\ YOL. X. OMAHA , NEBRASKA , TUESDAY. DECbMBEB , 21 , 1880 , ISTO 157. Established 1871. MORNING EDITION. Price Five Gents 8P1S7MAS , 1880. L B. li In each Department , ire ? ara daily opaiiing choice fforclties for flic Holidays Leather Goods , Belts , Pocket-Books - , Card Coses. e , Eaufeerchief , tJollar and F 3oxes. . SHOE ' DEPARTMENT. Xiadies * Fine Shoos. Gents' Christmas Slippers in the Greatest Variety. Children's Shoes , fine , -warm and substantial. 1 The Largest and T iaesfc As sortment of CENTS1 FURNISHING GOODS. . in Omahaat Reasonable Pri oeu. Cents' Stll : Mufflers. 'Jc-iUT ' J tIniK.ro Uufficrj. FANCY G09QDS W ladies' wra' . lUmlKcrchivti a-.d I" Tiet Silk , Pptnim ttce , ludn. Mu 1 anj o1' ' ' " ' I' t > ' ? - l.il > ho. D , 'rinses , O-inpa , Frnirvt i FlflE TABLE LINENS , pHn3T" ls , Til > le nil SuniCoY TS Cover * uuJ cl al r > r < inut.ity Cti MrvtJallty | line --x n'i. Fir t.'Uliy | lUeZ ) 'ijb. faiij 'IU.I , , , it Zjiliyrii. JET ORNAMENTS. j C < .nibjMiiH. l'taU-.U : < ils. A I new deslenc. * An cTcgzni ll'ie ! C. < : , , > , ' Svtvo B t , < vm , UgB , Suufl'iru , iti , u ( , 4rrAiiU < i CLOAK DOLBSASS. HavcUx'kKfor ljultcs , v ra ai I C isiMrcc. - Knit HCKxVi Knit JUI-V.IH A Jacket t $ Lt5 , wiiLhia lie THE BEST HOOD O'crslmnnattfc Kubias M nwlc , ttc. BLANKETS & COMFORTS at great'y ' reduced jiricte. LAST , BUT NOT LEAST. A new Irvo'cc t-f SiU ! In Pattern. cp > .d.Ity or the HolnUy lr do. . WILLIAMS & SOKS , " " "GashBetailers , 1422 and 1424 Dodge Sf , . ' A. HOSPE , JR. , Pianos and Organs First Class on Easy Monthly Payments , Sheet Mudo and Musi cal Instrnments , FINE SruCK Of O TT 3L 3D 1 3ST GSS . < O 1 Palntinps , KnCT MtiT ) aji1' ' I'ramca t great ly reduced prices. * xlO Frwics. 1 inch. Walnut. . isc 10x12 1 . ofl Wrt " 1 " . go ' 1 ' " " . J Ii" 60 12x18 11 " . fls 16x20 I1 1 } < . 76 Ru tl : 810 f nmc . 15 Chromog tpviued , imiU , ESe , Chromes frnmttl , large , 1 IB. EnjravlnKs from 50c | ) warde , Photopraph ( ramoa from 15c upwards , \Vlndo * CorJcca 75c a \ \ l Jo > v anil upwards ] Lambrequins 6 00 per window x'tl upwards , Cornloo PoicB2KOi > crwiiuii ! aiU iipwardt , Velvet Iramcg 2Sc eich UiS 00 "Violin StrinRS ISc , "Vlolliu 1 76. 2 50 , 3 and upwards , Guitars 5 00 , 6 00 , 7 00 and upu Aids , IStnjot I 00. 3 00. 6 00 , nnd upu-anl % Accurdeons ( rom 1 00 up , cliwifKxt In city Send for uraplea and dti'iidic of mouldlnsrj and sheet music. A. U OS I'li. J U. , 1619 DoOvaSuucxtdoortoHarrisand Fielicr'B Omaha K l > . TUB SlERCILiKT TAILOB , Iiprcparod to make rants , Suits and overcoats to order. Prices , Ct and workmansh to cult. Ono Door West ONO. G. JACOBS , ( ? crmerty o ( Glsh&Jacotx ) UNDERTAKER Ho. HIT Farnham Bt. , Old Stand o ! Jacob OU ORDKRS Br TM.SORA.ra SOLICIT * t > S7-lv OvorCRUICKSHANK'S 0Y &OOOS STOftE. SHOW GASES JUHOFACTCRJ BT o. a * . 1817 CASS iT. , OUAIIA , NEB. UNDERTAKER , Odd Fellowg' Block. Prompt attention dren t or n by tolagtapK . SDBSCRIBE FOR THE WFJEKLY BEE , The Best in toe "West. WASHIKGTOR" The Senate Finally Decides to Adjourn Through the Holidays , Congress Disposed to Eeject the Plea of the Oklahoma Land Tampers. The Postal Committee Wil Report Favorably on the Mai ! Steamship Bill. Assistant Treasurer French Will Make a Personal In vestigation of Southern Revenue Frauds. FEEKCII'S ISWECTlXfc TOUR. WisuLNfjTox , December 21 } a.nv Judga French. mi8' < ui * , fctcrotan of the treasury , Wil ieavo hero en next Weanes lay for CiiRrkstoB , Si. yamiah , Mubilo nnil tfow Orleans ua will mspect CU stow hot&ssat those points , aari aljo rAat.0 inq < Jity iutt to t3pr v\il \ stion , especially iti ie- SW t" the the fraudulent coloring o ! mpir'oi bn > ar * . The question oi duty on those sugars is now bpforc c > njro3s : , and Judge French will r < s "ceive much valuable information on the subject , vhich will ver/ likely guide the dopirtmoat in any action it may take hereafter. CHAllCCS. The commissioner of internal rcVo' MHO has addressed a letter to Secretary Sherman , repyi ! jf lo the char oj of II. L. Montfoso against the re venue bttrtiu. The commissioner ay the statements are exiggeraterlj lhat the bureau took prompt action ! ft liie ni ttc ? of the ravenuo frauds in Louisiana. Ho cays Blontroao wu dismissed Frcm the eervico on account of the inaccuracy of his statements , and the ton free tno of Jmc.xir.Uins drinks. The coramiesion'or relate : some highly cojcrtx * stories tola him by Montruso which , whun invehtigat ed ) proved utterly false. THE POSTAL COMMITTEE. The house committee on postoffices and post roads will consider Mr. Shelley's bill to "extend American commerce by payinjj extra compensa tion for the transportation of mails in American built steamships. Soon af ter the holidays the bill will probably bo reported favorably from the corc- raitteo. The original bill provide tint the mail shall ba carried ! a American built iron screw stesuuota oi a certain tonnage. THE OKLAfiOAlA. CASE. A determined effort was made yes > lerJay to secure coagres-.ioml nic fol the ormy of men , wotrien and rhil- dren qucampfld ris the borders cf tH tialan tcrl-itory , wailing to croH c vt- snto the forbiddtn land. Itisul-t. a were introduced in the senalo t j houeo declaring lands in the In ; . 'Prrltory , torhioh Iho Indian . ' - had bean extinguished , aud whica 73 now unoccupied by. indjans , are pab- lic lands of the United SUtes , and subject ti pre-emption and settle- m'cnc. The tsnate resolution trai immediately - mediately hid on the table. A simi lar bill is 11 ow upon iha calendar There is not the slightast chance for the bill to pass the senate. In the house the hopes of the friends of the resolution were dashed at once. It is well known that the committee on In dian affairs is hostile t3 the proposed invasion of the territory. Friends of the resolution , therefore , demand its reference to the committee on pub lic lands. The hcaao resolved to re fer it by a vote of 114 to CS. It is evident Ool. Payne's army can obtain neither relief nor sympathy from con gress , and it i members should return peaceably to their homes. BEKATE. Speia * ! tlspatcfces to 1 be Cce. WASHINGTON , December 20. Mr. Cocknll , by request , presented a meniori&i from certain citizens oi Missouri , claiming that they are de barred by the United Statca troops from catering Indian territory , and ankiug relief from congress. Laid on the table. A bill relating to that subject being on the calendar , the chair laid boforj the senate a communication from the secretary of war transmitting , in com pliance with a resolution of the sen ile , copies of correspondence between General Schofield and Major Asa Bird Gardener , relating to the board into the Fits- jf officers ; to inquire John Porter owe. Eeforred to the : omaiUtce on military affairs. The senate reconsidered the vote 3n the house resolution for a holiday recrs , and agreed loan adjournment from December 22 to January 5. Seuntor Oonkling made his appear ance in the senate at 1 o'clock , just in time to vote for a recess. A joint resolution was introduced by Mr. Anthony , requesting the sec retary of the navy , if compatible with the public interest , to complete and compile n narration of the cruise of. the United States 8htp"Ticondonoga , " for the information of the public. Re ferred to the naval committee. Mr. Cockrill introduced by request a bill declaring that a portion of the Indian territory , not occupied by In dians , bo declared public lands and open to settlement under the home- i lead and pre-emption laws. Laid on the table. Mr. Cameron , of Pennsylvania , called up the motion to reconsider the vote by which the senate refused to concur in the house resolution for a holiday recess. The vote \ns rcco - Hdcred 50 to 29 , Messrs. Bayard , Divis , of Illinois , Johnston , Mc- rhewoD , Ramsora and Whyto , voted aye with the republicans , and Ham- lin , Ingdlls and Rollins voted no with the democrats. Mr. Edmunds offered an amend ment making the recess from Thara- day December 23 to Monday , Jan uary 3. Mr. Thurmin moved to lay it on the table. Lost Yeaa2S , nays 32. The resolution was then agreed teas as it came from the house yeas. 33 , nays 26. The military academy , the first of the general appropriation bill * , was received from the house and referred to the committee on appropriations. On motion of Mr. Williams , the bill pensioslng so'diers of the Meri- can wax was mad1 * the special order for the eighth of January. The senate on motion of Mr. H M : took up the bill to provide for fund' Ing the eight per cent improvemenl bonds of the District of Columbia , The substitute reported by the com ; mittoa was ngreed to , and the bit pa'.Ecd. Tha bill to authorize the New Yorl chamber of commerce to erect a stalut in front of the sub-treasury buildim in that city was , on motion of Mr. Kernan , taken up and pa'Hed. fi _ A bill for the relief of Ab i S. Condfon , was , on motion of Mr. 5 tvatd , in a like man ner d'sposcd of. Mr. Hoar presented a memorial numerously signed by Massachusetts manufacturers , asking for the passage of a national bankrupt law. Referred to the judiciary committee. HOUSE. It was expected that the vote on the consular and diplomatic bill would be first introduced , but , it appears , by some ovarslght the question was net ordered Siturday , and h-nco. could n ° vc ° mup - a3uunisnecl bueii&sa. c. Dun , of Arkansas , cS'drol a bill to-day declaring that thfe lands i the Indian territory , to hich the ti tle had been eXtinghUhed , and , which ate Vmofccupied by Indians , are public iinds of the United States , and arc declared subject to settlement under the homestead and pt-e-emptlon laws. Mr. Jftn aked its reference to the committed on public lands' ' , but as it was regarded as a 1 ill which would ba an entering we3ge Jo open up the lands in the In Han territory , miny members thi k is sioiild bo considered by tha c muiltteS Wi iu- dian a flair rantl , after a contest } < t took lht refori-nce. Mr. E lis , of LouhU'lii , introduced a bi'i ' to AbtfliEh th ? t few Of government " ment director { f the Union PaciOo railTuaa , afttrMnrohT * . The bill re cite * that the purpose for which the df- itctors wire appointed bai coisad by reason of the completion of tha Pu- cifie railroad , Mr. Frojt , or Missouri , introduced a bill to authoring th'4 pointing of the rcpott fcf ths commissioner of agri- esiUure in the German language. Mr. Warner , of Ohio , has intro duced a bill to amend the law in re1 lation to the issue of monpy Greets. It prescribes that i\o \ orders shall le tssiiod for more than § 50 , and thesa are to bo as follows : For orders of ? 2 50 , two cents ; over § 2 50 , and not exceeding § 5 , four cents ; over 85 , and not exceeding § 10 , six contoerlO , and not exceeding ? 16 , eigilt cents ; over § i5 , and not exceeding 26 , ten cents ; over § 20 , and not exceeding § 30 , twelve cents ; over § 39 , and ex ceeding 840 , fifteen cents ; over § 10 , twenty cents. Another section pre- ecribes more perfect regulation for the protection of those who p-irchaso moDoy orders , as well as for the gov ernment. Mr. Morton produced his bill to ro pe.- ! the 1&T requiring stubs on bar.k ohcK3 , and also to take the tax of ? bank deposits. The bill to repeal the law requiring a stamp on bank checks after d'scua- fci"h was dofoatcd by a vote of 130 toGS. toGS.Mr. Mr. Blackburn introduced a bill in relition to the refuuding of internal revenue taxes erroneously piid. It provides lhat oil claims fur such re- t'amh'ng shall ba filed with the com missioner of intern-il revenue within i year from tha passage of this act ; but a provision is added that no claim a to be birred until two yeira after the payment of the tax. Mr. Coffroth , of Pennsylvania , in troduceda bill to prevent nepotism. In a measure , it provides that no one shall be appointed a cadet at the mil- itaiy academy who is a son of a sena tor or member of congress , or any of the judges learned in the law of the courts of the United Stahs in any Elite or territory. All cadeU are to tike o-xths of a'.ligiance ' to the United States , and they are also toswear they enter the acad my for the purpose of serving the United States , and not merely for the purpose of obtaining an education. They are to serve so Ling as their service may be required after graduating. Mr. Covert , of New York , for Mr. Oox , who ia absent , introduced n bill providing that after the 1st day of January , 1881 , the sihry of the United States circuit court judge for the second circuit of New York , shall bo § 9,000 per annum , and that of dis trict judges for the districts of New York , shall bo § 8,000 per annum. The bill is endorsed and recommend ed by the bar asaociation of New York city. Mr. Bland , of Missouri , from the committee on coinage , repotted a bill appropriating § 10,000 to establish an assay office at St. Louis , Mo. , and it was passed. On motion of Mr. Harris , of Massa chusetts , from the nival committee a bill was passed appropriating § 5OOD , for n pedestal to the Farragut statue in Washington. Mr. Stone ; of Michigan , reported n bill , and asked its passage , to authtr- ire the postmaster-general 10 readjust the salaries of cortian postmasters , m iccordanco with the provisions of the third , fourth and fifth clauses of the classification act of 1804. There was EI good deal of opposition to the bill , nd no quorum voted. The house accordingly adjourned. CAPITAL HQTES. Jpadil Dispatch to Tha Bee. Secretary EvarlB left Washington For Now York yesterday in company with \V. K. Rogers , President Hayes' private secretary. The president , accompanied by Gen. Sherman and Col. Baker , loft yesterday on the limited express for New York. WASHINGTON , December 20. Sena tor Conkling arrived in this city Sa turday and took his seat in .the senate to-day. The senator's friends say the end of the controversy between Mr. Bayard and himself , relative to thu Dover speeches , have not yet been made public , and it ia quite probably that thulvew York senator will trans fer the dispute from the newspapers to the floor of the senate. Senator Jones , of Florida , eaid to reporter of the National associated press , Sunday , in thelobby of Willard's hotel , that he thought the election of Hancock Vould have done far more to disrupt the party in the south than anything that Gen. Garfield , backed by federal patronage , will be able to accomplish. The friends of .Judge Morgan , U. S. minister to Mexico , will ask Gen. Garfield to Rive him a cabinet posi tion , Judge Morgan is n native of Pennsylvania , and a man of high character and fine legal attainments. He removed to Louisiana before the war , and is identified with the inter ests of that B ato. He Is a strong re publican. ' < KDSW Eefarses in the Transvaal Cause : Great Alarm for the Safety of Cape Colony ; The Boers Supposed to be Acting in Concert With the Land Leaguers , The London Standard Caustic Over America's , Symjiatliy ier DISASTEtt IN CAPE COLOHY. Special Dispatch to Tag Bis , LONDON , Deoembsr 20iO p. m. A Cflpe ToWti dispatch says , the Boerfl have gained a vibiorf anil captured Heide'lber& . Th ! < j places the colonists in a perilous situation , end it is un derstood that thay have notified the government that It will be necessary to forward troeps from England with out delayi Oh Iho whola , the cape news is most alarming. The Pall Mall Gazette of ihia morning says there is no doubt that the Pandomiso have seriously defeated the burghers. Private telegram from Cape Town and Mardon , coi 2 m the official dis patches , and ststo that thta botonhi all- thoritiris nte pxnic-sbicken , and that Samuel Kru pr hai bsen problaimed governor o ! H ideiborg. This news is all the more surprising , inasmuch as only ten days ago the Qranga river was reported hleo'r of f ebcis , and the tYfidomUe entirely routed , nt that time the president of the free states informed the South Africa Colonial au thorities that the n6ck of the Baauto rebellion was broken , afrd th'at the War could not last six months longer. Since that date it appears that a ma jority of the Basutos , in whose loyalty the government had previously con fided , have joined the rebels , if fur ther news does not prove that the lil- tplligunce has een exaggerated. Should the sending of troops fron England be really necessary , the home government will bo placed in a , most embarrassing position. For the hour the disaster in South Africa takes the place , as a topic in the clubs , of the muddled etato of affairs in Ireland. GLADSTONE'S PEKII.E i ± r. Si'-clnl Dispatch to The Bee. LONDON , December 21 1 a. m. The news from South Africa has pro duced profound excitement , almost amounting to consternation on the part of the government. Mr. Glad stone and the Earl Kimberly , secre tary of fltate for the colonies , are now arranging a conference with the Duke of Cambridge , commander-m-chief of the army , and with the war office re garding the situation. It is probable that B cabinet council to discuss it will bo hold immediately . Owing to the number of troops alceady sent to Ireland , the rearrangement of the military EO as to muet the damand from the cape , will cause uneasiness in conservative circles. It ia caus tically aaid that there is evidently ac understanding betvreen the Basutoa ind the land league , the former hav ing undertaken to produca a diversion in favor ot Parnell and his compatri- ate. What the effect will bo upon England , should another African war break out , ai seems likely at the pres ent time , it is not easy to foresee. VICTORIOUS BOERS. Later intelligence of the capture of Heidelberg by ihe Boers , states thit the affair is quite as serious as pre viously reprepresonted. An official dispatch from Pietermoritzburgto the colonial authorities of Capo Colony say that on Sunday 5,000 Boers ap peared and surrounded Heidelberg itud demanded the delivery of the place into their hands. Resistance being useless , the demand was acceded to , and the town given up. The Boers proceeded at once to establish a republic , and proclaimed PaulKrue- ger president and Joubert command ant. No collision occurred , nor was any violence omployed. Communica tion with Pretoria Is cut off by the Boers. Sir George Colley is sending up all available troops , but it is be lieved that the chances of retaking Heidelberg are slight until troops ar- rlvo from Engla-.d. There ia no ioubt that England's influence in the Transvaal is greatly shaken by this Bvent. CABLEGRAMS. Jpocia Dispatches to THE URI. The London Standard of Monday morning eaid that no serious attention need bo paid to Mr. King's imperti nent notice of his motion in the United States congress proposing a ? oto of sympathy for Ireland , and that it ia not worth while even to resent the ludicrous presumption of such a meddlesome proposal , upon which no American statesman of Secretary Evarts' rark anc quality would dream of acting. The British poatoflico depart mont will undertake t-.i do a telephonic bus iness. It is semi-oflicially announced that Germany will agree to arbitration pro vided that Turkey and Greece nre wil ling to bo bound by the decision of a majority of the powara. Italy has given orders for the build ing of two iron clad ? . Fighting Railroads. Bpccla Dldintch to The Uee. CLINTON , Is. , December 21 1 a. m Before daylight Monday morn- insr , theChicago & Northwestern force of 200 men tore op the track of tha Milwaukee & St. Paul roadnnd , relaid what is known ta the Stockwell switch , in Lyons , where the trouble v.T.a had. The Milwaukee got all ready to run trains into the city , but now it is stopped. The Northwest ern procured an injunction of Judge Shane , in Linn county , restraining the Milwaukee company or the city oi Lyons from preventing their taking up the track and relaying the switch. A Northwestern force is novr on guard. Tha Northwestern company also commenced two suits for S500C against the Milwaukee company and the city of Lyons for tearing up theii switch. Pugilistic Wreatlera. Special dlipatch to The Bee. PKOVIDKSCE , B. L , December 21- 1 a. m. A wtestling match took piece here at Infantry hall , in the pretence of a large assemblage , bt- Iween Duncan C. Rosa find J. C. Daley , for $500 a side , best three falls out of five. A. W. Johnson acted as umpire for Boss , and Pete ; Mcrklerfor Daley. Mike GUIesple , ttf Philadelphia , was chfisen refere The first and second bouts were Irie style , the third Grace-Roman , as the fourth Irish. Ross won the fin fill. "D iley was awarded the secon on A technicality. Boss Won the oth < two. .During the. third bout Dale bat ilii temper , and itrudk the Men becliuse the latter refused to make decision in bis favor , Ross , provoke by Daley's action and talk , then spran at Daley , and struck him in turn. Th two wrestlers then sprang for eac other , and thejarge audience surge townrd the platform to lnterferewhe thirty policemen rushed upon theplai form and repelled the expected dtta6 of the crowd ) nhd Iha wresliing wa proceeded wiih. Duringtbe last boul while Daley was down , ho struckRcs neverai severe blows with his fist , Roe returning the blows with intereal As Daley roao ho tried again to at tack Ross , but the police preventei h'm _ _ r n-- indications. Spsclil Dispatch to The lies. , WASHINGTON , December 21 , 1 a m. For the tipper Mississippi am Ipwer Mieapati valleys ! . Parti ; cloiidy weather , occasibnai iigh snow , light variable wind , slight ria in temperature and stationary o : slowly falling barometer. JURA ing Moonshiners. Special dispatch to The Bee. BowiiiNO dRKEfr Ky. , Deoambe : 3l i a. m. In Order to carry ou the instrdctitinb of doihmUsioiie : Ilium- the revenue officials in theS ; parta have been , quite active lately. , , Deputy tjnited Statei Marshals Gredof atld Mottla broush in and lodged In jail Jacob Copeland James Miller , J. A. Jones , J. B , Prltty and James Rider , chargec with moonshining. The parties livi in Grayson and H rt _ counties. Respite Special Dispatch to the Ike.1 * HABIUSBORO , Pa. , December 20 , ] a. m. Gov. Hoyt yesterday repri9ve ( George Smith and Catherine Miller convicted , in tlycominft county of thi murder of Andrew Miller , the woman'i husband , until February 3 , next The hanging has been postponed fron January G , to enable the case of thi culprits to be heard at the next meet inj * of the board of pardons , an ap plication having been .filed recently for executive . .clemency. The bean will meet to consider the case on thi 18th of January. Blind Philanthropists. Special Dispatch to The B o. BOSTON , December 21 , 1 a m. Thi Boston committee in behalf of , thi Poncaa , of which dov. Long is chair man , have Issued A long reply to thi letter of Secretary Schurz , on the Ponca question , in which they clain that a great wrong has been done ti the Indiansnnd that Secretary Schur ; is willirg to administer only a partia remedy. ELECTRIC BRIEFS. jpoclal Dtapatchce to The Bco. ' The Red Star steamer "Wiesland,1 from Antwerp for New York , is re ported disabled , and coming In undei jail. Robert D. Johnson was killed h Siilzell'f distillery in Louisville , Ky. , yesterday. lie was caught in the flj wheel , and had ovety bone in hli body broken , from head to foot. L C. Hovey , ex-city clerk of Ur- bans , O. , was lodged in the pan ! tentiary yesterday for two years foi forgiiig bonds. Rev. George H. Hepworth , one o the distrlbuiors of The New Yorl Herald Irish relief fund , who has re cently returned from Ireland , lecture < last night , in Now York city , to alargi audience on the prcaent Condition am future prospects of Ireland. Forefathers' day , commomoratinj the landing of the pilgrims at Ply mouth , was celebrated in Boston yes terday by the Congregational club , b ; a public moetine , nt which Rev. Dr Alexander McKenzie eloquently re viewed the ttriggles and victories o the Puritan fathers. Therj will be ai elaborate celebration at Plymouth to day. President Hayes and Mrs. Haye arrived in Brooklyn last evening , am are guests of Mr. A. A. Law The New England society dinner wil be given at Mr. Liw'a house this even ing , and President Hayes is expoctei to speak. _ St. Louis Live btock Market. ST. Louis , December 20. Hogs Firm ; light , $4 10@4 2E packing , § 4 40@4 65 ; butchers' t fancy , § 4 70@4 90 ; receipts , 9CO head ; shipments , 500. New Tors f reduce Market | NEW YOUK , December 20. Flour Strongly in buyers * favoi receipts 31,194 ; round hoop Ohi ( 54 40@5 50 ; choice do , S5 55@G 81 superfine western , § 3 4033 90 ; com mon to good extra do , $4 30@5 0 ( choice do , do$5 05@G 75 ; choico'whit wheat do , § 5100600. Butter Dull and weak ; Ohb , 14 ( 29c. 29c.Egg3 Western , firm at 26032 fo fair to choice. Wheat Irregular ; Chicago , § 112 < 1 16 ; Milwaukee. SI 17@1 18 ; Nt 2 red winter , § 116 for cash ; SI 16 @ 1165 for January ; ? 119g119 | fo February ; SI 21i@l 21j foe March Biles 150,000 bu. Corn Quiet ; No. 2 , at 58i < § 58J < sales , 50,000. Oats Qoiot. Wh'sky Nominal. Pork S14 00 14 25 for Fobruarj Lard ? 8 95@9 00 for cash ; § 8 97 for December ; 58 97is9 ( 02i for Jar Uiry : 9 10 < § 9 12k for Februarj § 9 17A@9 22fc for Match ; ? 9 27 for Ap'ril. ' > Undoubtedly tha beat shirt in th United States ia manufactured at th Omaha Shirt Factory. The superiorit of Material and workmanship , con oined with their great improvement that is Reinforced fronts , Reinforce backs and Reinforced sleeves , make their shirt the most durable and bet fitting garment of the kind , eve manufactured at the MJderate price c $1.50. Every shirt of our make i guaranteed first-class and will refun the money if found otherwise. Wo make a specialty of all woo Shaker , and Canton flannel , als cheinoia underwear , made up with view to comfort , warmth and durabi ity. To Invalids and weak-lunge persons we otfer aposial indacemenl in the manner these goods are mad foe their protection. I'M. GorrHKiJiEK , street , A "WILD CAT'S" FAtl * An Unsuccessful Attempt 1 Wreck a Train on the Wis consin Central Roud. A Wild Cat Strikes the Loosened ened Rails and Leaps into the Ditch. Tie Pagan Pope Likeaed td ; Bird of Prey by Beecher. Diabolical Worn. Special Dispatch to The Bee. MILWAUKEE , December 20. 4 p ill An a'tempt ' wan made yesterda U $ wreclf thfe. espredS trafn on th Wisconsin Central railway , abou fifty miles from1 this city. A numbn cf loose rails were placed.acroa'j th track in a lonely spot. Fortunatelj a wild freight train was , the first ti reach the xpot , and striking the ob struction , the engine was throwi from the track , but kep the road bed. A brakemai who was sent back t < flag the express was accosted by a man , who asked if the pay car had passed and baintj answered that it had , pulled a'revolver and demanded the brake man's money , which he EVO the rob- bet , atliountlng to about § 40 , Siraul taneouely vtih the first demand , twc men ppjarcd. tin either side of the tracfci from th'e underfe'rUsh. Aftei the robbery they all disappeared. There is no doubt that their purpose was to rob either the express or pa ) train. Snot by a Gambler. Special Dispatch ( o The Bed. CoMjj'iifos , 0. . , December 20 , 4 p , m. Oornellus Lyons , a , policeman was summoned by the wife of George W. Carlisle , a gambler to stop hii drunken rowdyism at bis rooms h Annex block , last night. Upon enter irig Carlisle shot Lyons without say ing \9ord. . lydnn took his man tc jail befora the wound 'begal ! lo han ' any effect. It was then ai'cCOvered tha he was shot in the intestines , and h < is now lying at the point of death. Beecner or Ingersoll. 3pedxl dlwiteh to Tns Dts NKW YORK , fiecember 20 i p. m Beechor preached on Ingersoll yes terday , and said that at times Inger soil expressed the very turn and sub stance of the Gospel. He only tell : half the truth. He is like a dovi flying over the landscape , who sees al that is sweet and peaceful , but whet the buzzard and the vulture la ] abroad the first thing they see la i loathsome carcass , and if It is any where in sight they do not fail to aoi it. Ingeraoll sees what ho Ia lookin ; after. [ Laughter. ] Gone Homo. Special Dispatch to The Boo. NEW YORK , December 20 4 p m. Mrs. Bergmann , whose escapadei have excited so much attention re cently , baa at last yielded to the im portnnities of her relativfa and re turned to Philadelphia. It is under stood that one of the consideration ! was that she should not be cornpelloc to live with her husband. Unlawful. Special Dispatch to The lite. WASHINGTON , December 20 4 p . Application was made last weel o * Comptroller Knox by certaii Snks to allow them to use assay cffici reet pta .0.a part of their revenue ii ortfef to prevent a light money mar ketr i > d obvii.e the delay in gettinj gold out of the nsiay office. The ap plication was referred to Secretary Sherman , who has declined to grant i on the ground that it would be in violation lation of law. A PAIWUL HOWL. An English Organ Emits i Howl Against the United States , Congressional Besolutions On Them to the Quick. The League Defends It Work Telephones and Telegraphs. PAID IN III3 OWN COIN. Special Dtepatch to The Bee. LONDON , December 20 4 p. m.- The Globe , of this morning again ac verts in a severe strain upon the resc lution proposed in the congress of th United States the other day by Repn sentativo King , of Louisiana , whic calls upon the United States goveri mentto use its good offices with th government of Great Britain in b < half of the people of Irelan in the present crisis. The Globe saj such an indictment aa that contoiue in the resolution of the policy ( England towards Ireland , if laid bi fore the ministry of the governraei by a foreign power , would be regarde as an intolerable act of intcrferunc ahd probably would be resented as a intuit. The Globe calls up to Mi Gladstone's memory his love for lei turing the Pjrte during the recer official correspondence on th Dulcigno question , and says he h : now to take a doao of his own med cine and endure a piece of big handed advice upon the same aubjec of humanity and good government. DEATH OF A DUCHESS. Special DLjpatch to Tni Bo. LONDOS , December 20 4p.m.- The death of the Duchess of Wes minster involves the entire leadic British aristocracy in mourning b her relationship thereto. The conservative membew of pai liament are preparing to hold an in portaut caucus soon. LEAGUE WORK. Special Dispatch to The Bee. LONDON , December 20 4 p. m.- The Farnellites have published re ords which tend to show the harsh ac unjust character of Banco Jones ti ward his tenants and justifying tt government in not enforcing extra c < ercion regarding the Parnellito meo ings , either those held in "Ireland ( the one to be held to-morrow at Mai Chester , for which uumeroas speako : have been announced , among whoi sro Parnell , Biggar and Sullivan. TELEPHONES , TELEOBAPflS. The court of exchequer has decide that tha telephones are telegraphs within the meaning of the telegraph act , which places al ) auch means of communication under the control of the government. The court In ren dering its decision in favor of the gov ernment , remarked that under the act telephones could no more be construc ted or operated by private parties than aucii pafties could set up a separate postal system in Great flritain. MARKETS KY TELEGRAPH. Now Tora Money and Stocks. H'iLL SrRKsr , December 20. B per cent ; cxcban s , flrm lit Finn. U.S 6'a81 . 1 CJJ U.S. 1'a . I IS U. S. 5'a . 1 Olj CarrencyB'g . i 9 nj us ese . io2j STOCKS. AraU . 71 1,3 . . .12SJ C n8 . 79J M&E . 110- OCC4I . 0 } KAT . 46 M W . . . . . . . . III ? Manhattan . E63 St Pan ! . 112 | Uctropoli.an. . . . 114 n 1 . 13. NYC . 115 C ft A . 156 O M . SSI 2SS C U&O . 3H P.eailine . 63i 1'rtferred . 21 } Quicksilver . ' 3 Lack . U6 Preferred . 51 DJ& II . 91J 1 M . & : , ' iVellj Fargo . 113 Omaha . 49 B 19 . J Pre'erred . 93 Preferred . SOJ UP . H7 St Joe . 43 W U . , _ 80 ] Preferred . 9) ) } Wabaih . 41 C . 124J Preferred . 5 L&N . 87 CP . 8 : O&V . - S J Chicago Produce Market. CHICAGO , December 20. Wheat 225C lower , with sales at 9799c for January ; 08 " for Feb ruary ; closing at OOjjc for" cash ; 98Jc f6"r January ; 99c for February. CornlJecIiuecl l c and nold at 37 | < 337fc for January ; 4243gc fcr May , closing at 37ic for cash ; 37c for January ; 37Jc for February ; 42c for May. O.I'.E i@3c lower ; 2930Jc for January ; 34j@34c for May , closing at S9jc for cash ; 30a for January ; 30c for February ; 34g@33ic for May. Rye l@lic lower at 85jc for cash. Burlej l2c lower atlll for cash ; $110 for January Ko. 2. Pork Closed at § 12 00@13 00 for cash ; § 11 75011 85 for December ; § 13 07i@13 10 for January ; § 13 25 JOT February ; § 13 40 13 42J fcr March. Lard Closed nt 88 55 for cash" of December ; ? 857A@8 GO for January ; 58 70@8 72 for Februray8 ; 800 8 824 for March. Whisky § 111. Chicago Live Stock MarEec. CHICAGO , December 20. Hoga Were in good demand and steady ; sales ranged at $4 55@4 75 for light packing ; § 4 40@4 70 for peed to extra assorted heayy packing ; $4 GOO 5 00 for good to choice smooth heavy shipping lots. Receipts , 25,000 head. Cattle The receipts of cattle were light , steady and without quotable change ; sales were made at § 3 75 © 4 15 for medium to good grades ; $4 80 for choice shipping steers ; $22503 03 for cows ; $3 50@4 20 for medium to good steers , stackers dull at $2 65 © 3 25 for common to good thrifty lots. Receipts , 1,800 head. St. Loula Produce Maricet. ST. LOTUS , December 20. Flour Unsettled and unchanged. Wheat Lower ; No. 2 , red winter , 99@93Jc for cash ; 9998Jc for De- cembsr ; 99jj@99J@99 c for January ; § 1 02@1 ti2A for February ; $1 05 © 1041 Oorfor Marchai05 ; ! @ 105J for April ; No. 3 do 96 ; No. 4 do,90 c. Corn Lower at 3838jc for cash ; 3938o for December ; 39J@38g@ 39c for January ; 39i@39Jc for Feb ruary ; 4040Jc for March ; 40 0 fcr April ; 42J@41fc for May. Oats Lower at 30Jo forcaah ; Sic for December ; 313@31c | for January ; 32@32gc for February ; 343@34Jcfor May. May.Rye Dull at 803 bid. Barley Unchanged. Butter Lower ; dairy , 2025. Eggs Steady at 28 ; . Pork Firm nt 813 25 asked for caah and December. Dry Salt Meats Quiet ; car lots , § 4 00@6 G9@C 80. Bacon Dull and unchanged. Lird Quiet at $8 40 asked. Receipts Flour , 6,000 bbls ; wheat 18,000 bu.corn,180,000 ; ; oats , 14,000 ; rye , 2OCO , barley , 10,000. Sh-pments Flour , 12,000 brls ; wheat , 3,000 bu ; corn , 123,000 ; oats , 2000 ; rye , none ; barley , none. Weekly Market Review. WHOLESALE. OMAHA , December 22,1880. The market opened this week with a slightly upward tendency on nearly all kinds of merchandise except wheat , which is reported dull , with prospects of going lower. GRAIN. WHEAT No. 2,80c ; No. 3 , GGc ; re lucted , 50s. CORN Western mixed , 25c. OATS No. 2 , 30c. BAULEY Dull , and no quotations can he given until samples nre ? nown bnjers. RYE No. 2 , 72c. PKODUCU Butter , commonlfi l8c ; good , 18@20c ; choice , 22 < § 23c ; Eggs , unchanged and firm at 28@30c ; cheese , Nfbra'ka , 14c ; NewYork , 14Jc ; pota toes , quiet and unchanged ; peach blows , 75c ; early rose , G5c ; onions , nominal ; hay , firm ; baled , 9 00 ® 11 00 ; in bulk , ? 7 25 < § 8 00 ; cider , quiet and unchanged , 87 50 per cask of 50 gallons ; hickory nuts , $125 per bu ; chaatmts , § 3 00 ; walnuta , 65c ; cranberries , S7 00@8 00 per bbl ; fresh oystere , 25330335c per can ; honey , comb , firm at 1820e. ( I'onK ANJ LAKD Hams , smoked , $9 20 ; bacon , claar , § 7 50. ; break fast , $9 20 ; dry salt sides , clear , 87 20 ; rib * , § G 37 * ; shoulders , § 4 00 ; lard , § 820. GROCERIES Firm and unchanged. SUGARS Cut loaf lie per Ib. , pow dered lie , granulated lOJc , standard " " " " extra"0" white "A" 10Jcoff"A" 9gc , 9c ; standard extra "C" 9c , yellow "C" 8s. SYP.CPS Best barrels. , GO * : per gallnnjbest half barrelsG2cbest ; kegs. § 2 60 per keg ; standard bbls. , 50a per gallon ; standard half bbls. , 52c ; stan dard kega , ? 2 40 per keg. COFFEES Porta Rico 19c per Ib. , aantos 18 c , Mexican 18c , fancy rio 17c , cho'ce do. IGic ; prime do. 15 c , good do. 14ic. CANNED GOODS 3 Ib. peaches S4 00 per case , 2 Ib. psaches 83 00 , 2 Ib. blackberries $2 20 , 2 lo. raspberries 83 00 , 2 Ib. gooseberries 83 50 , 3 Ib. Dears 8300 , 3 Ib. tomatoes 83 00 , 2 Ib. 40 , 82 50 , 2 Ib. corn 53 75 , 2 Ib. EDHOMI Wholesale and Retail Maun faeturiusr EHS , LARGEST STOCK OF umi Silver Watches and Jwve'ry in ( Ho City. Come and See Our Stock as We Will Be Pleased to Show Goods. EDHOLiV ! & ERICKSON , 15th & Dndiii' , Opposite Postoffico. Iron and V/agon Stock , At Chicago Trices. , J. 1209 and 1211 Ifarncy Street , Omaha. octll- THE CENTRAL DINING HALL , Southwest corner 16th and Podge. * * Has lately been leased by ! 7hohaa hadyeara experience in the hotel Rod restaairant ness , and will run a first-class houew. - MEALS AT ALL HOURS. * + * r Board by the Day or Week , iviifi LtKlitfn < > rjfohouf. > ontraily iioc-ijtci ] , teii ? K r - . r vr- uo-'ll-Cm peas S5 00 , 2 Ib. do , ? 3 00 , 2 Ib string ioana § 2 50,2lb Llnni do. § 2 75. FISH 1 Ib. tnackcwls Iirlf bbl. , $7 BO ; mackoral , kits , SI 25 ; lamily do. , half bLl. , S4 73do ; , do , kit * . 85o ; 1 Ib. white fish , half bbl , S7 00 ; do , kits. $1 25 ; family do , hslf bbls. , § 4 50 ; do , da , kits , SI 00 ; Labrador herrinK , half bbl. , § 1 00 ; do , quart-ir bbl. , § 2 25 ; do , kiti , 90s ; do , scaled , per box , 55c ; . DUIED FKOITS AMen applet , per Ib , lOJc ; alicod do 7js. coramon do GJc ; peiichea , perlb. , 8 ; blackberries lUic , prunes 80. POULTRY Quiet ; live chickens , nominal ; dreeaed , OS8c ; ducks , dresaed , 810 : ; turkeys , 9@llc. GKEEN FKOITS Apples , Michigan , § 2 50 ; Miaaourt , S2 25 ; lomona , S5 25 @C 50 ; oranges , $5 25 ; malaga grapes , ? 8 50S9 ( 00 per barrel. LEATHER Quiet and unchaused ; shoemaker's Block , sole leather , oak anned , 40@43c per Ib. ; hemlock tanned , 30@3 ( > ; upper , common , 24@28 ; uuper , dompstic clf , § 100@1 30 ; B'rench calf , § 1 5002 10 domestic kip , 800S1 00Frenchl ; OC @ 160. HAKNE&S STOCK No. 1 , oak tan ned , 43@45c ; No. 2 , oak tanned , 41 < S 43c ; No. 1 , hemlock tanned , 389103 No. 2 , hemlock trimmed , 37@39iS. WOOD Still awrco and firm ; hie kory and oak , § 7 75 ; cotton wood S5 25@5 50. BUICK Finnjcnmmon in kiluS85l © 10 00 ; pressed , SIS 00@20 00. LUMP.KK Steady ; framing , 18 ft. and under , per M , § 20 ; fencing No 1,12 to20 ft. . § 22 00 ; flo. 2,12 to 2 ( ft. , 820 00 ; common boards , dressed § 20 00 ; flooring , No. 1 , $40 00 ; No 2 do , $35 OOjsidlnL' , No. 1 , § 2500 No. 2 do , § 22 00 ; No. 3 do , $20 00 finishing , § 40 00055 00 ; ahiplap plain , § 23 CO ; ceiling , three-eightl beaded , 6 inch , No. 1 , § 2500 ; shin Ules , § 2 50@3 75 ; pickets , No. 1 , p3 M , § 32 50 ; No. 2 , § 25 00 ; postsc uar 10@l8coak ; , 30@10c. NAILS Unchanged at § 3 10. FUKS Minlc , 25&75c ; muskrat , 5 < j 8c ; ottsr , § ' 00 < 58 00 ; beaver , § 1 0 (31 ( CO ; raccoon , 3550 : ; skunk. 15 * 40c ; wolf , 35@75c ; fox , red , 8125 yroy , § 1. 40 ; cross , § 2 50 OILS Golden machinery , 35c po gl ; Urdextra winter , 78s ; No. 1 , 03 No. 2 , 55c ; lindsood , boiled. Old raw 58 ; neata footpure , lee ; coal oil , IC c An Important .ft RnctlturalUlecoVtrj Cleveland Lc.i''er. Everybody knows the value of ( jrec graaa in fattening stock and incruaj ing the milk of cuwa. And most pec pis know that from one to two third of the tubstance and nutrition whic tbo cattle find in their food come direct from the a'mosphere and rain and not from the earth. It is als generally well known that dried fodder dor of evury description ia muc ! lighter in weight And less in bul than the green staff , yet it ii on ! within i ho lait two years that it ha occurred to one in this coun'ry that i these three facts were put togcthe : the conclaaion would bo reached tin about ona-balf of all the food quali ties of fodder are lost in the caring t It by the process cf drying , and th if it were preserved in a gien atato i would ba t. ice a valuable for feedinj in the winter than when dry. Thi has led to z further investigation o the fodder question , and some of ou agricultural papers have found that 5i France there ia a perfect system o preserving green fodder in genera me , which had been iaitaifacud by the French srny on its returrt from Mox- icin'u 1S67- The Mexicans in turn nciiuired this procoea of t-o ttVij fodder - dor from the Spmiard ? , who had le.vnail if from the Homans. A uract-.ced fcy the .French the pro- csi is aa fullows : A. cellar with stonu ur brnk air tsirllt walls ia constructed of capacity sufficient to hold .11 many tons as desired. Thit is called n silo , abd it :3 filled with green corn-iitalk fodder cut tine by dripping machines run by horae or utuain power. Over thu top of the corn stalk * ia placed a > tight hyar of board ? , on which are \ placed stunea , logs or other he vy weights until the fodder beneath is pressed into a compact mass , which beini ? entirely preserved from the air r < smiini : for several months in about the same condition of freshness as when cut , and is called ecailago. When opened in the winter lot the purpose of feeding atock , the ensilagd is cut out with a hay knife and ia found to possess nearly all the good qualities of new grass. Dr. John M < llsiluy , of Massachusetts , was the first in ihu country io make any experi ments with enailag ? . In hta report on thu subject ho says tha the found that ho can raiao from forty to seven ty- five loin of sown corn stalk to the acre , which , when kept in a silo and fed to stock , is the equivalent of from twenty to thirty-suvou and one-hilt tuna of thu buit timothy hiy > 9 predictd that when silos and ensilage1 feuding comes into general uo "milk can bo produced for ono cent pur quart , butter for ton cents .t puund , beef for four centu per pouud , and mutton for nothing , if wool be at thiry canta yer [ > ound. " Were Dr. Ualley not iuaoraod by the president of the MrmchasotU agricultural so ciety and the bureau of agriculture ab Washington , wo ihonltl not have given so much sp ce to his wonderful claims. As it ia , the question of silos and en silage M of the very greatest impor tance to auch an cxtonsive cheeao and bntttr produciui ; country as we have in N < rthern Ohio. APCMTO < * ANTKl > U. sell Dr. CUAUBS MUtfi t O - ' ( X > ItECU'B BOOK. SelU at Svjht. Yr > ci il.iuhloyour muney. AilJ.csn Dr. 's I'rmtllillottie. . Ann Arbor , Mich I'ROIiATE NOTICE. Slate of Xobrwka , Dou loa ( 'oanty , as : At a County Court held at the County Conrt * Kittn\n \ ami for noi'l County , I > te. llth , A. D. . I860. Present , WM. 0. CARTHOLOilEW , County Ju < lge In the matt , i of , li estate of Thomas Gilbert , decniwd : On iKu\in \ % and filing lli petition f > ITh r s Gilbert , prayip th.tl suim nUtmlon of tfcu tate of the tald Tnoina.4 Gilbert , ileceaKiI , mavbo granted to John D. SueedU3dmIoll > rator. OKDfRBD , that January 6th , A. D. , 1831 , at 9 o'ccclc , a. m. , bo a * l nod for hearing said pe tition , when all persons interested In sold mat ter mny anoear it 3 County Conrt to bo held. < i and for lil County , and ihovr caiue urhy th praycrof petitioner should not b srint Ian. that notice of the pendency ol said pttillon an < l the hearfns thereof , be given to all per > toi > 8 I' ' termed in said natter , by publlahln a copy tt this order In the OMAHA WXXKI.T Bi , a new * paper printed ia raid County , forthrte BUCCOH tit TO weeks , prior to said day of hearing. [ A true copy. ] Wil. O. BAUTUOLOMEW , ilecl5-3t _ Countr JnJio. THE CEtEBUATED Oval Steel Tooth Harrow Manofactnred by UA 1SRQOJ Je GhBDIMS , Fmdit Lac , Wit. F. D COOPER Write for pllcea > 4 it. Omaha. K Mwtf local Az nt rTerywhtr < Tea , CoTv ( EaUne Towrftr. U , etc , by mmple , to taattli * . front good. Outfit free. Peoplo' * Tea C0. > E < Ki SOW , St. Louis , Mo. - * 5 5 5 = ! .5 f > -S