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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 4, 1881)
f THE DAILY BEE HOWB and Circe , putners Ia poUtictl idquity , are a firm to vhSchthepooplo of Ntfcratka ihould give very li't'e ' patroraza. TBB first three days nf the Irpsls- tare will decide the future political fjteof it * memberi. : ry monopoly ely tool will thereafter be libelled , "Dwi Dock. " IT Ohuieh Howe { ains the epoiter- ihip he will doubtless act on hie lait legiilatiro declaration that no legisla tion on the transports. ! ion question is da manded by the psoplo o ! Nubracka. TEE Inttr Ocetn washi'and is dubi ous 81 to Padduck'i ebancea. Tl e WAshtUnd i * located it the Republican office And LHOKB which way the rail road wind blows. DOEB the Nebraska Ugitlature con- eider 160 par cent , a fair and legitim ate profit. Tbia h the amount which by the confession of the Union Pacific organ , that corporation proposes to extort from western producers during the coming year. TEC Maryland courts have decided adversely to the Pullman company in their suit against the Biltimora & Ohio company , in whinh the Pullman company sought to restrain the rail- roai from operating a line of sleepers on its road. The avenge cost of a Pullman coach is § 10,000 , its averace lif Is tea year , and its averafce net irninsi $1,000 a month. From this statement it will be seen that Mr. Pullman cm affjrd to carry his suit to the United Ssatea cuprama couit without bankrupting the company. TBE ou ra oouj econe at the meetIng - Ing of the council Monday evening adds another to the series of disgraces which Onnha has Buffered nt the hands of certain members of the com mon council. THE BEE oinnot agree with one of its morning contemport * ries in attributing any Warn a to the president of the city council. Jami c E. Boyd , since his election , has prt- sided over that body -with an ioipar- tUity and dignity which in wcrihy < f all praise. No man , who hid tie slightest regard for his own honor , couldh vo failed to resentthegross at d public insult which was thrown in h' face. Forbearance caases to be & virtue and rosielanoa a d < ) ty. 0 ; e thing ii certain , the public senUmei t will uphold Mr. Boyd in meriting a ; * peraions cast on the highest judicial body in t e state , on the council of which ho is an honored member , aid on hie awn reputation. It will ba the duty of the city conn * cil to see that the ampleU rcpirati n is m do to it as a body , an ! to one < f our best known , mast widely rejpprU od and public spirited citizens. V\e do not believe thit the offenJicg member knew what he wrs naymg 11 the t me , and we fael confident tbt t no cno rrgreta the occorrenco more than } irafclf. He should be made to understand , however , that he not 01 - ly injures himself by such an exhibi tion of unreasonable temper , but ad fa in knoping up the etouoh Jn niunlc1'- pal mooting whioh our people hope d had been thoroughly destroyed by the ousting of the Hnlly crew. THE TRANSVAAb REBELLION. The revolt cf the Dutch Boers in the Tritievanl ou ht to claim the full rympattiy of the American people. Since 1814 thit people have five time * emigrated from their homes into the wildern i in order toescape Britith rule , and < ach time , wh n they had amassed sufficient wealth to make their .orritory nn object of greed , Great Britain has teired upon their p ; : csiions. The Oringa Hirer Free State , to which they first went was taken from them , though it was afterward unwillingly restored , then Natal , then the territory northweit of Natal and now incorpor ated in it , then Griqualand Weit after diamonds had been discovered there and then at last their final resting plaoo in the territory beyond the Tasl , whore they were in a flour ishing condition , was annexed under fiimiy pretext and in spite of the word and bond of Queen Victoria that "uo encroachment shall be made by her government on the territory beyond" the Vaal river , where the republic was established. Twice htvo the Transact republi cans , brave , sturdy , simple minded people appealed to America for help. Miny of them are descendants frcm the Hugenot * , while the parent stock is the same from which came t ) e "Knickerbocker" elements of New York city. They are fighting for their hearths aud firesides in the inte rior of Southern Africa. Tony arc resenting the fli rant vio'atiou of a treaty. The outbreak is nation * ! and civil war at 0 < ps Cblony aud the Or- ncge Fr e States is likely to result' ' rom uny.ittempt to ciuih the freodom-lov- irgB Jen. Holland hssbeen appealed to by the people of Transvaal to intercede in their behalf and has presented a re monstrance to the liberal leaders in England begging them to refrain fiom committing nch an outrage. 'W The London Spectator recently neercd at the United SUtos because } it never interfes on behalf of strug gling peoples. If there is any strug gling people on whose behalf this country should interfere it is the peo- I pla of the Transvaal Republic. Here is a cice where Wid can be jus'ly and properly offered by the out United States. A sister republic , li * lruig1ing ; for freedom , announces that it prefers dea'.h to tbralldom. Surely a public remonstrance and an nppeal to English justice is the least ih * our conntry c n do under the cir cumstances E-Jg'and h tommittcd & foul wrong , which cdmits neither excuse nor palliation. Now that she it beginning to re p the fruits ohe will Rudeavor to blnnt the verdict of the Trrld by misrrpretentmg the people drag whise independence she has extin- two froiched. to THS BOND MUDDLE. Snit has been brought Jgainst the ountr commissioners of Doujlas : ouuty to restrain thrm from deliver to the Omaha 2f tioaal bank the 3125 OfO of court house bends voie3 * t the November election. The his- err of the awaidtng of tlie e bonds tn Mr. H. T. Clarke , of Beltcrue , for SI OS B2 ICO , the recall ot the award when made , and tie re-award to Er a Miilird for § 1 OlJ call * for explana tion. By the proooEa's for bone's published in the d&ily papers tbe fol lowing conditions were imposed upou purchaser * : ill be paid nn aH btads only fr m nl tut 'It d.it tf tha sjle if ma. or any p-rt thereof , and the icccipt < > f th monfytherefo- Said bonds tj b daHvared a < f.illown : 8'0 ' < > i the nrat day of Jan. . l'-8l. S'0103 on tha fiist day of July. 1831. S50.il- uu the tor- day o Jan. . 8 1. P > i poi-vU wi 1 be rrceiva at tbe same tinia t r th < pu ch.tic f si'il SIV-.O.u of lio-iJi > . ttm entire aujouut to Le dajrerea January 1,11. . The linard of county comnvPsVmare r- serve the ri U torrj c : any or all bi.i. Oil the 4th of December the bide were opened and wera found to be as follows : H. T. Clarke , for the whrle 1 it , S1.03 52 100 ; B. B. Wood , § 1 01 ; Kauntz3 Brothers , 1 02 § ; Ezra Mil- Urd , of the Omaha National bank , orTered SLOlJ for § 25,000 , to ba de livered January 1 , 1881 ; $1.01 $ for 550,000 , to be delivered July 1 , 1881 , and SL OOj for $50,000 , to ba delivered January 1,1832 ; ana for the whole lot , S1.01 | . Warnjch Price ( par Grofi & Montjomsry ) , for the whole lot , § 1 03J. John A. Oreighton , § 1.01 MO for 850,000. CMdwell , Hamilton & Co. , for the whole lot , $1.01 | . On December 0 h the bord of county commissioners met and con sidered the bids. The bid of Mr. Olark was found to be the bsst for the whole lot. It was found , how ever , that by awarding the entire 3125,000 , more bink interest would have to be paid linn if the bonds were parceled out at intervals of six months. Upon considering the mat ter Mr. Clark agread to remit the er- 0235 in interest , end the award was accordingly mads to him on this hash at a great saving to the county ever any other bid. A fc weeks afterwards the commis s oners held another meeting * , r-considered their action , and aware , ed the bonds to Mr. Ezra Milhrd en hii reposition of the 4 li , 101 ani a friction beiugtho highest amouut < ffjr- ed on any portion of the whole amount. Tni * action was tik'n we undets'nnd on the ground that the supplementary proposition of Mr. Cltrku was illegal and that the board had no right to consider a bid mnda after ths other * hid been opened. They were fortiOed i nhis opinion by the eacer solicits , titionof the Omaha National Bink aid the dcinslcn of the county attor ney. ney.This This transaction , br which the coun ty loses nearly $3,000 , seem ? to us either a pieoa of legerdemain or else fie result of criminal ignorance on the part of the oommi'sionora. Their proposals for booda called for bids en the entire amount , and on parcels to ba delivered at ceparato times. Mr. Clarke's bid WAS undoubtedly ihf- h'ghest for the whole amount. If the county commietioncrs were not eUis- fiud with the bida as they then stood , thry Bhiuld have immediately reject ed all and culled for new proposah. It i WAS their business and duty to know what bids a rxnat fur the interest of the county aud how fur their jnrisdic tion ex ndod. If they hed any doubt of their power to pjrnrit Mr. Clark to amend his bid it wis thuir duty to a k Icgil advice. Tha counly a'torneyis paid forniving his opinion in just suah matters. F ilirg to take such nctioa their coaree was plain. All bids should hava baen immed iately rr-j ctod and new ones called for. Under such circumitancus there was no likelihood that either Mr. Clark or the Omaha National Biuk would have pit in any lower bide their first. The county tonimis- stonori may just as well undent&nd pi linly thit their action in the premises has created grave suspicions. * Why , if Mr. Clarke's bid was within the law , ware not the bonds first atrarded him ! \Vhy , if his supplementary propositidft was not within the l r , was his bid accepted ? Aud finally , why , when the commissioners discovered the tech nical difficulty arising from the award of the bonds to Mr. Clarke , was not the bid cancelled aud new proposals called for ? Let the county commis- . lionera make a full explanation of ; heir action to the people of Douglas cjnuty. Tha subject will bear full entil&tion , snd many of our citizens are anxious to got at the true inwardness - ness of the eff.iir. I THE auditor of the Union Pacific : ays that the earnings of this company a t year having been equal to 12 per cent , ou the ctock. the earnings of th < new fiscal year will reach nearly 20 er cent. [ Republican. As the stuck of the road represents nearly eight times i s va us , the carti ngs of ihe Union Pacific monopoly att year equalled 06 per cent , on the cal value of i B road bed and equip ments , and f < F iho ne f year wi 1 au- reg&te tbe enormous amount of ICO ier cint. net on iho investment. This utrageous euai Is being yearly exo ortcd from the pockets of vistprn 'i iroducerfahilfl th icilroad i rpans r aform their readers tlitt the roads are just beginning to p y expense' . A pnem of t ro lines , the fust ending - ing with the word Nance and the ceo end with dance , has been sent to our office for pub'ication but is suppressed of regard for the feelings of Al gernon Sidney Paddock. THE supreme court ii once more in session at WashiogtoH , end Stanley jui Matthews is dUxusted to hear that Justice Cl ff > rd'a heal'h is improving. BEXATOB COMILISG says the ! N"ew York senatorial race isn't a circom > stance to the Ctnocochet Chase. ( f THE Irish state trials are likely to acd out their elow length for nearly months The land league propose the make a thorough eipczuro of the outrages practiced oa tenants by the Irish landlords and to show the services of t'io league in preventing tuoh scenes of desolation which weru witnessed in 13)7. TEE Northern Paeifio railroad are about to pUce upon tbo market mort- a e bonds to the amount f 520,000- 000 fox the purpose of completing their line. The road has new constructed or nndcr construction 1,000 miles of their main line and re * quira 1,409 miles additional io com plete their system. The Rai'roads anS tna ? op ! . Tri ua , Tha i fl i nces which are sisd to surround Tha New Yotk Tribune woull na.tur.illy lead that journal to iiltifronizj the congretsioiul moTd- mc-nt for the regnlttion of the inter state railways , which ere bovond lh- of any state laws. It i * not therefore , that a recent aiticle iu that Ne.v York piper should misrepresent the matter tn part , and in ptrt draw fiUo iuf renes : from the railroad statistics at hand. To begin : A-ith the atatut of the proposed legis < lation in congress i not correctly sta ted. It ia nut true that the comtnit- .e < 3 nn commerce has not been able to agree upon any measure. The comuutteo leportea what la known is the Henderson bill at the last ses sion , and M. ll.-gan , of Texas , pro- poicdu sub ± ti'iiti > , iu which thj pro vision for H national railway commis sion is omitted , but a moro complete code and moro adequito penalties for violations thereof are proposed. The most advisable solution of the prob lem would probably ha ia a combina tion of the two system. , whereby both the national commission provided in one bill and the legal requirements ind penalties of the other should be retained It may be that the deni"- 3ratic nuj > ri < y iu congress will not be iblo to agree upon a measure tud make room for its adnpti n at the jri-sent tension. If it do not , it will inly add to its mistakes and confirm rha public impression now prevailing that the democrats are not competent for pu'-lic affairs A irle from this minstttementof the OIBO The New York Tribui e is rather intentionally than ignurantly in the wrong when it takes the position ( I ) that the railroais have voluntarily made all the concessions to the public during the past few years that could nave been forced frcm them under my system of National regulation ; 2) ) that National legislation on thie tubject cannnl be adopttd without conflicting with State legislation ; aud ( d ) that tbe S a e leguliiiuii hereto- ore a J'pled has proved toba iatlTect ml. Ei-etyme of these points mxy 'IB euccesjfn ly controverted by the fan's (1 ( Tha Tribune quotes the following .i..id M en iho increas d business ind decreased ratf s u two of the E < st- crn lines. Thu figures m the sec > nd nliimu pttrp irt to siva the relat.vo charges in cents per ten per mile : S T C MT.'L. 1BI' . Ton' , 1 mils Ci. TV.JW , 1 mite Ctt. IS7S..V160J65 1 S7 ,0j2ib9.i- 143 n4..1.39' . > U7(7 ( 1.41 , > I7,120-00 1 Zll sa i0ioo - . . " - i0ioo.o i.i" ,0'firttvsu j-o 6 103 , OIS 31.81 1163 ' l.il , U4S , 20 WS . 5:4 , 70J.713 .Mi IS''J..S.1 1,4.3 v03 7 l.MO 122,417 .7fO ! :8 > . . : ! iSI,72Jll6 .k7 1,721,112091 .t3tS Admitting these figures to ba cor rect , it ia ridiculous to maintain that he New York Central ha * voluntaplv reduced i a rale from 1 57 cen s to 87 cent pof ton per mile between 1873 and 1880. The nduction has been : , netiauii'd liy influences in which he stn'o lias been an important fac tor. Ljwer lailroad charges have nlf ! < Wfd the reduction in tolls on the Krie caml , which was brought abour by a movemunt among the pjrplo , i-id fecureci tkronp ilio BL-CIICV of the state of New York. The New Y ik Central only reduced rates as it o-'Cftme iifci Ksary ii ) orile' ' to compete fur the business , and the Erie railruad Wiis cotnpa'led to rerii.ce Us chsrgfs a 1 til below those of the New York Central in order to compote with its more fuvortd rival. But the reduc- 'i > n t'Mis fecured by stnte mat age- moni of the c nnl are merely an ayer- < ga between fair rt-8 duiiiig the season cf navigation and extort-onate rates while iiAVifation ; is closed , at-d this aver ge is still cor-sidembly higher thnn the estimated 1 ving rate of railroad charges , nh > cn is J of 1 cent per ton per mile. In the winter the lailfotdn rarely fail to in- creise their r.ito to a figure nearly double that of thu Eiimmer , though their operating expenses ara but slightly enlarged , and they are able to do this by the virtual monopoly and utter irresponsibility of thepo 1 ing 8 } stem What state influence in I ha control ol the canal has done for tha people in summer , government may do for the public protection dur ing the season when navigation is cl ed , and nothing short of govern ment regulation will accomplish ttia. Heudos , a part of the assumed reduc tion In rates is represented in the in creased value of tha currency ; the charge 1 57 was in a currency worth only about 80 cen'a on the dollar. 2 There in no danger of any claph- iu7 between the national government r.nd the state government * in thj pro posed regul.Htion of the railroads. The state governments nreneccJSjrily can- fined iu thu supervision and restraint which they exercise to railroads that lie wholly within their territorial juris diction. They cannot control the operations of railroads that lie partly in one state and partly in another , nor the pooling arrangement * of con necting lines. All the legislation that ha ? over been proposed for the general government is confined to inter-state railroads and inter-state commerce , which statdJ iu their individual ca pacity cannot reach. The distinction is clear and practical , and it is the mere unlikely to lead to confusion or complication because national and state supervision w > > ud ! have the com mon aim of prohibiting extortion and discrimination ' , 3. It is amtnifest error to maintain taat no rood results hive followed the pses o of State laws for the rog nl.ition ot the railroads. The Nsw ' York Tribune can sc < ircly imagine that the ng ressive Grangerinoveniriit of a fewjesrsaco would have die. a out without to a Urge extent siti'fy mg the dumunris cf the people. The rj.ison why complaints have ceased in icgiid to Western r-t Iroada o-in no : iuncer resort to oxtor ion and diacrim inatiouwithout -without incurring revere pen- nines , The rearon why such com- p'aints h va been transferred to the Eastern railroads is became ihoee roads are not subject to Sta-o euiervision And prompt , dffi- ctal prosecution , and heme continue to r > > h and oppre ? the com munity in defiance of pu > lie protest. The railroad law of Illinois works we 1 under the ndm'niatiation of the a'-tte railroad commission as far aj the isdicti. > n of tbe state reaches. The ' of railroad corporations resisted it until they Bitijfied themselves that it was Ctrl tfficient for the purpose fcr which : t " WHS designed , and since then it has rarely been necessary la go into the courts. When a grievance is brought before the state Cumraission thit body Bob investigate'it , Ascertains the measure the cam ga upon an equitable basis , makij formal demand upon the ihm offending corp iration for rtstitution , his with a warning against a repetition of offense. Thir process has been found to be etfocsive. There -TT3 is comparatively little effort on ; h part of any rail- Dad tn this state tn discriminate aaicBt : persons or localiujs. Before ttcl law was passed , the praitioa of clii harging more for a shorter distance ii the absence of competition than WEB charged for a longer distance where there was competition was the universal practice of ths railroads. All that has bean stopped. Nor does the practice not ? prevail of favoring ore shipper by pcial rstas , drawbicki , and rebates at the expanse of others , and every tffjrt in that direction is promptly checked and punched. Thcra is HO rosson why tha general government can not , but every reason why It should , protect thepoople of the whole country aga n t extortion and diioriminition in the aims way the State of Illinois protects its j citizens so far BS it has jurisdiction. POLdTiCAii POINTS. There wi 1 bs ninely-on "fresh men" members of the next coi ress , Thirty-onn states of the thirty ight in the Un on now have biennial sessions of their legislatures , and 3t twenty-eight t of the state legtBliturea will ba in session this month. Judge Coolcy , of Michigan , is very strongly recommended for a place en the supreme bench. He is tha author of valuable legal works on "Consti tutional Limitations. " "Taxation , " "Torts" and other subjects. The St. Louis Globe-Democrat re1 calls tbe fact that Senator Vest of Missouri was a delegate to thu Bilti more convention of 1872 , and joined with the other delegates in shouting "John Brown's Soul ia Marching On , " after Hnraca Greelsy had been nom inated for president. Gen. John F. Millar , an Indiana man , who served bravely through the civil war , and then became rich in California mining , U mentioned ns the prohibit } republican candidate for the California senatorship in plica of Benter - tor Booth. Gen. Miller , who lost one eye in tha war , is described ts an ex ccllant kwver , a good man and a pee uUr one. Most of the newspaper correspon dent who have looked over tha ground of the Maine senatorial think that Mr. Hale has a sure thing. Ther < ! are a few , however , who be- lisvo the contest between him and Mr. Frye will bo close and doubtful , and nho take a clairvoyant glance at the future and imagine tney ceo the ftuut form aud swallow-tailed coat of Hannibal Hamlin occupying t senatu rial chair for six years to come. The Massachusetts republican state committee will meet in Bostnn , Jan , 16. toorgAn'zs. Col Eien P. Stone , its chairman for two years past , bus been t lected to congress. Mr. Iheo dora C. Batep , chairman nf the execu live committee in the last mmpiign has been nam-d as liis successor , but declint-s , e.iymg that the demanda of his private business ara BO pxactini that he could not fn'fiil 'lie duties o thn chairman of'the committee. Tha Tennee'eo senatnrship takes a new turn every day The la'eat dii pitch from Nashv lie says that th pr. Bent indica'iuiia are that the twc wings of the demorracy will harnvn iz- > and unite in the election of n dem ocrat. Boih sides seem willing to make concessions with this end ir view. Under these circumstances i is hardly among the possibilities thai Postmaster General Muynard or any other republican will reach thecovet * ed seat. Senator Elaine appears to he a cen tral figure ju t now in the newspapers Some of them rebate him in the Garfield cabinet , and others are deter mint d to sand him off to Europe in March , with th intention of kuopintr him there until next November. It is raid that hei < to j > in Hon. Willinn Walter Phelrs in H > me tarly in4 t o spring. In the rnei.ntim knight of the pine A Correction. MIUDLEBUKGH , R chsrdaoii Co. , } Jauuiry 1 , l 8l. ] To the editor of Tl s L'rs As the < ld flying jj , "I rise to ex plain. " I know it is generally aup posed by iwdeis of TUB BEE aud other s'ate ' papers , that the coal mince are in Pawnee county. Now , such is not the case. To bo sure , Pawnee county has two or three little mines that probably yield from 2CO o SOO bushcla pur day. But the thickness of the deposit in that county is only from twelve to fifteen inches , while in this county it runs all the way from twenty to thirty inchesJn thickness and ia of a far superior quality to that found iu Punnee count ; Good judees pronounce it fully as good , if not superior , to Leavenworth or Fort Scott coal. The principal coal mine now in sue cessful operation in this county is on the farm of Mrs. Wictwer , on the southern border of Spiser precinct , which is the southwestern precinct of Richardson county. It was discovered about one year ago by a young roan named Frank Houser , and is twenty six inches in thickness. Mrs. Wittwer gave him five hundred bush els for developing tha ruin : ; . Ho dug out his Svo hundred bushels and then had to quit , he not having sutiicieut mtuiiB to lease and work the mine successfully. The tnino then lay idle all summer. During the summer thereof roof i.f Mr. Houser'a "drift" oil fell in , ha not having left ; sufficient sup port to hold it up. This fall thu mine was leased three years to Messrs. James , and Daniel Watson , of 0age , Kansas. They pay the owner one and a-half cent per bushel for all they take out. At present they have twenty-five men employed , p ymg them eight cents per bushel for digging. The dnily product ii now nboui 70J bushels , both the Measra. Wa'son say they will babble o take out JOOO bushels per day. This baiilc furnishes coal to Sabetha and Seneca , Kansas , and to Fdlla City , Salem mid HumboJdt , ths coucty. 'Jo > l : s $3.30 pur ton nt the mine. There is troa talk of ( inking a prngpacshnft 200 or 300 feet deep for heavier vein. Lat "he good work go on. We expect to ba P nca's must formidilile rival do n here noon. Whenever we tiud four or five feet of oal down hero yuu may hear from us again. PEESONAI/ITiBS. Alice Oites plumply denies that she n crown to Beruhardt thinness dur ing her tllnets. Wnen he eoes home Mr Forbes will lecture on "AmericanPeople Whom ! Have Bored. " Secretary Evarts is tbe father of a . baker's dozen. Itiaiei fifteen pieces bread to go sround. Olive Logan gushes like a school In , and yet they esy Olive got by the "gushy-gushy" age years ago. Wade Hampton rays he did not want to fight a duel. Neither did Acres , but ho sent i challenge all the day same. ilay King Humbert , of Italy , is grave , ill for and hazard , apparently weiring crown upon a very uneasy bead. to It is erroneously supposed that Sarah Bsrnhardt is about the thinnest thine in America. The "special dis- iatohes" that Gaih atndi from New1 York nra much thinner. Senator BUine says of his venerable colleague , Hannibal Hamlin , that "he nswer * all letters of bis clients day > y day before going to bed , and that he naver fur ets a ftlend or an enemy. " Purnsl ! , the Irish leader , ia said to be very abstemious , drinking little but water or tea. In the intervals of hit mceiingi he is a great rider , R derdtalv keen sportsman and some thing of a farmar. Archibald Forbes also lectures on " The Inner Lifa of a War Corres pondent. " Tnu inner life of a soldier ould show R de&l of hard tack and suit horao. New 0 leans Picayune. The evil men do Jives af'er them. England pud this year 66,659 duties on playing cards. Now , if WH hadn't sent Scntmuk as minister to England , tha stamp duty of six cants a pack would not hiveiimounted to so much. Kanxas is the fit at o for kind neigh bors. When William Aahton remarked that ho would end his life if he had some morphine , his neighbor at once volunteered to rid * eight miles and procure a suftbien ; ; quantity. The sarnu man a so kindly conducted the funeral services. . Tliia i the age of champions , and there ia nothing inconsistent iu Wil liam Harrison , of Ohio , claiming to have received more dog-bites thsn any other man in the world. Ho has a record of 153 bites , which are pretty tvouly divided on his spiudle- ehank legs , P. T. Barnum has lost over fitly pounds during hia illness of fcur weeks , nJ has not taken a pound of nourishing food in that time. His present danger litn in his inability tu re'ain ' nourishment , yet his iron con stitution gives his'physicians hope cf his recovery. James Burns , of Iowa , voted for Douglas and vuned he wouldn't cut hii hair until n democratic president was elected. A month ago ha was sa sod and bound and hie locks sheered oloje to hm scalp. Ho sued three < > f his assailants for damages , but he not only failed , to secure any , bat was told by tie judg > thit he came within ia ace of being either a fool or a Ju- natio. Tlicre l no uc indrtifritini : yours-If to death , and bujii ill tbell medicines dr internal u- when y-u cun benirjd of fevtr and ffrue dumli ague , billioui dUorJeti , Jiundiee , ihtpepjia , AH well aa all dUcrduis and kllmeuts of ir a liv r , blood and stomach , bj wearily < n of Pruf Ouinietti'4 t rtncu Liver I'-d , vbkh la a sure cure ev-ty tinie It } nrdnunlttJtea nut > o pth poJ , fiandSl 60inn loiter to rr nch Co. , To cdo , O , and it win ba lentjoa by m il It is the only pad that is gt-arauiced to tuie Bcaieof citi'Ue ( it . Arnica Salve The BEST SALVE in the world f or Outs , Brulaes , Seres , Ulcers , Salt Rheum , Fever Sores , Totter , Chapp ed Handa , Chilblains , Corns , and all kinds of Skin Eruptions. This Salve is guaranteed to give perfect eatiafac- tlod in every coae or money re funded , Price 25 cunts per box. for sale by 8dly T c TOO rw t , , Be tt knotn thit we , tbe under * Iraed. n\iuiBaiU'"c.'lbed hurt to , iiitend to form an IMSiiriPco tompmy wMah > hallba known aa The WteUini UcrsJ and Cattle Insurance Comp - p w. " Tiieo'jectf r which ( old company sbull be foni'cd a i.'ill be to insure Lorges and cttt e n.airutlnta or duma e by ncvldeut , tbcft and any unknoiro or c m ngent event. i ! ii : au.O' ' lit ol capital Block of 8d ( rampany b ali ho one hundred thousand dollars The piinc'pil tfflce I said corojwi y shall be looottd etuiuaha , Uuuplai cou > t * . Nebrafljt. Hl-NUY PUDT , .MAX JtlYER , t DM UNI ) HET2KE EiiNES FEYCKK 4.-1-18 BUSINESS COLLEGE THE GREAT WESTERN Kilo. H. Rntlilmn , Principal. Creighton Block , - OMAHA Send for Circular. Oid Fellows' Block. P-nm c-l " > .v MERCHANT TAILOR Capitol Ave , , Opp. Masonic Hall , ( TV. . a n A MIPH CHATIEL MORTGAGE SALE default hvt beei made in t'.ie rondi Donof a cirUin chattel raortpaio Lfnriff ; dnlo O tob T 1st. 1-SO. execute' ! b > II in > ah Bmiitrr and LydU A. liuih toSurih L. ( Justin , and by Sirali I. . Gu-tiii K eijn d to undeiagneJ IF Edw rdt. id mnri ( K vmj rctordtd In tha c oiitv d k'g iffl e of lie -gla oo'iuty. Neb Jn sail mai'ia 6 > a d patit ra d d co < iy and mn tints t > e Io" owiii ; coo < l and ehatU ) io-wit : & d ze i cbaira , 10 kliche i table- " , one extin' on icti asorteil plate ) and tlUb ,4 di zen ro > al t - pu 8 , 2 dczon forks , 9 dnzsn silver kniv. B , 9 > fc'nr bo ls , 4 doioa i UP3 Hi I nUEcr' , Bilt cips , 1 cur'HX knlfo nd fork , toTC itp- I liti. ] vfju-h > tmd. 1 nil et o < e , 1 c okliu ; etove. 1 rhnw case. 0 bid Bt udq , 8 ! mnps , 1 c ocV , 2 bonlj and I i chere , 1 teroelno can. s ther gmill riicle" . Trere u now cue na .ild mo tcac 3 30. I w.ll therefore > ell 8 > Id fo ds ntl chattels at puMi i auction on the Z.lh d.y of Jtnuin81 , at my office door in e < - ion 1 stiry of bull liirtno n s lioi Ik-nham street , Omaha. Neb. , to Bati.fy ia-d mortgage. Jaunuy 3 , 1631.'A I -'A 1C EO WARDS , Assignee of f aid zrantee. _ J 3-vm8t BURNED OUT , But at it Again. G.H.&J.ITCOLLINS . . . , AND Saddlery Hardware , 1IARXESS , COLLARS , Stock Saddles , etc. , Now Ready for Business. Next Door to Omaha Na ' tional It an k , Douglas r Strrct jS-&lier Jan. 5 h , 1316 Douglas St. , opposite Academy of Music. decK-tf THa nee'-c. Jliv day at * > ome easily mvleeagb > ' outfit f- - - ! < 1r ( > Tta * fo ! PnHln't Me SHOW GASES O. CT. "WIL3DE , 1317 CAS3 fcT. , OMAHA. NEB. tf A good usortment almjv on hind.'d PROBATE NOTICE. the matter ct tha eitsUof Anna F. KreUs- JCoticw Is hereby eiren , that the creditors o' said deceased. uH ! meet the admlnlitratoi cf Eald Mlat-e , before ine. County Jmlze of Donc.s Count , Xtbra Vft , at the County Court Room in n sMd Oocmy.ou tbeluth Uay cf February , lasl.on :0th ilAy if April , 1 < 8I , and on the JOth of Jun1S1 , at 10 o'clock , a. m. , each , for the i itrpose nf preseitln ; ; their claims culmination , adjnitmcnt and allowance , rnontln nre allnntd fcr creditors to prcFCilt tbelrcUim * , anil one year for the arirelnlst ator settle ; alil etutn , from the l"tb day of reoemi ! rlSSOtbi , noticenlll bepnWiihed In tun to OMAHA WIISLT Bi , f-r four weeks nuccesjlvf J > priortothelOtbdavofFainurr , 1831. WJJ. O. BAETHOLOMKW , MORE POPULAR THAN EVER. The Genuine SINGER NEW FAMILY SEWING MACHINE. In 1878 w sold 356,422 Machines. In 1879we sold 431167 Machines. Exceea over any previous year 74,735 Machines. Our sslea last year were at the rate of ever 1400 Sewing Machines a Day 1 For every bnilntrc d y In th ysir , Tbe "Oid EeliabY That Every REAL Singer is trie Strongest. Singer Sewing Machine the Simplest , the Most chine bae this Trade Mark cast into the Durable Sewing Ma Iron Stand and em- chine ever yet Constructed badded in the Arm of structed , the Machine. EQ Principal Office : fc4 Union Square , New York. t.500 Suvordinati Offices , in the United States and Canada , and S.Od"Office intheO World and South America. sepl6.dftwtf Succeeaors to Jas. K. Isfa , Ulufl Pi Dealers in Fine Impcrtc-d Extracts. Toilet Waters , Colognes , Soaps Toilet Powders , &o. A full lin of Surcical Irstrunienta , Pocket Caaci , Tmawrd San < tc Absolntoly Pnrt Pruxsand Cbem'.cals used in Ujpunaicj. Trescrii-tions fill1 any hi n > uf 'i.a nffjht. Jus. M. Ish. I.a- r IMS ; illc.Ualion. SHEELY BROS. PACKING CO. , Wholesale and Retail in FEE SI ! MBATS& PROVISIONS , A1IE , POULTRY , FISH , ETC. CITY AND COUNTY ORDERS SOLICITED. OFFICE CITY MARKET 1415 Douglas St. Packing House , Opposite Omaha Stock Yards , U. P. R. R. Geo. P. Bemis ESTATE AGENCY 16th tt Douglat 8ts.f Omaha , Neb. This tgeney doee BIRICILT t broktrxje test aeea. Docs notspcculate , and thorefure any u ( alnaonltsboobfiaietssnrodtolte pitrons. ID jtesd of bclnv eobbl.d up bv the acent & HILL , REAL ESTATE BROKERS No IfOS Farnham Street OMAHA - NEBRASKA Office North SI Jo opp. Grand Central Ilnt Nebraska Land Agency , DAVIS & SNYDER , 1605 Faniham SL Omaha , Nibr. (00,000 ACRES carefully selected land In Eastern Nebraska for ta\a. \ Great Bargains In Improved fanct , and Omaha dty property. 0. F. DAVIS. WEBSTER SNYDER , late Lund Cotn'r D. P. R. B Ip-teb7tf BTRON K D. Byron Reed & Co , , OLDEST BSTABUSID EEAL ESTATE AGENCY IN NEBRASKA. Keep a complete at-alract of tills to all Real Eitato In Omaha and Douglas County. m.u It A. W. 3D E 3ST O ? X S Ornoi : Jacob's H cV , eon. r Capitol Ave. and 1Mb Street. Cjn ) h , Neb. ill. K. HIS DON , General Insurance Agent PQCKKIX ASttm * . . . v- . . . J tendon - don , Caah Assets . $5.107,1 : * 'E3rCHKSTFK. N. V. , C.\piUl . l.OOt-,0 J TUE MKKC1I AN fS , of KtWvrk. N. J. , l.OtC.OO QIRAltK FIUKPhiladclpli1aCaplt.il. . l.COOCb NOUTIWKS1 iUN : NAT10NAL.Ca.n- Ital . WC.UH FIREHiN'3 FUND , California . BOO ( * ' UltlTIStt AMKR1CA ASStm/iNCECo / l.SCO.CCC NE A UCFIKE1NS. CO. , Agscts. . . . gQOCC ( AMERICA F CENTRAL , Aesets . 5CO IOC 8 cet Cor. nt Fifteenth & Don.'Ias St. , OMAHA. NKP. EAS NDIA tri 5OLB MANUFACTURERS. O SI A HA. JNO. G. ( Formerly ot OUh * Jtcoba ) N'o. 1117 Farnham St. , Old Stand of Jacob OU 1RT > KRfi Br rXLKaRAPH ItlLlCiTJi PASSENGER ACnOMMODAriGN LINE OMAHA AND FORTOMAHA Connects With Street t/'ars Comer of SAUN'DgRj and HAMILTON STREETS. ( End of Red Ltne as folluTts : LE VE OVAUA : 630 , SrtTand ] t:19a ra , 3:03.6 : 7 mnd729p.m. LEAVE FORT dMAHA : 7:15 : a m. . 9:15 a. m , and 12:45 : p. m. 4CO. : 6:15 : and 6:15 p. m The 8:17 a. m run , leavin otnaba , and th ? 1:00 p. m ran , leaving Fort Omaha , are usnally 'o ded tofnll capacity with repulir pa9PenK re. Tbe 6:17 a. m. nn will bo made from tbe post- > ffice , corner of bodice and 15th unrebta. Tickets can be procured from itreet cardrlv- srt , or from drltera of balks. KARE. Si CKNTS. IMCLDDIN'O 8TRE CAB Machine Works , J. Hammond , Prop , & Manager. The mcnt thorough appolnt I and complete Machine Shops and Funndry In the tite. Cajitlnsrs of every description mannfacMd. Enzlnes , Pumps and cvety clasa of machinery made to order. x peclal attention frfven to tfel ! AiiKiirs'PulIrys , Hangers , to Shaf inerBrilgc IronsGcer to Unttiug , etc. Plandlornew Uachlnery.Meachanlcal Draught ? . Models , etc. , neat IV exeented. ea Barnev Ht. . Bet. 14tii and 15th. I TUB 3IERCHANT TAILOB , fjprepared to maka Pants , Smla and overcoats order. Prices , fit nd workmiujhlpcniranteed toiutt. One Door West of CTralcJEBban&'s. THE OLDEST ESTABLISHED. BANKING HOUSE IN NEBRAS12A. CALD WELL , H AMI LTlWCO Boilnejs transacted same M that o an Incor porated Bank. Aoconnts kept In Currency or gold subject to light check without notice. Certificates nf deposit IsaueJ pavable In three , alx and twelve months , bearing Interest , or on derated without Interest. Advances made to ccntomers on approved 8 curltles at market rates of lattfctt Buy and sell sold , bills of cicbauje Qovern- merit , State , County and City Bond * . Draw Sight Drafts on England , Ireland , Scot land , and all parts of Europe. Sell Ejropean Paiiaze Tickets. flOUECTIQNS PROMPTLY MADE. angldt _ _ U. S. DEPOSITORY , IRST HAL DANK OF OMAHA. . Cor. ISth and Farnfcam Streete , OLDEST BAFiKIMC ESTABLISHMENT .Itf OMAHA. PUCOESSORS TO KOtJNTZE BROS. , ) umBusuzD in 1E56. OrjmlJeJ ss a National Dank , August 20,1868. Capital and Profits Over$300,000 , Spedallynuthorlzed by the Secretary or Treasury to receive Subscription tothi U.S.4 PER CENT. FUNDED LOAN. OFFICERS AND DIKKCTORa HlflKAn Kctrarzn , Preaident. ADQOSTCB ICoosTzs , vice President. H. W. Yarn * , t-'aahler. A. J. POLKTCN , Attorney. Jens A. CR IOBT-ON. F. H. DlVts , ABSt Oaihlei. This bank ricclvos deposit wlthoat r j rd to amount ? IgBcea tima cirtlflcates bearing Interast. Drang drafts on Ban FianchKo and principal cities of the United btatce , al - > London. Dublin , Edinburgh and the principal dt ! s of the conti nent of Europe. Sells pus i jo ticket * for Emlsrraats In the Ir- man tie. maylntf HOTELS. THE ORIGINAL. Cor. Randolph St. & 5th Ave. , CHICAGO ILL. PRICES REDUCED TO S2.00 AND S2.50 PER DAY Located In the business cent'e , convenient to plac-o of amu ment. Elf-sn ly furnished , conUInlnz all mudern improvements , passenger elevator , &c J. II. CUMMINoS , 1-roprietor. ocietf OODEN HOUSE , Cor. MAEKETST. & BROADWAY Council Bluffs. Iowa : On line o Street Railway , Omnibus'oxnd from all trains. RATES Parlor floor $3.00 per day ; second fioT. 32 BO per dy ; third floor , gi.OO. The best furnished an.t mot conn rKliom home n the city. OEO.T. PHELPS Prop FRONTIER HOTEL , Laramie , Wyoming. The minor's reiort , goad accommodations , ariroftarapla room , charcca reasonable. Bpeclal attention given to traveling men. 11-tf U. C HILLURD Proprietor. INTER-OCEAN HOTEL , Cheyenne , Wyoming. FIrst-cl ES , Fine arje Simplt Rooms , one Mock from depot. Tralniitop from 20 minute * 2 bourn for dinner. Free Btu to and from Depot. Rates 8iCO.J2.50 and $3.00 , according- room ; B nIe incal 75 cents. A. II. BALCOM , Proprietor. W BORDE.V. Cnlef Cl rk. mlO-t UPTON HOUS . Schuyler , Neb , Flint-class HOUM , Good ' < feaU. Good Bed ! Airy Room , and kind and accommodating treatment. Twi < oed nrople rnorai. Epecu attention p M to commercial travelers. S , MILLEE , Prop. , m Ut-tf Sohnyler , Neb. Popular Clothing : House of 5s8 la H Find , on account of the Season far advanced and " so , having" a very large Stock of Suits , Overcoats and Gents' Furnishing Goods left , They Huv that can notfail to piease everybody. ' * SEMEMBER THE ONE PRICE CLOTHING HOUSE , 1301 and 1303 Farnham S't , , Corner 13ih , GOODS MADE TO ORDER OH SHORT NOTICE. < J. S. "WIRXG-BIT , ACFNT FOR And Sole Ajjcnt Tor Hallet Davis & Co. , James & Holmstrom , andJ. & 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 year experience in the Business , and handle only the Best. ] HT . , 21816tli Street , City Hull Building , Omaha , tfeb. V , HALSBY V. FITCH. Tuner. DOUBLE AND SINGLE ACTING Steatn Pomps , Engine Trimmings , Mining Machinery , BELTING HOSE , BfiASS AHD IHOH FiTTifJGS , PIPE , STEAM PACKING AT WHOLESALE AITO ilSTAIL. HALLADAY WIHD- ILLS , CHURCH AND SCHOOL BELLS A. L STRAttG , 205 Farnham Str flt Omnha , Neb S" ! V. BfJ \iu \ . . > s5i \ In Kegs and Bottles. Special Figures to the Trade. Families Supplied at Reasonabla Prices. Office. 239 DougJa * Sf r * K Omaha TO THE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN : FRENCH KIDNEY PAD I A Positive and Permanent Cure Guaranteed , in ill cam of Grave ! , Diabetes , Dropsy. BHght's DIM * * * Kidr.e\ , Incontinence and Hetentlon of Uric e , In9m tlos the KMneys , Caurrh of the riadder. HKh Colored Ur'ne , Pals hi il o FUuk. g'de or Lions , Nervous Weaknrm. and la fact m disorders of tlie Bt ditor ami Urinary Onrans , whether contract * I 1 hy private < Iifen or otheawiM Thil jrreat remedy hu he D iis-'d with su.-C'fw for nearly ten yearn In 'rtncf , with the not * wnndorfnl curative olTectt. It eiiret atmrption no nanaeoof InternalI mc < llclnes bolnz required. We have hundredgof teatl' uiunlals nf cures l < y tills Pud hen all el < hid fai'ed- I \DIES. If you are mifferln fr-m Temple Weakn " , Leae r * rlicc" , or diseceti peculiar to frma'M. ' or In fact any dlieaM , uk jonr dnirz'it for Prof. Ouilmette'i French Kidney Pad , nt taki no cthrr. If he his not got It. s nd 22.IX ) and you 1 receive tte Pad by return null. Addno D. S. Biancb , FREXCII PAD CO. , Toledo , Ohio. PROF. GlUtMETTE'S FRENCH LIVER PAD Will positlrelycort Kever anu t ( rue , Dumb Azne , Aine Cake. Hllllooa Fever. Jaundice , Dysicp U tne all diseases of the Liver , -lomich and Blood The pad cures by absorption , and Is pernjinjnt , Ailc 3 our druggist for this pad and take no other If ha dots not ke p It , tend 41.50 ti tiie KHh.CS PAD CO. , ( U. a. Branch ) , Toledo , Ohio , and receive It by return mall ' " \ & CO. , nrnih * HORSE SHOES AND NAILS , Iron and V/agon Stock , At Chicago Prices. 1209 and 1211 Harney Street , Omaha. oaUt- ' MAX MEYER & CO. , WHOLESALE TOBBAGGONISTS 1 Cigars from § 15.00 per 1000 upwards. Tobacco , 25 cents per pound upwards. 1 Pipes from 25 cents per dozen upwards. Send for Price List. l MAX MEYER & CO. , Omaha , Neb.