGENCY NEBRASKA. < e p .1 comol te ab.itrsct of title to all Real islate in Oniaht and Douglas County. mayltf HOTELS. THE ORIGINAL. BRIGOS HOUSE ! Cor. Randolph St. & 6th Aye. , CHICAGO ILL. PRICES REDUCED TO 52.00 AND $2.50 PER DAY Lccittd in the r > uiiieps ccnt-e , comenient > plac-s of anuiBimcnt. Klcuan ly furnished , > iitaining.a1l m > xlern improvements , pasxencer evalor , &c J. II. CUMMINt-S , Proprietor. oclCtf OODEN HOUSE , or. MARKET ST. < fc BROADWAY Council ItlulTs , Iowa. n line vt Stree * Rallwiy , Omnibui 'o tnd from 1 trains. RATES Parlor fl r J3.00 per day ; cond floor. 32 60 per dty ; th'rd fl. or , $2.00. , le best furnished an 1 incut com imdioun bonse the nty. OEO.IT. PHELPS , Prop METROPOLITAN : OMAHA , Nitn. RA WILSON - PROPRIETOR. rhe Metropolitan h centrally located , and st c'ass in ciF'y respect , having recently been llreiy reno a'ed ' Tlie public wl.l find It a intertable nd homelike house. nurfitf. UPTON HOUSE , Scliuylcr , ATeb. Flist-class House , Rood Veals , Good Bedf ry Roomti , and kind and accommodating atment. Tw > good sample rooms. Epecia ontion paid to commercial travtlen. S. MILLEE , Prop , , -u Schuyler , Neb. FRONTIER HOTEL , Laramie , Wyoming. "he miner's resort , good accommodations , jte sample room , charges reasonable. Special ention given to traveling men. 1-tf If C. HlLHiRD , Proprietor. I JTER-OCEAiV HOTEL , Cheyenne , Wyoming. Irst-el'sj , Fine large Simple Rooms , one ck from depot Trains stop from 20 mlnnttf ! hours for dinner. Free Bus to and from > > t. Kates $2.00.12 60 and J3.00 , according oem ; s ngle meal 75 cents. A. D. BALCOM , Proprietor. > NDKEW BORDEN. Cnief Cltrk. mlO-t tMBURC AMERICAN PACKET CO.'S reekly Line of Steamships Tin ? New Tort Every Thunday at 2 p. m. For igland , France and Germany. or Pagsafte app'y to G. B. RICHARD & CO. , General Pasaeogei Ag nt * , _ ai-ly 61 Broadway. New. To'rtc 1 > . B. liEEMEK. IMMISSiON MERpHANT , S ? in f B . O. WHOLESALE GROCER ! 1213 Farnham St. , Omaha. DOUBLE AND S1NGLK AOTLNO POWER AND HAND PUMPS Steam Pomps , Engine Trimmings , Mining Machinery , BELTING HOSE , BRASS AND IRON FITTINGS , PIPE , STEAM PACKING , AT WHOLESALE AND KETAIL. HALLADAY WIND-MILLS , CHURCH AND SCHOOL BELLS A. L STRANO , 205 Farnham Street Oimlia , Neb' HENRY HORNBERCER , V. BLATZ'S MILWAUKEE BEERl In Kegs and Bottles. Special Figures to the Trade. Families Supplied at Reasonable _ Prices. Office. 239 Douglas Street , Omaha. SHEELY BROS. PACKING CO. , PORK AND BEEF PACKERS Wholesale and Retail in FRESH IHBATS& FKOVISIOXS. GAUE , POULTRY , FISH , ETC. CITY AND COUNTY ORDERS SOLICITED. OFFICE CITY MARKET 1415 Douglas St. Packing House. Opposite Omaha Stock Yards , U. P. R. R. LANGE & FOITIGK , Dealers in House Furnishing Goods , Shelf Hardware , Nails and Etc . 1221 Farnham Street , 1st Door Easf First National Bank. m8- m8PAXTON & GALLAGHER , WHOLESALE GROCERS ! 1421 and 1423 Farnham , and 221 to 229 16th Ste. KEEP THE LARGEST STOCK -aa.iVT : > y MAKE THE LOWEST PRICES. Tbe Attention of Cash aud Prompt Time Bayers Solicited , AGENTS FOR THE HAZARD POWDER COMPT and the Omaha Iron and Nail Oo. 2X3 SGO. , JOBBERS OF HARDWARE , CUTLERY , NAILS , STAMPED AND JAPANNED WARE , TINNERS STOCK , SHEET IRON , TIN STOCK , ETG. 1317 & 1319 DOUGLAS STREET , OZLVE-A. P1MI Positively no Goods Sold at Retail. Dr. Carl MCiller's ' Cures the most dangerous cases of . DIARRHEA. VOMITING. CRAMPS ml all rases arising from Teething In blldren ; , Cholera Morbus , Marrhea , Vomiting and Cramps In adult * . " \ \ wivfliiflw / , rljl lilt , nd all sicknesses caused by It. for Instance lver. Gall. Kidney , Mill and Stomach com- lalnta etc. Sxxxa.ll 3Er O3C. In all Its different ) rms. Impure blood , vomiting of call or lood. chilli and fever , etc. is an Unfailing Remedy and protection in times when these diseases prevail. Female complaints , loss of blood , too strong nd long lasting month ! j courses. . CM ere pain i the back or abdomen , etc. A sure cure ! jive it a trial and you will be con vinced that you have got the best ! Tnll directions given on each bottle. Price per Bottle $1.00. Hf For sale bj all druggists and by the ilr manufacturer Dr. Carl Miiller , 826 & 828 S. 16th Street , OMAHA , NEB. FEVER AND AGUE. lOSTETTER It * CELEBRATED If 8rv on n uncon on lnTljnr tliu & f bl * ooajUtutimj. renovxt- deSUJtiV * } phyiiotjs. indenrlctJn ? a thin dreuutloB with , 14 Saved im Deaili MULLER'S Dr. C. Cures the most danc * rous cases of Diptlieria , CROUP. BRONCHITIS. Inflammation ot the Throat. Mump < . Cancer rvs. Wnooplng Cuugh. anil all acut9 aad chronic diseases of the Throat. Scarlet Fever , MEASLES , RASH. POX in every form & all eruptions of the skin. It Is nn unfnlllnr : remedy and protection la ; lmes when these disc ises prevail. It cures all ca es nrNInc from TEETIIINGr n children , for lnstnnc Wnrm Fever etc. oo- conipjinled by Cnimp < , Spasms , Vomltfng. Con tlpltlon and Irrllntlon Acute and chronic dlswjs/js. for lr. tanc Lung , Hrart. Liver an'l Mdiiey ComplHlntsr Bilious Kever and Biliousness , diseases of : he gall and bladder , .mil nil urinal disease * . lies etc. W ak stomach. loj of appetite , dlspepsla , constipation , wlndcollc. etc. . tc. ; HILLS. GALLFEVER , LOSS OF FLESH , CONSUMRTION Impure Blood and all dlsease3rislng there from. Female Complaints , weak and Irreeular fc menstni itlon. lack of blood , pains In the back before and after the period , chlorosis , hlt * * . etc. A sure cure ! THIS GRANDEST REMEDY OF THE WORLD. Will convince the most skeptical In a few- hours after giving It a trial of Its nnfalllnr curative properties : If taken Immediitely after you have tike cold , or after drinking Impure- water or food It will be a sore preventatlve for all ailments that generally follow. Give it a trial and you will be con vinced that you have got the best Tnll directions given on each bottle. Price per Bottle $1.00. T For sale by all druggist and by th * cnlr manufacturer 826 & S28 S. 16th Street , OMAHA , NEB. .If. R. KISDON , General Insurance Agent , REPRESENTS : PHOJNIX ASSURANCE CO. . of Lon. don , Ouh A mU . t5,107.1 T WESfCHESTEK. N. T. . Capital . 1,000 C0 > THE MERCHNT8. . of frewwk. N. J. . 1,000.000 OIRARD nRE.PhlUdolphU.Oplt ! . . * 1.000000 NORTHWESTEBN KATJONAIsCapW" IU1. . . . . . . 9000OO FIREMEJT8 FUND , C IifornU..i : I tOOMO BRITISH AMERICA ASSURANCECo 1,800 000 NEWA * K FIRE INS. CO. . A , , t. . . . . 5 000 AMERICAF CENTRAL. A srcU . 300,000 Southeast Cor. of Fifteenth & Voutfu 8t _ OMAflA. NBB.