itS stit itc ito B t d _ S. SUSEWATER ; gPITOB JUSTICE SrEOsa is to be followed in bis retirement from the supreme beech by Justice Swsvnewho goes to r jr-1 secludon end half pay for the remainder of his years. Like Korval's father he will bo . "a raral Swaine , ffhcfe EOO desire Js to increase his fl ck. " Sianlcfti JEWS is the coming man. - . . - , GrKESit B.ISEK , 'vrho haa been irminated for chid signal cfih r , with the rank gfripKoier general , is a native of Vermont and a graduate of Went Point'otlKeTclaif of 1834. ' Ho served through tfiewar of there- bd'.ioa ' end distinguished .himself by his gallant c-ndoctVat Chattanooga Atlanta and uc mauaf" prestige and plunder" isB'illthecry of that raongral hybrid , he Oaiaha JKtpvblican. and the "milk i i the cocoanut of tbo Hyes adminis- t-ati a which refuaodto-playinto the * ards tf such a setioLpolitical harlots -BVVB a bitter dcaejjto " " "the "concern. he Edministralion WES wcnk , and the shief executive a uene&lity. OONOEEES i * groaning over J ie Bick- nell e'ectoral bill , whichjivea to that body the most unbounded power in the final determination of the election of president and vice-president , and takes away from the several states all but the mere appearance cf jurisdic tion. The republicans will do well to cct as obstructionists' otntil such dangerous measure Fs effectually killed. George C. Gordhamof California , formerly secretary of the United S a , j senate and member of the na- .lonal republican ' committee , has tiVen editorialv-oriargaxrf the Wa h- ingt n National Republican. . Sir. Gordhiun is a staunch republican and an accomplished and versatile writer. H is hkoly to make tie National Republican what has so long been needed in Washington , an able and forcible journal devoted to the inter ests of the party. No ONE who has driven through the streets of our city has failed to note with gratification the substantial growth of Omaha during the pwt yeat from a building-point of view. Handsome brick blocks , elegant rcsi- 'cuces , and hundreds of smaller cot tages , each representing a now family to add to the trade -of x > ur city , greet he rye in every eection ot the city. The nevvcorr&l building , thoOmahafoundry , additions to the Nail works and sev eral other manufacturing enterprises attest the growth of industrial inter ests la our city. Before another year two new enterprises will ba in BUC- cc sFul operation Shot' and Lead Works and a factory for the production f f glucose. The coming year promises btill better things than the one now dMW'ng tea close. A. new and ce- ; -.vit opera houec , & commodious hot - t 1 L.nd hundreds of residences will bo l'acod ' on our vacant lots. Architects .Jroady report an unprecedented de mand for plans for buildings to be erected in the spring. Several oi our manufacturing industries will aid to their present facilities , and the builders and merchants of Omaha mcy well look forward to a year which in its projparity will catrtval any of its predecessors. An a journal whoso success ia moro intimately connected with the prosperity of Omaha than that of any other , THE BEE congratu lates our citizens upon the good times coming. _ THE HIVSS AND THE BAIL.ROADS.1 The Omaha Herald takes issue with tha SLur City Journal upon the im portance cf the Missouri river as a transportation highway. It denies hat the river ronto can over become a formidable competitor to the railroads nod therefore fails to second the wild popular demand for great expenditures < f the peoples money for the improve- mint of navigation on the Missouri riv..r , which h not likely to be much navigated however much it may be unproved. T.JIB view of the matter as taken by Dr. Miller whose only God ia Mimmnn in the person ot railroad kings and corporate monopolies , is not f.t all surprising. . No movement made in the interest of the "psoples money" and against the legalized highway robbery of the railroads ever hasmet with his appro- ba'ion nor , do we suppose , it ever will. Against the opinion of tie Herald that the -ilissouri can never become a useful egent for the relief of the producing classes of the wcet , THE BEE pieces the etuemcnts of innnent engineers who have studied the subject with care , and who aio firm in their opinion that apcrmanetit nod navigable channel can bo main tained from Siouz'City to St. Louis throughout nearly nine months of the year. No doubt such improvements as would be necessary to bring about thu consummation Vronld be attended with much expense. But such ex- wouldba trifling when compared wth the enormous sums of money which are yearly poured into the pockets of the railroad kings by the producers of this country for tbe transportation of grain and sleek fr m the Went to the seaboard. A n er highway navigated by barges rrould compel the r&ilroad robbers to 1 wer their rates to a point where the D orle wculd be willing to pay the the river route for expedition * trans- jortation. It would force the mana- K ra to campoto for custom at the expenee of , tlioir present TT gaaco. Itwould atioiulate traio and build up the river towne , making each on a port Trhere "xronld convergn the transportation trade of iho surrounding country. Finally it vonld save annually .millions of dollars lars to western farmers in the increased would obtain for their - 4 rtca they pro- ' , and enormous , sums to our mer- trho would ba-enablcd to laud heir goods on the levee at a saving in _ freight charges , whiclFWonld accttie 'j the benefit of both tradesman and poasumcr , RUBBER'S THUNDEBBOLT , A Scathing Eeview oftlieEail- road Monopolies of the Country. Their Power to Oppress the Producing Classes Con stantly Augmenting. Conclusion. B. P. liurber , In Ecrilmcrt Jlostilj lor Derc ct saber. Mr. Barnum is a type of a ruling class 1 in 'both political parties , half statesmen , half railroad men , who mix railroads and politics for their own sci vantage. They differ materi ally , however , from the John Adams type of Matssitan , who , when elected tc congres , immediately sold his stock in the United States bank , en the ground that no representative should have a pecuniary interest in any antter likely to come before him in bis legislative capacity. The rail- rosd statesman is found In both par ties rnd in every legislative assembly ; whila perhaps not numerically in the ssDcr.dant , through packing the prin cipal committees , and "retaining" members of the legal profession who hcppcn at the t.mo to be legislators , their ends are usually obtainud. This feature is alluded to in one of the speeches of Senator Beck , of Ken tucky , us follows : 'iJL is impof sible to have an honest legislature , Btato or federal , soloag as representatives ara sent who owe their election to , or are perionally interest ed in , great moneyed corporations or monopolies. No matter whether they call themselves democrats or republicans - cans , they arc not the representatives of the pecple ; they are simply the agents and attorneys of those who eetk , by taxing the masses , to enrich tberagj-lves , whenever they owe their election to monopolists , or are them- Eclc < > 3 interested iu class legislation. " That the greet corporate interests of the country do not stop at electing thtir own men 10 shape legislation , is shown by a recent revelation inPtnn- sjlvania. The following associated prc B dispatch tells its own 'tory : "PHILADELPHIA , March 28,1880. A consultation was held here to-night by a number of leading politicians regarding - garding the persons convicted of at tempted bribery , in order to devise plans for their pardon. The casa is by no means given up by Kemble and his fellow defendants. The bitterness 'f the fight is sowing seeds of much future trouble. Palmer and Stone , tbe two members of the board of par dons who are holding out against an anmosty , are the subject of severe comment , end have cut themselves off from nil future political preferment as tzr as it ? s controlled by the dom inant politicians. It is generally be lieved that , if pardons me not ob tained , the sentences will be very , light. The cases are the subject of general discussion in this city to night and there is much conjecture as to the general result. Many pol itical leadtra , including Ssnator Don Cameron , are here. " In 1878 , the great railroad riots took place , and at Pittsburgh a largo quant.ty of railroad and other prop erty was destroyed. The railroad company refused to indemnify ship pers but at the same time had bills introduced _ in the Penn sylvania legislature to make the state responsible to them. They employed lobbyists to buy these bills through thejeghlaturo , bat their operations were exposed , and William H. Kt-mbie . J. Petroff , and several others , were .arrested , tried , and. not withstanding extraordinary efforts * \voro raoclo ia occtsro tboir ocqulUtl , were convicted. They immediately applied for pardon , and teen pardoned. It shows what politics in the state of Pennsylvania have come to when it is publicly stated that "Palmer and Stone , the two members of the board of pardons who arc holding out against an amnesty , are the subject of severs comment and have cut themselves off from all political preferment , " and a sennter of fho United -tites leaves his scat and returns home to "arrange things. " Jvcmblo had been state treasurer of Pennsylvania , and Po- trrff was at the time a member of the legislature. * In a lecture by James Parton , esq. , we find the following : " .Men tvho bribe and are bribed nowadays talk about the matter with out a blush. An officer of the New Jersey legislature told mo hex the bribing wa done , and how he did it himself. The inilrcad man said to him , 'Come to my room at eight o'clock this evening , ' and when the farmer-legislator cot there the rail road man s dr 'By the way , yon did not call upon us to subscribe toward the expenses of your election. I know it must have cost you a good deal , arid better late than never , hero is some- th'ng toward il , ' and the railroad man pssees over a pile of money , much more than the farmer's election ex penses. 'I know'added the corrupt- ionist , byway of casual remark , 'that you will not vote for any bill that would not bo good and honest , but there is a bill of ours now before your h' use that , you will take my word for it , is for the beat interests of the com munity ; examine it , and if you con scientiously think so , too , of course you will vote for it. ' " Most Americana Trill admit that such practices are evil end should be aba ted , but so conservative are Ameri cans in their methods , so re&pcctful of property lights , EO self-reliant and conscious of , , their owni power to overcome evil when it becomes "worsh while" to put forth the effort , tint they are tolerant of abuses to an extent that seems absurd to other na tions. An illustration of this may bo had in the different results accompanying Simitar action by tbo governments of the United States and Brazil. The latter country a few years since , for the purpose of meeting extraordinary expenditures , imposed a tax upon the street railways of Rio de Janeiro , equivalent to about h lf n cent for every passenger carried. The com panies undertook to re-impose this upon * hc public by adding the exact amount of the tax to the fare ; the people rebelled. A riot ensued , tracks were torn np , cars destroyed , and the companies were compelled to recede from their attept to mko the public piy the lax. During out late war , & tax was imposed upon hcree- car companies of half n cent tor each passenger carried ; the companies paid the tax , added a whole cent to the fare , and * Oa the twenty-seventh day of January , 1880 , Mr. Franklin B. Gow- en , president of the Philadelphia and Reading railroad , in an argument bs- fore the committee on commerce of the house of representatives of the United States , in Washington , stated : "I have heard the counsel of the Pennsylvania railroad company , standing in the supreme court of Pennsylvania , threaten that court with the displeasure of his clients if it decided against them , and all the blood iu my body tingled with shame at the humiliating spectacle. " In the associated press reports this was Euppressed ; and only when the argument was published by Mr. Gow- cn was this remarkable statement/ / verified to those who heard it. a then American public acquiesced with out a murmur. During the war , our government J , under the then existing tax ; laws , collected from the New York - Central railroad about a half a mil lion dollars. The railrosd company' claimed this was unauthorized , raised csrtaia legal' points , brought suit to compel the government to refund the amount , employed Senator Conkling aa cpunrDT , and was successful. The bearing cf political influence upon the case was so obvious that it was com mented npon at the time by several newspapers among others The Utica Observer , aa follows : "JKbw , when Sir. Oonkling went down to 0inandaigu9 to try this rail ? rorid case , ho carried-with him a greater politics ! influence than any other man m the state wields. _ Ha appeared before a judge whom he h d elevated to the bench only a few months before. He confronted a district attorney who could not hold- his office for a day if Mr. Oonkling should demand his removal. He eecured a verdict which the jury was forced to render by the rulings of the judge. Under the verdict the railroad recovers a round half million , which it might have lost but for its shrewdness in employing the right man to prosecnlelts claims. " The New York "Tribune , " man article at the time , entitled "Legisla tor and Lawyer , " alluding to this case , said : 'The appearance of Senator Conk- ling as attorney in a recant railroad case , in behalf of a railroad corpora tion and against the gDvernment of which ho is sworn official , suggest a question of political expediency , and incidentally of moral ? , which must sooner or later be very fully and freely discussed befora the people. * * * Somewhere there must be a line which ssparates the profession of an advo cate from the functions of the legis- tor. Would it not ba well to have that line authoritively defined. " It is not strange , that the best legal talent of the country is permanently retained by corporate interests , nor that lawyers should naturally gravitate toward politics. Railroads can afford to compensate professional men better than private clients oan , for the rea son that their own revenues under the present system are practically rm- limited , all production and commerce in the sections through which they run being tributary to them , and ex traordinary expenditure for counsel feea , election expanses , or bribery funds are simply re-imposed upon the public. The extent to which this power to tax is exercised is indicated by the following straws : It is little moro than fifteen years since Huntington , Hopkins & Go. were hardware mer chants of limited means in San Fran cisco. They built the Central Pacific railroad , and deservedly made fort * nncs estimated at from three to five millions each. They found the railroad enabled them to tax the production and com- merca of the entire Pacific coast. Twelve years have rolled around , and recent estimates , based upon legal proceedings necessary In the estate of Mrs. Hopkins , place the partnership wealth of Mr. Lcland Stanford at § 34,543,308 ; that of Mr. Charles Crocker at 534.495.458 ; that of Mrs. Hopkins at 525,280,972 , while Mr. Huntingdon's wealth is estimated oven higher than that of Messrs. * Sftnford aid Crocker. It is about twenty years since the late Mr. "Vanderbilt was graduated from the steamship business into railroad management ; his possessions at that time were valued at from $5,000,000 to § 10,000,000 ; at his dehth , eorne three yosrs since , they were estimated at $80,000,000. 3Ir. Jay Gould "obtained his start" Iu the management of the Erie rail road , in connection with company.'n Fisk ; at the litne ho gave his now famous testimony before quoted ( in 1873) ) . ho was c "tsidered worth from 83,000,000 to 55,000,000 ; to-day no ono knows how much he is worth , but in "Wall &tipet estimates are made ranging from $00,000,000 to § 00,000- 000. 000.Riilroad Riilroad men vlio have accumulat ed , within a few years , amounts rang ing from § 1,000,000 to ? 5,000,000 are too numerous to mention , as aie those , also , in branches of trade de pending upon and closely identified with railroad transportation shippers who , through the favor of railroad manager * , have been enabled to out strip or break down all competition. These arc found in every branch of trade , but in none , perhaps , are they so prominent as in the petroleum bus iness. If & true history of the Stand ard Oil Company could bo written , it would read more like a romance of the middle ages than a statement of commercial facts possible in the nine teenth osntury. This is the organ- ! zition to which the Hepburn commit tee alludes.as ' "this myitenous organ ization , whose business and transac tions are of such a character that it * members decline , giving a history or destription of it , lest their tesmony be used to convict them of a crime. " The testimony in the Pennsylvania investigation showed that the trunk lines of railroads paid in rebates to the Standard oil company , within the period of eighteen months , $10,151- . 218 ( ten million , one hundred and fif ty-one thousand , two hundred and eighteen dollars ) , which was contribu ted by the roads in the following proportions - portions : Total shipments October 17. 1877 , to March 31 , 1879 bM * . 18,656,277 ToUl rebates during that time at 55 cents ( average ) per barrel 810,151,218.00 Of which the e was paid to Standard bv Ualtimore ind Ohio railroad , 11 per ont , as parcontract.Oct. 17 , J8,7 1,116 , 33.9S Paid by New York Central and Hudson River rail road , 21 per cent , as pe contract , October 17,1877 2,131,755.78 Paid by Erie railway , 21 per cent , as per contract , Uo- tpbtr 17,1877 2,131,755,78 Paid by fennsylvania rail road , 47 per cent , as per contract October 17,1877 ITimontbs 4.771,072.46 Tcfcil rebates , October 17 , 1877 , to March SI , 1879. . § 10,151,218.00 In a report to the New York Cham ber of Commerce , the committee on railroad transportation of that body alludes to this subject as follows : "How obvious of their obligations as common carriers , and how regard less of public rignts are the great trunk lines , is illustrated by their making an agreement with the Standard Oil Company ( Article 4) ) to protect them 'against loss nrwjuryfrom competition , ' What has happened in the casp of the Standard Oil company may happen in other lined of business. IFifA the iaror of the managers of the imnk lines , ichat is to prevent commerce in ihe rest of the great itdples from being monopolized - lized in a similar manner f Already , indeed , it is taking this course. One or two firms In Baltimore , Philadel phia , New York , and Boston , with their branch houses in tno west , are , monopolizing the export trade in wheat , corn , cattle , and provisions , driving their competitors to the wall with absolute certainty , breaking down and crushing out the energy and en terprise of the many for the bene fit of thefavored few. " Railroad managers admit that such things are wrong , that they are op posed to public policy and private morality. Ask a railroad manager the remedy , and he will tell yon "a pool , " with logialation to enable one railroad company to enforce agree ments made with another company. 'n is certain that any legislation or iupGrviaion.in the interest of the pub- io would not only be inoperative , but robably unconstitutional , and cer tainly mischievous. He will poinfcto range * lawe which were afterward re- . ea'sd , but he will forget to state that , hey weraDurposely misconstrued by , ho railroads , and instead of ccquiesc- ng in and carrying them out in good atth , railroad managtra mido th"eni aa troubletome a pois'blo to the pub ic , in order that they might create a reaction in public opinion , pnd.with the liberal use of money in both elections and the lobby , . BS- cure their appeal. He will forgat to tell you that , wherever this reault haa been attained , it was ac complished only after the railroads had conceded material reforms , fu whiotftho pecple had contended. He will not mention the fact that the de cision of the supreme court of the United States , in the so-called granger cases , established beyond question the principles for which the grangers con tended , and swept away the web of Bophfetries irhish learned counsel had been spinning upon the Dartmouth iollego case. The decision of the supreme court in the granger cases , rendered March 1 , 1877 , was-one of the most impor- ant declarations of public rights'sinca the declaration of independence. Re garding the power to regulate , Chief Justice Waite said : "We find that when private prop erty is affected with a public in terest it ceases to be juris privati only. iThis waiaaid by Lord Chief Jus tice Hale more than two hundred 1 years sgo'in his treatise 'De ' ortib\u Maris , ' and has been accepted without objection ai an essential element in the law of property ever since. Prop erty does become clothed with a pub lic interest when used in a manner to make it of public consequence and aS'ect the community at large. "When , therefore , one devotes his property tea a use in which the public has an - interest terest , he in effect grants to the pub lic an interest in that use , and must submit to be controlled by the public for the common good to tha extent ot the interest ha has thus created. He may withdraw his grant by discon tinuing the uae , but so long aa he maintains the use he must submit to the control. " A prominent railroad manager , while recentlyarguing against govern ment supervision and control of rates , and in favor of the pooling system now so much in vogue , stated , in al most the same breath that "the pooling system wonld remove the dis crimination and other evils of which the public complained , " and that "competition would insure reasonable rates" seemingly forgetting that pooling is expressly designed to pre vent competition. Undoubtedly , the pooling system does protect the pub lic interest against much of the per sonal discrimination which has existed In railroad management , but as re gards the more important part of the question , What is a reasonable rate ? it leaves the production and commerce : of the country to use the words of the United States senate committee "wholly at the mercy of a few men , who recognize no responaibil.ty butte to their stockholders , and no princi ple of action but personal and corpor ate aggrandizement. " A recent report ot the New York Board of Trade and Transportation says : ' 'Honestly and equitably managed railroads are the most beneficent dis covery of the century , but perverted by irresponsible and uncontrolled corpo rate mansgempnt , in which stock- watering and kindred swindles are tolerated , and favoritism in charges is permitted , they become simply great engines to accomplish unequal taxation , and to arbitrarily redis tribute the wealth ot the country. " "Wfcen thfs state of things ia sought to be perpetuated by Bwiuirini' politi cal power end shaping legislation through corrupt use of mouoy , the situation grows more serious. " 'The railroad is the invention of the last half century ; the tremendous development of corporate life , attend ed by the abuses of which the public complsin , has occurred within this period , and largely within the last twenty-five years. Continue for another twenty-five years the present power _ of corporations to tax the pub lic , and we i I 'hare a moneyed aris tocracy m thia country such as the world has never seen , and with it all the attendant phenomena of venal legislators and corruption in high places , which caused the downfall of all the great republics of history. These are some of the questions which are forcing themselves upon the attention of thoughtful American , citizens ; individualized , thny may be ) stated : Can Americans , whoso forefathers abolished the law of primogeniture ntid entail to avoid the evils of vast , accumulations of wealth in the handa of individuals , afford to leave unregu lated now agencies far more potent to that end than any which were at that time dreamed of ? _ When corporate life or trade com binations develop into organizations like that of the Standard oil company , controlling a staple fourth in magni tude among our nation's exports , and hundreds of legitimate traders are driven out of existence , is it not time to inquire what steps should be taken to protect the interest of the produc ing , commercial , and consuming classes ? When , to perpetuate power already acquired by these organizations , cor ruption is openly practiced in our elections , and the bribery of legisla tors goes unpunished , is it not time that American citizens should con sider where such practices lead , and insist that the state should resume the sovereignty and control over its crea tures which It has inadvertently and temporarily relinquished ? The only answer thus far made by the apologists for these practices has been to denounce those who opposed them as "communists" or "socialists. " So bare of facts and so hard pushed for arguments favorable to their case are they , that Messrs. Vanberbilt and Jewett must fain adopt this policy , and conjure up tbe phantom of social ism to shield their practicesl In their joint letter to thg Hepburn com mittee they suggest that the staid and conservative merchants of the New York chamber of commerce are fast tending in that direction their words being : "The growth of a disregard of property in this country is verj mark ed , and railroad corporations offer fa vorable forms of attack. The en couragement , by such a body as the chamber of commerce , to such ideas will not stop at railroad corporations , bu will reach all kinds of associated capital , and will not ston before it reaches aH property. This growing tendency to socialistic principles is one of the dangerous signs of the times , and , if not checked , will pro duce scenes of disaster that wonld now appall the country. " Some months after this , when the legislative committee had pronounced the principal charges made by the chamber of commerce "fully proven/ ' the committee of that body having the matter in 'charge alluded to this subject , in their report to the chamber , as follows : "Your committee bsg that the jnembew of tha chamber of com merce will carefully compare these utterances of Messrs. Vanderbilt and Jewett with the findings of tha legis lative committee. The assertion that the action of this chamber tends to the encouragement of socialistic communistic principles , is on a parity with mueh of tho.other reasoning of the presidents , of the great trunk lines. They eeem to be entirely ob livious cf the fact that it is their dia- regard of public rights , and not the efforts which thia chamber has made inr order to compel their obr serration , which isoh'.efly responsibh /pr he growth of communistic senti- this state. If railroads were not public highways , , upuri which all shippers , as vrell as passengers , are entitled to equal rights ; if the discov ery of , steam , and its applicatica to tha purposes of transpqrtation , wHt all its attendant benefits , could be es- tee-ned alone the pivate prop9rty of these gentlenten , then" tbe" argument' of Messrs.'Vanderbilt and Jewett .might be considered valid , and the efforts of your committee seHTlionsJ socialistic and worthy ; ' of ; ccndemna- : ' * " l tion. _ - "Is ia hardly necessary to say that your committee have no sympathy with socialists or communists who want something for nothing ; this class of persons might perhaps ; find" fattlt with your committee for being capjtaL- ists ; but , on the other hand , we - cannot not uphold a system of operating pub- lie highways which is honeycombed with abuses , and -whidh is controlled absolutely by a few individuals who taxj-producttun ajid commerce at will , and who practically dictate what reward - ward the producer , manufacturer and merchant shall receive for his labor. ' All classes of citizans are interested in having remedies promptly applied to these evils , * and 'especially are" thoao interested who have 'property ' ! ; for if over communistic viewa make Headway in this conntrjj , it will be itsk consequence f thMoIefation of chus'lj privileges , and disregard of the spirit of our free institutions. These are the 'breakers ' ahead -which every true patriot will pray that our ship of state may avoid. f > The immediate remedy Is : The creation of an intelligent pub lic opinion , through which reasonable limits may bo placed upon the growth and power of .corporate life. It is time enough to take further steps when this has been accomplished. At present , the corporations are mas ters of the situation , but with an in telligent public opinion thoroughly aroused , it is only a question of time when it will compel a fair adjustment of the relations between the people and the creatures the people have created. BLACK HILLS NUGGETS. Dendwood ia anxious to be lighted with gas. Lawrence county needs a new court house and jail. There is excellent sleighing between Deadwood and Rochford. Many new buildings are going up in all directions in TerraviUe. The Queen Bee mill of Tigerville is not running because of the severity of the weather. A minor last week at the De Smet mine was Instantly killed by falling down an ore schute. Private houses are in demand in Rapid continually , and more so now than heretofore. The Wyoming and Pierre stage com pany has put on a daily line from Rapid to Pierre this week. Farmers in Spearfish valley are not disposed to coil their grain. Oats are worth three cents per pound. Thoasands of buffalo , dear and antelope - telopo are running over the plains' be tweeu Bismarck and Deadwood. The conference of the Method ist church has appropriated § 1,280 for the church , extension , fund in the Hills. Gold Gate is to have a mammoth Christinas tree , and , § 300 have been already subscribed towards making it a success. A resident of Deadwood has con tracted with Fort Meade to deliver 200,000 pounds of oats for the use of the post. There ia some talk of asking the Dakota legislature for charters incor poratinjr the cities of Deadwood , Gen < tral and Lead. A movement by the various secret societies of Central Cify , looking to the erection cf a large society hall-is now ou foot. The commissioners of Lawrence county have presented the Deadwood Homestake Hose company with two hundred dollars in cash , Five largo bricks belonging to the Homestnke company and amounting to 150,000 , wera shipped east from the Hills about the 20th nit. Most of the overland freighters are taking oft" their lines for the winter on account of the excessive cold weather and the discontinuance of river navi gation. A company hns been recently or ganized at Rockcrville for the purp'ose of constructing a bed-rock flume through the Rockerville gulch three miles in length. The Spe&rfigh miils have distributed since starting up over § 20,000 , and all of this hrta bacn thrown into circula tion , and it has consequently made times good in that town. L'imber is being received at Lead at thu rate of from five to six thou sand feet per day , to be used for the purpose of boxing up the extension of the Montana ditch from Bobtail to Deadwood. \ It is thought there is ore enough in the F&irview and Great Eastern mines , only twenty feet apart , to war rant the erection of two 120-stsmp mills , and they will doubtless be built next sprirur. RHEUMATISM , Neuralgia , Sciatica , Lumbago , Backache , Soreness of the Chest , Gout , Quinsy , Sore Throat , Swell ings and Sprains Burns and Scalds , General Bodily Pains , Tooth , Ear and Headache , Frosted ' Feet 'and Ears , and off other Pains and Aches. Tie Preparation on earth equals Sr. JACOBS On as a safe , sure , simple and cheap External Remedy. A trial entails tut the comparatiTely trialng ontlar of 50 Onti , and rery on * inffer- lng xrith pain can hare cheap and pstitlTO proof otltsclalnu. _ "Directions In EleTen langnaga. EOLD BYAIL JBPG6IST.S AffDPEAIEBS IK MEDIOdE. A.VOGELER&CO. , SHEELY BROS. PACKING CO. , GfCERS < ySBJys ? Vr Wholesale and Retail in FRESH I5ISATS& PROVISIONS , CJA15E , POULTRY , FISH , ETC. CSTY AND COUNTY ORDERS SOLICITED. OFFICEX5IT ? MARKET 1415 Dopglas St. Packing House , Opposite Omaha Stock Yards , TJ. P. E. R. Successorerto Jas. Dealers in Ifine Imported Extracts , Toilet Waters , Colognes , Soaps , Toilet Powders , &c. A full line of Surelcal Instruments , Pocket Cues , Trusses and Supporters. Absolutely Fora Drags aad Chemical * usetl in Dispensing. Prescriptions Oiled t any boor of tht night. Jas. K. Isb. Lawrence Bc3Iahon. TUT MORE | POPULAR THAN EVER. The Genuine SINGER { NEW FAMILY SEWING MACHINE. TL popular demand for the GENUINE SINGER in 1879 exceeded test of any previous year during the Quarter of a Century in which this "Old > " , a ty Iteliable"-Machine has teen before tha public. In 1878 we sold 356,422 Machines. In 1879 we sold 431,107 Machines. Excess over any previous year 74,735 Machines. Our sales last year were at the rate of over 1400 Sewing Machines a Day 1 For every bnglncw day In the year , The "Old Sellable" Singer is the Strongest , the. Simplest , the Most Durable Sewing Machine chine- ever yet Con structed. THE SINGER g&NUFAGTURING GO. Principal Office : * Union Square , New York. 1,500 Subordinate Offices , in the bnited States and Canada , and 3,000 Offices in the 01 World and South America. seplG-dfinvtf HOUSES. THE OLDEST HSTABLISKED. IN NEBRASKA. CALDWELLHASVilLTONCO / jB-AJPTr HilRS. Business transacted game 00 that o an Incor * pcrated Bank. Accounts kept In Currency or gold Bufejoct to Bight chock without notice. Certificates of deposit Israed payable In three , six and twelve months , bearing Interest , or on demand without interest. Advances made to customers on approved S3- rarities at market rates of Interest Buy and sell gold , bills of exchange Ocvorn- meut , State , County anil City Bonds. Draw Sight Drafts on Eneland , Ireland , Soot- land , and all parts of Europe. Sell European Fasgare Tickets. ROLIECTIONS PROMPTLY MADE. angldt H , SDEPOSITOEY. . FIRST NATIONAL BANK O F OMAHA. . Cor. 13th ana Farntmna Streote , OLDEST BANKING ESTABLISHMENT IN OlIAHA. ' ( SUCCESSORS TO KOUXTZE BROS. , ) E8TABLI8DSJ > IX 1856. Organized as a National Bank , August 20,1S03. Capital and Profits Over$300,000 , Specially authorized by the Secretary or Treasury to receive Subscription to the U.S.4 PER CENT. FUNDED LOAN. OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS Hintus KemrrzB , President. AtJBDsrua KOUSTZH , Vice President. H. TT. Tin * . Caahlcr. A. J. POPPLETOS , Attorney. JOHN A. CR-ianros. F. H. Dins , Asa't Cashier. Thll bank receives deposit without regard to amount * . Issues time certificates bearing interest. Draw ? drafts on San Pr&nelico and principal dtles of the United States , also Eondon , Dublin , Edinburgh and the principal citiu of tht conti nent of Europe. Bells passage ttcketa for Emigrants In the In- man tie. mavlrttf REAL ESTATE Geo. P. Bern ' . . is' REAL ESTATE AGENCY. 15ih tt Douglas Sts. , Omaha , Neb. This agency doe * STRICTLT a brobtnge holi ness. Does not speculate , and therefore any bar gains on Ita hooka me Insured to Its p&trona , In stead of bolnc gobbl < d up by the atrent BOGGS & JOLL. REAL ESTATE BROKERS No IfOS farnJiam Street OMAHA - NEBRASKA. Office North Side opp. Grand Central Hotel. Nebraska Land Agency , DAVIS & SNYDER , 1505 FarnJiam St. Omaha , Nebr. iOO.OOO ACRES carefully selected land In Eastern Kebraska for rale. Great Bargains In improved farm * , and Omaha city property. O. r.DAVIS. ; WEBSTER SNYDKB , latelandCom'rU.P.B.B. 4n-tebTtf BTKOX KID. WWII USD. - Byron Reed fc Co , , OLDRJTMTASLISjro REAL ESTATE AGENCY IN NEBRASKA. Keep complete abstract of title to all Real Ejtafo tn Omaha and Donclag Cnnntv. mavltf J" . C. 'VOS , MERCHANT TAILOR Oapltol Ave , , Opp. Masonic nail , ' OMAHA. - - - - - NEB. T. S. HITCHCOCK , M. D. S. , From New York haa located In Omaha , and enirantees to do flrgt-clas * work. . Dental Booms , over A. Craickahank Co.'a , Cor. 15th and DoiuKvi. gep9-gm BUSINESS COLLEGE , THE GREAT WESTERN "Geo.R. Eatlibun , Principal. Oreighton Block , - OMAHA lo : Of Send for Circular. ers eiF. UNO. G. JACOBS , ( Tormerly ct GUh & Jacobs ) Ho. 117 Farnham 81. , Old Siiad of Jacob Ola OBDB33 $ r TSLSGfUra SOLICITS HOTELS. THE ORIGINAL. Cor. Randolph St. & 5th Ave. , CHICAGO PRICES BEDUCKD TO $2.00'AND $2.50 PER DAY Located In the business centre , convenient to places ot amusement. Elt > cantly furnished , containing all modern improvements , passenger elerator , &c. J. II. CUMMINOS , Proprietor. oclOtf OGOEN HOUSE , Cor. MARKET ST. & BROADWAY Council RlnfTs , loiraz On line o Street Hallway , Omnlbni < o and from all trains. RATES Parlor floor $3.00 per day ; necond floor , 32. SO per diy ; third floor , S'.OO. The best furnished and most com nodlons home In the city. OEO. T. PUELP3 Prop FRONTIER HOTEL , Laramie , Wyoming. The miner's resort , good accommodations , arge sample room , chareca reasonable. Special attention given to traveling men. Il-tf H. C HILLUP.D Proprietor. INTER-OCEAN HOTEL , Cheyenne , Wyoming. First-cl ss , Fine arse Sample Rooms , one block from depot. Trains stop from 20 mlnutei to 2 hours for dinner. Free Bns to and from Depot. l > atcs 82.00 , S2.EO and 33.00 , according to room ; s'ngle meal 75 cents. A. 1) . BALCOM. Proprietor. W BORDEN. Cnlcf Clerk. mlO-t UPTON HOUSE , SchtiylerFeb. . Flist-class House , Good Meals , Good Bed * Airy Rooms , and kind and accommodating treatment. Tv > good sample rooms. Specia attention paid to commercial travelers. S , MILLER , Prop- alE-t ! Sohuyler , Neb , Machine Works , J. Hammond , Prop. & Manager. The most thorough ippolntc' and complete Machine Shops and Foundry In the state. Castings of every description manufacted. Enzlnes , Pumps and eveiy class of machinery made to order. order.pedal attention given to Well Augurs , Pulleys , Hangers , , ecr etc , Flans f or new UachlneryUeachanIcaI Dranjht- np , Models , etc. , neatly executed. 56 Harnev St. . Bat. 14th and 16th. EAST INDIA BITTERS I iLER & GO. , SOLE MANUFACTURERS , PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION LINE l rWf'EJv OMAHAAND FORTOMAHA Connects With Street Cars Corner of SACNDERS and HAMIWO1 ? STREETS. ( End of Red Line as follows- LEAVE OMAHA ; 820 , 8:17andll:13a. m .3:03. 5:37 and729p.ra. LEAVE FORT OMAHA : 7:15 a. m. . 9J5 x m. , and 12:45 p. m. 4:00 : , 6:15 and 8:15 p. m. The 8:17 : a. m run , Icartnr omaha , and the 4:00 p. tn. run , leaving Fort Omaha , are nsnally ded to full capacity with resular passenjen , The 6:17 a. m , rna will be made from the post- office , corner of Dodja and IStt enrchta. Tickets can be procured from street cardrlr- , or from drivera of hacks. FARE. 25 GENTS. INCLUDING 8TBE CAB _ W-tf E. : ET _ COOBZ , UNDERTAKER , Odd Fellows' Block. Pronpi attjaUon ( irea t ) orJen by We call the attention of Bayers to Oar EitensiYe Stock of CI AND CENTS' FURNISHING GOODS - , . , : .llo- , ' ' . -.rSrjo $ . * ? ' WHOLESALE AND RETA'iLY > q - We carry the-Largest end BEST SELECTED STOCK OF GOODS IN Which We are Selling at GUARANTEI ES ! f OUR MERCHANT TAILORING v ! s In charge ot Mr. THOMAS TALLOU , wlosa reputation has heen fairly earned. We also Keep an Immense Stock of HATS , CAPS , TRUHKS AND VALISES * REMEMBER WE ARE THE ONE ' PRICE STORE ; M. HELLMAN & CO. , mSleodaw IS01 & 1303 Favnliasi Slrccf. J" . "WIRIEG-IHIT . , ACEKT FOR Or And Sole Aarcnt for \Y Hallet Davis & Co. , James & Holmstrom , and J. & 0- Fischer's Pianos , also Sole Agent 'for the Ustey , Burdett , and the Fort Wayne Organ Go's ' , Organs , I deal in Pianoa end Organs exclusively. Have had years experience in the Business , and handle only the Bestt J. 8. WRIGHT , 81816th Street , City Hall Building , Omaha , Neb. HALSBY V. FITOH. Tuner. DOUBLE AND SINGLE ACTING POWER AND HAND Steam Pumps , Engine Trimmings , Mining Machinery , BELTING HOSE , BRASS AND IRON FITTINGS , PIPE , STEAM PACKING AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. - HALLADAY WIND-MILLS , CHURCH AND SCHOOL BELLS A. L. STEOG , 205 Pamnam Strnnt Onmlm. Neb HENRY HORNBERGER V. BUTZ'S MILWAUKEE BEER I In Kegs and Bottles , . Special Figures to the Trade. Families Supplied at Beasonabl * Prices. Office. 239 Donerlnp Sfra K Omaha V MAX MEYER & CO WHOLESALE TOBBACGONISTS ! . Cigars from § 15,00 per 1000 upwards. Tobacco , 25 cents per pound upwards. Pipes from 25 cents per dozen upwards. Send for Price List. -1 MAX 3IEn-il : & CO. , Omaha , Neb. HORSE SHOES AND NAILS. Iron and Wagon Stock , At Chicago Prices. 1209 and 1211 Harney Street , Omaha. _ _ _ _ , _ octll-Jm TO THE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN : FRENCH KIDNEY PAD 1 A Positive and Permanent Ours Guaranteed , ID all cue * cf OraT.1 , Dbbttw. Drop y. Bright' * DUeais KIdne ) t , Incontinence and Retention of Urtn , InjLiination the Kidneys , Catarrh of tb. Uladder.HIah ColoredTJrlnt , Pala In th Bock. s'd . , or Lfotn. Verraan Wealnesn and In fact a disorders of tha Bladder and Urinary Orjr n , whether contract * ed by private diseases or otheairlso. This frrcat remedy has beta used with sucwss for neirly" . ten years la Trince , with tn most wondeifulcnntire effect * It curettv atwrptim. nonaaseoa * internal medicines bein ? roinired. We have hundreds of test ! , taonlals of cures by this Pad when all else h d tu'ed- LADIES , If you are sufftrlar from Female Weakness , Ltucor * rhceo , or dlxecscs pccallar to females , or In fact my disease , ask your dru/cist far Prof. Oallmette's French Kidney Pad , an4 tote no cUiT. If he ha * not got It. send J100 and you wt noalre the Pad by return mail. Addrtss O. 8. Biancb , FRENCH PAD CO. , Toledo , Ohio. PBOFr CUILMETTE'S FRENCH LIVER PAD 1 P ° ? , tl7ely / * y * nf * KV < > , Dumb/gue , AzueCake , Billion * Few. Jaundice , Dy i. p U ane all diseases , . of the Urer Stomach and Blood. 7ho pad cures by absorption , and is permanent. . Brxnch ) , Toledo , Ohio. awlrpoolT * Hhadctsnotlce It by return Bill"N&CO. plticadl.fOt tno KKKMJH . , Osuts , Hie ,