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THE DAILY BEE
E. EOSEWATER : EDITOR.
THE sly Fox has induced Barber to
put hla hand In the trap first.
THE acquittal of Messrs. Healy and
Walsh In Dublin yesterday is the first
great triumph for the Irish Land
League. May It be but the fore
runner of many to come until Ireland
for the Irish becomes no longer & cry
but an accomplished fact.
SOME figures have been gathered by
the bureau of statisticsj showing the
singular fact that there IB fencing
enough In the state of Indiana to en
circle the -world thirteen times. This
Is doubtless the result of the care ha
stened by politicians in the late can
vass. Fence mending has become po
litically historical.
THE first of the appropriation bills
has passed the house , and $100,000
hat been devoted to the seacoast de
fenses. The next bill of importance
which will DO discussed is the Missis
sippi Improvement appropriation ,
which proposes to donate $1,800,000
for the Improvemeet of the Mississippi
river , under the direction of the sec
retary of war , and in accordance with
the recommendations , plans , specifica
tions and estimates made nnderthe
supervision of the Mississippi river
comjgkslon.
THE coffee trade is stagnant. The
failure of the coffee and tea syndicate
in New York will benefit the trade
and cheapen the art idea to consum
era ; and , besides the-collapse of the
eastern firms composing the syndi
cate , an unprecedented crop ia arriv
Ing from Brazil. This will be coed
reading at two thousand Republican
breakfast tables this morning. [ lie
publican.
That depends : If there are five
persons at each breakfast table and
each of them devours the Republican
with his coffee , the above item has enlightened -
-lightened two thousand people. Oth
erwise it's only the four hundred and
twenty city subscribers who have had
these choice morsels dished up to
them.
THE Chicago Inter-Ocean , through
Its representative , Sir. J. W. Bobbin -
bin ! , is doing a preat and useful work
for Nebraska , as well as for theTrans-
Missouri west generally. [ Republi
can.
Two months before Fagott and
Stinchcomb skipped the country , pur
sued by the howls of the infuriated
people whom they had imposed on
in the rural districts by their adver
tisements , the Omaha Republican ,
through whnse columns the bogus re
views were issued , announced that Pa-
got and Stinchcomb were "doing
great and useful work for Nebraska. "
Praise from such a source Is praise in
deed.
TWELVE months ago Judge JohnF.
Dillon resigned a life position as cir
cuit judge of the United States to
become the consulting attorney of the
Union Pacific monopoly , and now Jus
tice Strong has resigned his scat on
the supreme bench of the United
States , the most honorable position
to which any lawyer could aspire , to
accept the position of counsel to the
Philadelphia and Beading railway
company. What conclusions can we
draw from these remarkable changes ?
Tha railroad kings , with their grip
upon the throats of the producers of
the country , can demoralize our ju
diciary by tempting baits thrown at
judges sitting In the highest ,
tribunals known to this government.
Planted upon the great highways of
the country the } feudal barons of the
nineteenth century say to the indus
trial and producing classes , "Hands
upl" With princely incomes drawn
from a levy upon the products of the
country , these robber knights of the
railroads can affordto , lo very munifi
cent in enlisting great lawyers and
drafting even great judges from the
supreme bench into their service. Such
a spectacle cannot fail to awaken
serious apprehensions in the minds of
thinking men for the safety of this
republic. With state and national
legislatures bribed with passes and
corrupted with promises of more
valuable rewards , with our judiciary
under obligations for their appoint
ments or election , with the most
exalted judges of the nation exchang
ing the sacred ermine for the livery
of railroad kings , what will remain
of this republic a quarter of a
century , hence , except the name ,
Of all aristocracies , the meanest , the
most despicable and the most danger
ous to human liberty , is the aristocra
cy of wealth acquired by lawless levies
through chartered privileges. The
people of Massachusetts revolted
from England in 1775 for im
posing stamp duties upon
them without representation in the
British parliament. What represen
tation will the people of this country
have in this government , If the rail
road kings make our laws , dictate our
judges and fill all the offices within
the gift of the national govern
ment with tools and cappers ,
who have aided them in subjugating
the people. The colonial stamp du
ties were a mere bagatelle compared
with the duties and imposts which the
people of this country pay to the Jay
Goulds , Vanderbilts and Tom Scolis.
Just think of it. Nine months ago
Kansas Pacific stock was almost worth
less , quoted at about five cents on the
dollar. By consolidating that bank
rupt concern with the Union Pa
cific and merging the stock of the two
roads together , Jay Gould is now re
alizing 109 on Kansas Pacific stock.
For every § 100,000 invested in K.
P. Block he has made a net profit on
over $2,000,000 without adding one
dollar to the actual value of the road.
And yet the Pacific roads , built 'by
the government , owe the nation $84
000,000 , besides a large amount of ac
crued interest. Let this man Gould
and other railway kings continue in
their career of rapacity uncheckedj
and what will hinder them from con
verting this republic into a set of
provincea with vice-regents at every
important railway centre !
AN IMPUDENT QUABTETTB.
The farce by which the Impudent
imposters who were defeated at the
late election hope to rob the people
of Douglas county of _ their representa
tion in the coming legislature has be
gun. The sham investigation into
the alleged miscount which these
cheeky claimants have conjured np
is now In progress before His Honor
Judge Biley. The cadaverous
Baldwin who was set down upon by
his own party in his own county and
never did want a re-count , is the chief
legal adviser , with Frank
Walters and booming Bennett
as testimony scavengers. The chief
contestant on the first day was Gates
Barber , who , as we said several times
before , is a splendid horse jockey , and
who Is a good deal more fit to superin
tend a race track than to make laws
for the people of this state. This man
was rejected by his own precinct by
an overwhelming vote , and Is beaten
In the county by over one hundred
votes. And yet he has the cheek to
present himself in Omaha as a claim
ant to the legislature.
The quartette of Imposters who are
making this contest allege , In their
sworn petition , that sixty or mere
votes , cast In the First ward for them ,
were wrongfully and Illegally counted
for their opponents. This is a bare
faced lie , and they knew it was a lie
when they signed the petition. Mr.
Ooutant himself was present at the
count of the First ward , and so were
others of the quartette. A recount
of that vote , made at the instance of
Mr. Coutant , failed to change the re-
result in any particular and Mr.
Coutant expressed himself aa satisfied
that the count was fairly made , as
we are informed , by a reliable party.
II the recount of the votes
now , shows any other re
sult , the ballots have been
tampered with , and there is no use to
disguise the fact. The constant ab
sence of the county clerk is , to say the
least , decidedly singular and leaves a
most unfavorable impression , espec
ially when it ia borne in mind that
the election of the man to whom the
certificates were awarded was conceded
by all , and for three weeks after the
election no one said one word as to
the pretended miscount or any other
irregularity.
The whole business is an infamous
piece of legerdemain , concocted by
an unscrupulous gang of politicians ,
and condemned by every decent man
in this county , democrat or republi
can. When the legislature learna the
true Inwardness of this proceeding
they will send the impudent quartette
home with a rebuke that they will re
member for the rest of their years.
JEREMIAH S. BLACK enjoys
a world-wide reputation aa the fore
most authority on constitutional law
in the United States. His letter on
the relations of the people of this
country to the railroads , which we
print elsewhere in full , baa created a
profound sensation. It presents the
only logical and legal view of the
American railway system in its rela
tions to its creators , the people of the
United States. The subsidized and
brass-collared editors may pooh-pooh
Mr. Black's declaration that the rail
ways are slrrply tenants at will exer
cising their privileges as public car
riers over the people's highways. They
may pronounce Sir. Black a socialist
communist and monomaniac as they
are in the habit of calling everybody
who refuses to recognize thesupremacy
of.tho railroad kings. But they can
not with all the legal and editorial
talent on their pay rolls shake the im
pregnable position on which Mr.Black
has planted himself. It is hardly
necessary for THE BEE to apologize
for producing this letter at such a
late day. Our readers are aware that
much of our space had been given at
the time this letter appeared , to the
article published by Mr. Thurber in
Scribner's Monthly. We could not
afford to follow that voluminous article
with Mr. Black's letter' to the
exclusion of other subjects. Hence
the delay. A good thing will always
keep , and Mr. Black's letter is by all
odds the beat article from a strictly
legal standpoint , which has yet ap
peared. The railroads don't own all
the lawyers and editors of the coun
try yet.
A CURIOUS case has recently come
to light in Salem , Mass. , involving
the right of a person to support him
self or herself by hniicst work. A
girl , 14 years old , escaped from an
almshouse and obtained work for § 1
per day. The authorities discovered
her whereabouts and returned her to
the almshouse , whore they insist upon
keeping her aa a pauper. The per
sons who gave her work declare their
willingness to provide her with a
home and steady employment , and
Intecd to bring the case into court to
see whether a strong , healthy girl can
be compelled to remain a pauper
against her will.
THE Irish-Americans of Omaha have
organized a branch of the Land
League with a strong list of members
and an admirable selection of officers.
The meeting was enthusiastic , and the
speeches made and the monies col
lected , show that Omaha is deter
mined toj be fully abreast of the rest
of the world in aiding a rapid solution
of the Irish problem. THE BEE echoes
the sentiment of the League , "God
Save Ireland. "
Pig Iron.
The forthcoming report of the Cin
cinnati chamber of commerce by Su
perintendent Maxwell says of the
trade in iron in that city , that it has
been marked by important events , in
eluding dangerous stimulus and
equally rapid decline. The total
production of pig iron of the nine
dates tributary to Cincinnati were
876,000 tons , showing an increase cf
150,000 tons over the preceding year.
Of thia increase Missouri made37,000
tons , Michigan 31,000 , Ohio 23,000 ,
West Tirginia 20,000 , Tenneisee 13-
000 , Indiana 11,000 , Alabama 8000 ,
Gaorgia 4000. Kentucky showed a
decrease of 1400 tons ? The aggre
gate sales here of pig Iron from tint
lands to actually go into consumption
were 250,000 tons , an increase of 46-
300 tons over the preceding year.
The value of the business at the av
erage price will be $8,750,000.
EAILBOAD BEGUL/LTIOIf. /
Judge Blade's Letter to the N.
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Y. Chamber of Com
merce.
A Strong Argument in Favor
of Legal Restraint ,
The special , committee on railroad
transportation of the New York
chamber of commerce addressed a
scries of questions to prominent men
In various parts of the country in re
gard to the right of railroidd to regu
late prices , and respecting other tcpies
raised in considering the subject of
inter-state commerce. The most Im
portant reply thus far received comes
from Judge Jere Black. A synopsis
of this letter has already been given
in TUE BEE , but on account of the
interest which it has call forth the
full text Is given below :
YORK , Pa. , Nov. 16,1880.
Committcs on Railroad Transportation o ! the
New York Chamber of Commerce :
GENTLEMEN You propose a move
ment in favor of aome legal regulation
which will compell railway companies
to perform their duties to the public
on proper terms.
1 wiH answer your question as
directly aa possible , but without ob
serving the order in order in which
you put them.
You desire above all , things to be
just. The legally vested rights of
railway companies , like other rights
of property , are sacred , &nd no viola
tion of them cornea within the scope
of your design.
But on this question railroad men
misunderstand their situation. They
believe , or pretend to believe , that
railways are the property of the com
panies authorized to run them , which
Is a cardinal error , and the parent of
much false argument.
A public highway cannot be private
property , and a railroad laid out and
built by the authority of the state for
the purposes of commerce is as much
a public highway as a turnpike road ,
canal , or navigable river.
It is the duty of the state lo pro
mote intercourse and trade by making
highways'of the best sort through the
territory. To this end she may take
land and materials , which is an exer-
cisa of the power of eminent domain.
She can. build a railway at her own
expense , using the direct agency of
her own officers , and after it is built
she can make it free to all comers , or
reimburse the cost by special tax on
individuals who have occasion to use
it. She can delegate the taking and
the taxing powers to a corporation era
a natural person ; and that is what she
always does when she grants a rail
road charter. But in either or any
case the road belongs to the state , and
the people have a right to use it upon
compliance with necessary regulations
and payment of the proper tax.
The corporations who have got into
the habit of calling themselves the
owners of railroads have no proprie
tary right , iitlo , or claim to the road ?
themselves , but a more franchise an
nexed to and exercisable thereon.
They are the agents of the state for
the performance of a public duty. If
the franchise ia forfeited or surrender
ed , or if it expire by efflux of time ,
the state takes possession of the road ,
and runs it herself , or employs a now
agent. The company can not keep
the road anymore than an outgoing
collector of a port can appropriate to
himself the custom house where he did
his official work.
The state , having need for a public
highway at a particular place , makes
a contract with a corporation to opan
anil put in condition to be used ; and
by way of reimbursing the builders
and operators , she authorizes a tax
upon those who travel or carry mer
chandize over it.
But this tax must be reasonable ,
just , uniform , prescribed and fixed , ao
that every citizen may know before
hand exactly how much he must pay ,
and ao that when he pays or tenders
the proper amount ha will acquire an
absolute and perfect right to the use
of the road. The amount of the tpx ,
toll or freight in any case is not a sub
ject cf bargain between the shipper
and the corporation , but a thing to be
settled , fixed and prescribed by public
authority. If the company may charge
what it pleases , then the road is not a
public highway ; the public has no
right in it at all , and the charter
which authorizes the taking of land to
build It is unconstitutional and void.
These principles were stated by
Judge Baldwin in Bonaparte agairut
the Camden and Amboy Railroad
company (1 ( Bald. Rep. , 252) ) You
will find a more extended discussion
of them by the supreme court of
Pennsylvania , in Casey against the
Erie and NortheastRailroad company
(2 ( Casey's Rep. , 287 ) I do net think
they are opposed by any high auth
ority , but no doubt they have often
been overlooked in judicial decisions
and intrinsic arguments.
The railroads being public property ,
in which all the people have equal
rights , and the companies that run
them being public agents , it ia absurd
toaay thattne state baa no right to
regulate and control them in the per
formance of their functions by such
laws as will prevent partiality , plun
der and extortion. This is a power
of which no free state can disarm it
self by any act of its judicial , legisla
tive , or executive officers.
They could as lawfully sell the state
out and out , and deliver up the entire
population to sack and pillage.
But are not the franchises property
In which the comptny has a vested
right ? Yes ! The uniform , reasona
ble rate of toll from all persons alike ,
according to the use they make of the
road , is a power that the state may be
stow upon any person , nature1 or arti
ficial. But no lawtul franchises to
take toll on a public highway can
exceed those liriiits. A charter that
goes beyond this is void.
Those companies will oppose any
effort to brirg them down to a reason
able rate with the argument that such
reductions is a violation of the con *
tract between them and the state.
But on the principle laid down by
Judge Baldwin , in the case above
mentioned , a charter is inoperative
which authorizes a maximum of teller
or fare so high that the company ia
able , without exceeding it , to exclude
the people from using their own road.
In the granger cases from Iowa and
Wisconsin the bargain was that the
companies might fix thetr own rates.
But the supreme court of the United
States held that a subsequent law to
retain them within reasonable limits
was no vl Nation of the original con
tract. The principle applies to a com
pany whoso maximum rate is un
reasonably high , because auch a rate
Is practically the same thing as tno
[ imitation at all.
The conclusion that all the railroad
corporations in the country may be
constitutionally restrained to reasona
ble and just charges Is not merely
drawn from the fact that railroads are
public highways. If they owned the
: orpus of the road and used it in the
business of a common carrier , they
might be compelled to behave them
selves justly to all their customers and
mbmit to any regulation for the pub
lic good. The unanswerable opinion
of Chief Justice Waite in Munn apt.
Illinois ( Otto 4 , p. 113) ) settles that.
The reasonableness of the freight
tolls or taxes that may be charged
upon any railway will depend on the
expenses of running aud repairing it
and on the cost of construction. The
iatter will , of course , be the principal
element in the calculation , for the
tolls ought to be high enough to gtvo
the corporators a fair pro tit on the
capital they have actually invested.
But many of these corporations have
issued large amounts of stock and
mortgage bonds , for which the holders
have paid nothing. Another way of
enlarging their dimensions is to wa
ter stock under the pretense of in
creasing their capital , while , in fact ,
the additional shares are divided
among themselves without putting a
new dollar into the business. Of
course nobody thinks that the real
cost of the road is to be measured by
the nominal amount of these bonds
and shares. It is easy for a compe
tent engineer to tell how much an ;
road ought to cost , supposing the
work to be honestly done and liberally
paid for. That being ascertained ,
you have the true basis of a calcula
tion which will show how much the
tolls ought to be.
Moat of our western roitds were
built with the proceeds of public
lands granted mediately or immediate
ly by the United States to the several
companiea which now have them in
charge. They did not really coat the
stockholders anything , and in some
cases they got lands worth a great
deal more than all expenses of mak
ing , stocking and running the roads.
The two companiea between Omaha
and San Francisco raised in cash out
of government bonds , lands and
mortgages of their franchises four or
five times aa much aa they necessari
ly expended upon the roads. The
stockholders , without paying anything ,
put the enormous surplus Into their
pockets. These roads , thus built at
the public expense , and in some cases
paid for by the public five times ever ,
are now claimed aa the private prop
erty of the companiea , and the right
of the public to use them as highways
is denied. Nevertheless , I think the
claim of these companiea'to take reason
able tolls stands upon th'e same foun
dation as that of companiea whose
roads were built by the stockholders
themselves , at their own proper ex
pense The grant of the lands in
vested the grantees with a title which
could not be revoked if the conditions
of it were performed. If they sold or
mortgaged the lands and invested the
proceeds in the construction of a rail
road under a charter from a state or
general government which authorizes
them to take a fair profit In the shape
of tolls , they have as good a right to
the tolls as if the capital to build the
road had been raised by themselves ;
that is to say , those companies whict
built the railroads with capital donated
by the public have the same rigHt aa
other companies to charge a reasonable
toll ; but their demand of excessive
tolls , though not worse in law , seems
in the eye of natural reason a greater
outrage.
If railroad corporations have the
unlimited power which they claim ,
then all business is at their'mercy ; ag
riculture , commerce , manufacturers
must suffer what they choose to in
flict. They may rob labor of the bread
it wina and deprive all enterprise of its
just reward. Though this power does
not belong to them legally , they have
been permitted to usurp it , and 1
need not tell you that tt.ey have
grossly abused it. We know that they
make their exactions with an eye sin
gle to their own advantage , withou
considering any right or interest o :
the public.
They boldly express their determi
nation to charge as much as the trade
will bear ; that is to say , they will take
from the profits of every man's busi
ness as much as can be taken withoul
compelling him to quit it. In the ag
gregate this amounts to the most enor
mous , oppressive , and unjust tax that
was over laid upon the industry of any
people under the sun. The irregular
ity with which thia tax is laid makes
it still harder to bear. Men go into a
business which may thrive , at present
rto3 , and will find themselves crush
ed by burdens unexpectedly thrown
upon them after they get started.
It is the habit of the railroad com
panies to change their rates of trans
portation often aud suddenly , and in
particular to nuke the charges ruin
ously high without any notice at all.
Tha farmers of the great west have
made a large crop of grain , which
they may sell at fair prices if they
can have it carried to the eastern
ports , even at the unreasonable high
freights of last summer. but ju&t
now it is said that the railroad com
panies , have agreed among themselves
to raise the freight five cents per hun
dred weight , which is equal to an ex
port tax upon the whole crop of prob
ably $75,000,000.
The farmers must submit to this
highway robbery or else keep the pro
ducts of their land to rot on their
hands. They submit , of course , as all
other classes of industrious people
submit to similiar impositions.
Common justice imperatively re
quires that freights be fixed , settled
and prescribed by law , and that they
bo not changed at the mere will of
tho'railroad companies. A grain
dealer at Baltimore gets a reduction
or drawback which ia denied to oth
ers , and he makes a fortune for him
self while he ruins hla competitora by
underselling them. A single mill at
Rochester can stop the wheels of all
the rest if its flour bo carried at a
rate much lower. By discrimination
of thia kind the profits of one coal
mine may be quadrupled , while an
other with all ita fixtures and ma
chinery is rendered worthless.
Such wrongs aa these are done , not
only in a few sporadic cases , but gen
erally and habitually on a very large
scale. Certain oil men , whose refin
ery waa on Long Island , got rebates
amounting to $10,000,000 in eighteen
months ; and seventy-nine houses ( I
believe that is ( he number ) engaged
in the same business were broken up.
The creditors of the Reading rail
road , having coal lands of thulr own ,
made discriminations between them
selves and othera which drove all com
petition out of thefieid , gave them the
monopoly of the Philadelphia market ,
and enabled them to charge for their
coal aa they charged for their freights
whatever they pleased. Thus pro
ducers , dealers , and consumers all
suffer together. Worao still than that ,
the prosperity of large communities ia
blighted by the refusal of the rail
roads to carry the products of their
farms , garden , and shops , unless they
submit to the payment of rates much
larger than what are charged on simi
lar goods from other regions much
further away from the common mar
ket.
ket.The
The case you mention of $4 from
New York to Salt Like and only $2 50
to San Francisco is perhaps not the
most unrighteous , but it is aa gross a
violation of legal principle as can bo
conceived.
If the railways belong to the people
ple , then the rights of alt citizens are
precisely equal , and all discrimina
tions are unlawful. Without refer
ence to the public right of property ,
they are so shamefully imperious in
their general effect , and in their par
ticular consequences , that no well-
governed state will endure them.
These railroads and transportation
companiea connect themselves with
everything. The promotion of corn-
mere" , internal and foreign , the inter
est of buyer anJ seller , the rights of
producer and consumer , the needs of
the poor and the prosperity of the
rich , all cry aloud for some system of
management which will compel them
to do the duties they owe to tha public
faithfully , at rates reasonable , fixed , '
uniform and equal , without extortion ,
without wanton changes , without dis
crimination.
The laws necessary for thia purpose
are not difficult to frame. If yon will
look at the constitution of Pennsyl
vania * as amended in 1873 , yon find in
in the seventeenth section a series of
provisions which , if carried out and
anforced , would ba amply Sufficient.
But the railroad men and their advo
cates have managed to impress the
legislature with the idea that they are
above the constitution. They assert
that restriction imposed upon them
In the interests ol justice , equality ,
and fair dealing Is a violation of the
contract embodied in their charters.
All this ia no doubt very false doctrine
but they contrive in some way ( I
really do not know how ) to make the
state authorities accept it as true.
I maintain that all the states have a
clear and indefeasible right to protect
their people againet euch wrongs , and
to exorcise the power as a sacred duty.
When the duty is properly performed
the internal trade of , each state will
cease to be enslaved and crippled as
it is now. But the commerce between
the states will still bo open to inequal
ities and liable to oppression and plun
der by transportation companies un
less the national legislature does some
thing to save it. Cougresa has power
"to reculate commerce between the
states.11
la it not strictly within the scope of
that authority when it makes a law
forbidding carriers through the.state
to injure , impede , or destroy the gen
eral trade of the country by extrava
gant and discriminating charges ? If
that be not a regulation of inter-state
commerce , what would be ? Thu pow
er being conceded , an effectual mode
of righting the wronga now compla'ned
of can easily be devised.
Doubtless you are right in the be
lief that public opinion will be in favor
of your movement. Reflecting men
cannot deny its justice. But the in
fluence of these great corporations can
hardly be calculated. The have
methods of defense and offense which
make them almost Invincible. You
have refeired to portions of their his
tory which proved this. Some of the
state governments are literally subju
gated by them nnw. It will require
a strong organization and much labor
to reduce them. Undisciplined mili
tia in the open field make a poor fight
against regulars intrenched. What
are corn-stallca againat cannon ? Such
is truth againstjjioney. lou ask what
I think about regulating these affdira
by the agency of commissioners. In
England I believe that plan has , been
a complete success ; in California I
understand it has been a dead failure.
This paper is ranch 1 g r than I
intended tn ma'/o ' it , and < a an an
swer to your qua * ion , it is loss cate
gorical thaa it oag t o bi Bat you
inuat take it aa it i , : md believe me
your obedient servant , s
J. P. . BLACK.
Running Close to the BrlnU.
Sparta , ( Wis. ) Herald.
Mr. 0. W. Hubbard , of this town ,
recently narrated the > e particulars to
our reporter : More than two yeara
ago , my wife was attacked with Sciatic
Rheumatism or pain in the right
limb , and it became very severe.
Pains would commence in "the
hip and extend to .ho knee , and
down to the foot. Just aa
soon as she would retire for the night ,
it 'would become far more severe
breaking up her rest , inducing sleep
lessness and miking her vary sick
We employed the best medical help
in the city. In the course of medi-
ication , a severe attack cf bleeding at
the noao resulted , lasting about four
hours , which nearly coat her life.
Nothing produced any permanent ben
efit. Finally she was induced to try St.
Jacobs Oil , and when' she had used
ono fifty cent botilu of It , aha was
entirely relieved from the paina and
rested quietly and easily After three
months , feeling slight symptoms of
the complaint returning , she procured
another bottle , using which occasionally
keeps her free from all pain I would
rather pay five dollars a bottle than
have her suffer aa formerly.
S'JACOBS 0l |
| JW IBAM MAar If
fS58& * >
GERiiH
X'OIt
RHEUMATISM ,
Neurafgia , 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
Foot and Ears , and all other
Pains and Aches.
Vo Preparation on earth equals ST. JACOBS On.
u a tafe , rurt , simple and cheap External
Remedy. A trial entails but the comparatively
trifling outlay of 60 Cents , and every one tuffer-
ing with pain can have cheap and positive proof
of it * claims.
Directions in Eleven languages.
SOLD BY A1LDEUGQIBTS ANDDEALEE3
IS MEDICINE.
A.VOGELER&CO. ,
BaltimoreXfd , , IT. 8. A *
BURNED OUT ,
But at it Again.
G.H.&J.S.GOLLINS
. . . . ,
AND
Saddlery
Hardware ,
HARNESS , COLLARS ,
Stock Saddles , etc. ,
Now Ready for Business.
Next Door to Omaha Na
tional Bank , Douglas
Street.
„
declMf
J. C. "V-A "POIR ,
MERCHANT TAILOR
Capitol Ave , , Opp. Masonic Hall ,
OMAHA. - - - NE1B
DA t ( DOd r day at home. Samples tr or
U > J I U > 4U tree. { Address Stlnson & 0 ?
PortUnd Me. j
- , f *
MORE POPULAR THAN EVER.
The Genuine
SINGER NEW FAMILY SEWING MACHINE.
The popular demand for the GENUINE SINGER in 1879 exceeded that of
any previous year tluring the Quarter of a Cen > ury in which this "Old
Reliable" Machine has been before the public. ,
In 8T9 we sold 356,422 Machines. In 1879 we sold 431167
Machines. Excess over any previous year 74,735 Machines.
Our sales last year were at the rate of over
1400 Sewing Machines a Day I
For every business day in the year ,
The "Old Eeliabe"
That Every REAL
Singer is the Strongest ,
Singer Sewing Machine
the Simplest the Most
chine his this Trade ,
Mark cast into the Durable Sewing Ma
Iron Stand and em chine ever yet Con
bedded in the Arm of
structed.
the
Machine.
THE SINGER MANUFACTURING GO.
Principal Office : 1:4 Union Square , New York.
1,500 Subordinate Offices , in the "United States and Canada , and 3,000 Offices intheO
World and South America. seplG-d&wtf
ISH McMAHON ,
Successors to Jas. K. Ish ,
DRUGGISTS AND PERFUMERS.
Dealers in Fine Imported
Extracts , Toilet Waters , Colognes , Soaps , Toilet Powders , &o
A f all line of Surgical Instrument * , Pocket Cases , Trusses and Supporters. Absolutely Pure
Drug * and Chemlcali used in Dispenilng. Prescriptions rilled at any hour of the night.
Jas. K. Ish. Lawrence IHcIHahon.
SHEELY BROS. PACKING CO. ,
PORK AND BEEF
Wholesale and Retail in
FRESH MEATS * PROVISIONS , GASIE , POULTRY , FISH , BIT ;
CITY AND COUNTY ORDERS SOLICITED.
OFFICE CITY MARKET 1415 Douglas St. Packing House
Opposite Omaha Stock Yards , U. P. B. R.
BAKKINC HOUSES.
THE OLDEST ESTABLISHED.
BANKING HOUSE
IN NEBRASKA.
CALDWELLHAMILTONfCO
Business transacted same M that o an Incor
po rated Bank.
Accounts kept In Currency or gold subject to
light check without notice.
Certificates ol deposit Issued r Ya ! > le In three ,
alx and twelve months , bearing interest , or on
demand without interest.
Advances made to customers on approved se
curities at mark't rates ot Interest
Buy and sell sold , bills of exchange Govern
meut. State , County and City Bonds.
Draw Sight Drafta on England , Ireland , Scot
land , and all parts ot Europe.
Sell European Passage Tickets.
COLLECTIONS PROMPTLY MADE.
augldtTJ.
TJ. S DEPOSITOKY ,
IRST NATIONAL BANK
OF OMAHA.
Cor. 13th and Farnham Streets ,
OLDEST BANKING ESTABLISHMENT
IS OMAHA.
( SUCCESSORS TO KOUNTZE BROS. , }
ISTABLISHKD ra 1856.
Organized as a National Bank , August SO , 1E6S.
Capital and Profits Over$300QOO ,
Specially authorized by the Secretary or TroaBur
to receive Subscription to the
U.S.4 PER CENT. FUNDED LOAN.
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
HlRKiic Kctrsrzi , President.
AUGUSTUS KOUHTZS , Vice President
H. W. Tins. Cashier.
"A. J. POPLXTOS , Attorney.
JOHN A. CRMOHTW.
r. H. DAVIS , Asa't Caahlei.
This bank receives deposit without'regard to
amounts.
Issues time certificates bearing interest.
Draws drafts on San Francisco and principal
cities of the United States , alsj London , Dublin ,
Edinburgh and the principal cities of the conti
nent of Europe.
Sells passage tickets for Emigrant * In the In-
man tic. mayldtf
Machine Works ,
J. Hammond , Prop , & Manager ,
The most thorough appointed and complete
Machine Shops and Foundry In the state.
Castings of every description manufactod.
Engines , Pumps and every class of machinery
made to order.
order.pedal attention given to
Well Angars , Pulleys , Hangers ,
Shafting.Bridge Irons , eer
Cutting , etc
Plans for new Uachlnery.Meachanleat Dranzht-
ng , Models , etc. , neatly executed.
BBHarnev St. . Bet. 14th and 15th
SHOW CASES
UAMUrACTURXD BT
O. J" . "WILIDIE ,
1317 CASS 6T. , OMAHA , NEB.
Cf\ seed assortment always on hand.TB
THE MERCHANT TAILOB ,
13prepared to make Pants , Suits and overcoats
to order. Prices , fit and workmanship guaranteed
to suit.
One Door Went ornrnlckehank's.
ilOly
UNO. G. JACOBS ,
( Formerly of OUh * Jacob ! )
UNDERTAK
No. 1417 Farnham St. , OM Stand of Jacob OU
ORDKK * Br TKl-KGRArn
PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION LINE
BETWEEN
OMAHAAND FORTOMAHA
Connects With Street Cars
Corner of SAUNDERS and HAMILTON
STREETS. ( End ot Red Line aa follows :
LEAVE OMAHA :
630. * 8:17andll:19a : m , 3:03.5:37 : an d 7:23 p. m.
LEAVE FORT OMAHA :
7:16 a. m. , 9JS a. m. , and 12:15 p. m.
40 , 6:15 and 8:15 p. m.
The 8:17 a. m run , learinoman i nd the
4:00 p. m. run , leaving Fort Omaha , are tunally
loa ded to fall opacity with" regular passengers.
The 6:17 a. m. run will be made from the post-
office , corner of Dodge and 15th gnrehta.
Tickets can be procured from street cardrlr *
era. or from driven of hacki.
FARE , 25 CENTS. IHCLUDINO STRE CAB
W-tf
VINEGAR WORKS !
EKNST KREBS , Manager.
Manufacturer of all klndi of
V I UST IE Gr - & - B . .
J 'a St Bet 9th a * * ' * . OHA.HA , USB.
J > K. A. S. PENDEKY ,
CONSULTING PHYSICIANi
HAS PERMANENTLY LOCATED HIS MED
ICAL OFFICE ,
IJSTonth Street , - OMAHA , NEBRASKA
Offering hla services In all department ! o
medicine and forgery , both in general ui
pedal pr cUe * cut and chronic diseases. Ca
be consulted nljbt and day , and will vlBta
part ot the dty and county on receipt of lett k ;
HOTELS.
THE ORIGINAL.
BRIGGS HOUSE !
Cor. Randolph St. & 6th Ave. .
CHICAGO ILL.
* i&Ji Vr | *
s ggw-je Sjaws-vau i
v-
PRICES REDCCED TO
$2.00 AND $2.50 PER DAY
Located In the business centre , convenient
to places of amusement. Elegantly fnmlahed ,
containing all modern Improvements , passenger
elevator , &c J. H. CUMMIKOS , Proprietor.
oclBtf
OODEN HOUSE ,
Cor. MARKET XT. & BROADWAY
Council Bluffs , lowm
On line o Street Railway , Omnibus lo and from
ill trains. RATES Parlor floor 83.00 per day
second floor , 82.60 per day ; third floor , $2.00
The best furnished and most convnodlous home
In the city. OEO. T. PHELPS Prop
FRONTIER HOTEL ,
Laramie , Wyoming ,
The miner's resort , good accommodations
arco sample room , charges reasonable. 9p cla
attention giron to traveling men.
11-tf II. C HILLI 4.RD Pmprletor.
INTER-OCEAN HOTEL ,
Cheyenne , Wyoming.
Flrst-clnsa , Fine arge Sample Rooms , one
block from depot. Trains stop from 20 minutes
to2houra for dinner. Free Bug to and from
Depot. Katca 82.00 , $2.60 and $3.00 , according
to room ; s'ngle meal 75 cents.
A. I ) . BALCOM , Proprietor.
W BOnDEtf. Cnlef Clerk. mlO-t
UPTON HOUSE ,
Sclmyler , Neb.
Fhat-claas House , Good Weals , Good Beds
Airy Rooms , and kind and accommodating
treatment. Tw : > good sample rooms. Specia
attention paid to commercial travelers.
S. MTT.T.EB , Prop , , '
a5-t ! Schuyler , Neb.
Geo. P. Bemis
REAL ESTATE AGENCY.
ISth it Douglat Stt. , Omaha , Neb.
Thia tgency does STRICTLY a brokerage bud-
ncea. Docs notepacnbte , and therefore any bargains -
gains on Its books ate insured to Its patron * , in
stead of beln ? cobbltd np by the agent
HOGGS & HILL ,
REAL ESTATE BROKERS
No 1 08 Farnham Street
OMAHA - NEBRASKA.
Office North Side opp. Grand Central Hotel.
Nebraska Land Agency.
DAVIS & SNYDER ,
1505 Farnham St. Omaha , Ntbr.
idO.OOO ACRES carefully selected land In Eastern
Nebraska for sale.
Great Bargains In Improved farms , and Omaha
, WEBSTER SNTDER ,
Late Land ConVr U. P. B. B p-teb7tf
BIROS XZZD. I.1WI3 HMD.
Byron Reed & Co. ,
„ OLD 1ST ESTABLISH )
REAL ESTATE AGENCY
IN NEBRASKA.
Keep a complete abstract of title to all Real
htate In Omaha and Douglas County , mayltf
EAST INDIA
BITTERS !
ILER & CO. ,
iOLE MANUFACTURERS ,
OMAHA. Neb.
The Popular Clothing' ' House of
M. HELLMAN &
Find , on account of the Season
- so far advanced , and having
a very large Stock of
Suits , Overcoats and
Gents' Furnishing
Goods left ,
They Have
V o
REDUCED PRICES
that can notfai I to please everybody ,
REMEMBER THE
ONE PRICE CLOTHING HOUSE ,
1301 and 1303 Faralmm St. , Corner 13th.
GOODS MADE TO ORDER OH SHORT NOTICE.
PIANO RGANS.
0 _ S. "WIRXG-IBIT1 ,
AC GHiGKEMG PIANO ,
And Sole Agent for
Hallet Davis & Go. , James & Holmstrom , aud J. & 0.
Fischer's Pianos , also Sole Agent for the Estey ,
Burdett , and the Fort Wayne Organ
Go's. Organs ,
I deal in Pianos and Organs exclusively. Have had years
experience in the Business , afcd handle only the Best.
J. S. WBIiSHT ,
218 16th Street , City Hull Building , Onmln , Neb.
HALSEY V. FITCH. Tuner.
DOUBLE AKD SINGLE AOTINO
PGWE ! ii 3
Steam Pomps , Engine Trimmings , Mining Machinery ,
8ELTINC HOSE , BRASS AND JRGK FITTINCS.TIPE , STEAM PACKING
AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
HALLADAY WiHO iLLS , GHUHOK AND SCHOOL BELLS
< L L STBANG , 205 FamhiTn Strant Omaha , Web
HE ! RNBEROER ,
V. BLATZ'S MILWAUKEE BEER I
In Kegs and Bottles ,
Special Fignres to the Trade. Families Supplied at Reasonable
Prices. Office. 23O Donerlft * Rtif Omaha
TO THE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN :
FRENCH KIDNEY PAD !
A Positive and Permanent Ouit
Guaranteed ,
In all caaea of Gravel , Diabetes , Dropsy , Bright'8 DlMaM
Kidneys , Incontinence and Retention of Urine , Inflamatlon
the Kidneys , Catarrh otthe Bladder , Illiih Colored Urine , Pain
In the Back , s'de or Lions , Nervons Weakness , and In fact al
disorders of the Bladder and Urinary Organi , whether contract *
ed by private diseases or otheawlse. This great remedy has been
used with success for nearly ten years In franco , with the meg
wonderful curative effects. It turn 6y absorption ; no nauseooi
Internal medicines being reqnlred. Wo have hundreds of testimonials
menials of cares by thia Pad when all elsa had failed-
LADIES. If you ara suffering from Female Weaknera , L uoor >
rhceo , or dlsecsei peculiar to females , or In fact any disease , aik
yonr drnirirlst for Prof. Oulimette's French Kidney Pad , and
take no other. If be has not ( rot It. send $2.00 and you wl
receive tha Pad by return mall. Address U.S. Blanch ,
FRENCH PAD CO. ,
_ Toledo , Ohio.
PROF. GUiLMETTE'S FRENCH LIVER PAD
pVIll positively cure Fever and Agne , Dumb Ague , Ague Cake , BUllous Fever , Jaundice .Dyspepsia
ane all diseases of the Liver , Stomach and Blood. Ihe pad cures by absorption , and Is permanent.
Aak jour drnjrgut for this pad and take no other If he dots not keep It , send (1 0 Utne FRENCH
JADCO.U.H. Branch ) , Toledo , Ohio , and receive It by return mail --ViCO. ,
Omaha , Neb
MAX MEYER & CO. ,
WHOLESALE
TOBBAOGONISTS !
Cigars from $15.00 per 1000 upwards.
Tobacco , 25 cents per pound upwards.
Pipes from ,25 cents per do/en upwards.
Send for Price List.
ffiwf MAX MEYER & CO. , Omaha , Neb.
HORSE SHOES AND NAILS ,
Iron and Wagon Stock ,
At Chicago Prices.
1209 and 1211 Harney Street , Omaha.
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