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n ! ' VOL. X. OMAHA , NEBRASKA , TUESDAY. JANUARY 18 , 1881. ISTO.180. Established 1871 , MORNING EQITIQN. Special Notice. B , WIU.1AM8 3 a d Fiftrc itU Streets. I ! ' Having finished their Annua : Inventory , and withinc to make room for onr Lar e tpring Stock re Making some HEAVY REDUCTIONS f'all 'Departments , in order to close our stock of JLOAKS and DOLMANS , we will make a SEDUCTION OF 25/PER CENT from regular selling price. Anyone in need of such an .Arti- clewill do well to take Ad vantage of this Offer. FIGURED MOMiE DLOTHS. "Formsr price ? 21-2c. Reduced to 32 l-2c. Ladles' Mull ITies t25c , sold everywhere for 50c. We just received a large line ef WHITE FLANNELS , At Very Low Figures. TABLE IINENS , TOWELS AND CRASHES , 'it Attractive Prices. WHITE BLANKETS , < lnly $9,00 a pair. GENT'S SCARLET UNDER WEAR $1.25. Reduced fr < i'm $55 00. BEST PRINTS , 10 yards for $1.00. The Caah System having proved Very satisfactory dur ing the past year we shall still continue it , making prices low er than ever. L. B , WILLIAMS & SONS' "Cash House , " Dodge und Fifteenth Sts. - ZARA'S ' last India Pile Cure. The only specific for all forms of Piles. In use in foreign coun tries for years , lately intro duced into America. Warrant- © d to give instant relief and a permanent cure guaranteed. Spld-byall druggists or mailed Iree on receipt of price , 50 cents , byjthe American agents , Hicliardson & Co. , Wholesale Druggists , Saint Louis , Mo. ZABA'S BILIOUS PILLS , guaranteed to give immediate relief in all cases of Bilious and Liver Complaints , Costiveness - tiveness , Sick Headache , In digestion , and cleansing the system of all impurities. Price 26 cents. All iruggiste sell them , ZARA'S IN USE rORTY TEARS. Dr. Storm's CELEBRATES SCOTCH Cough Candy JVSafoand Pleasant Remedy for COUGHS , GOLDS. ASTHMA , HOARSENESS and Strengthen ing the Lungs. SOLD EVERYWHERE. Price only 10 Cents. DISEASES OF THE EYE , Bar and Throat. DE.L. B. GEADDY OCULIST , AURIST & LARYNC1ST. > Office Over Kennart'aJ Drug Store Corner of 14th and Douglas Ste. ovlS-Sm J. H. FLIEGEL & GO. Successors to J. n. TI1IELE , MERCHANT TAILORS , No. 1220 Douglas Street , DOMESTIC DOINGS , James F. Wilson , of Iowa , Urged as the Next Secre tary of the Treasury. A Faimly in Illinois Fatally Af fected from Eating Dis eased Fork. Gen. Grant Visits Gov. Cor- riell a d the New York Legislature. Ben Butler Nominated by the Democrats for the Massa chusetts Senatorahip. Gov. Sprague Promises Some Rich Developments iu His Divorce Case. Cabinet Makers. ! EpecUl Dispatch toTlie Bee. CLEVELAND , 0. , January 17 10 p. in. Senator Allison , of Iowa , viHed < larfield yesterday. Ha aid 10 an Ex press reporter that ha sa\v the papers had kindly mnntloned him as likely to become secretary of the treasury , bnt refused to diisnsa the subject. He averred that he was pushing the claims of ex Congressman Jataes j" . Wilson , of Iowa , to a cabinet posi tion , saying th&t Wilson was the choice of Ihe people of the northwest , and that it was time that a north western man should come to the front. He left for Washington early yester day morning. John Shermas , who returned last evening from a day's visit < * l Mentor , refused to eay anything about the cabinet , other than that Allison and Wilion , of Iowa , were both good men for the treasury. Mr. Sherman left for Mansfield yesterday aftornotils , go ing from there to Columbus , after a n two days' vieity and returning to Washington in about a week. Deadly Trlchlnre. Bpec al Dispatch to Tb * Bee , SFRIKGFIELD , His. , January 17 10 p. re. George Lawrence. & farm hand , living nine miles from here > was given a diseased pig by hia em ployer , Mr. Simpson. After keeping it sev ral weeks , iiawrence killed it , and himself and family ate of It. His wife became sick ; her limbs swelled and burst. Mortification set in soon after , and caused her death. Mr. Iiiwrence is lying at tha point of death. His body Snd limbs are swollen - lon to twica their usnal size , and hav ing a whitish appearance hard as mar ble. The children ate but httle , and have not suffered severely. Portions of the meat analyzed show it to be alive with trichime , Grant In Albany. Sped&l dlgpatch to The Her. frtl ALBANY , N. Y. , January 18 1 a. tltt m. Gen. Grant arrived at the depot ttr fit 2:50 : p. m. yesterday , and was met ttBC by Gov. Cornell , Gen. Townsend , the BCM Tenth and Fifteenth regiments of BCm National Gnards and many citizens. m The procession marched from the depot - 1cc pot to the executive mansion , escort cc ing Gen. Grant , who occupied a seat iu the governor's private sleigh , with tcni Adjutant-General Townsend and Gov nie ernor Cornell. The private houses niri : ani stores along the route of the ri Inarch were gaily decorated with eac flags , and the weather being warmer ; than it has been for several days past , the streets were crowded. There was Of intense enthusiasm among the throngs lining the side walks from the depot to the governor's house. Death of an Old Resident of Omaha. a Bpedtl dlcpttch to Tbe Bee. re reki MINNEAPOLIS January 18 1 a. m. kiH Dr. M. F. Anderson , a real estate kire dealer here , formerly of Omaha , was redi thrown from his slei"h this morning diP1 by his horse becoming frightened P1 while crossing a railroad bridge. He P1bi received internal injuries and died in bi biK half an hour. His wife , who is bini a prominent temperance lecturer , is at nitt present absent on a lecture tour. tt Arrested for Murder. pecUI Dispatch to Tim B . ra CHICAGO , January 18,1 a. m. Charles Scbeloth was arrested in Chicago yca- tt .erdav charged with the probable ttet nurder of his atepfather named et ) 'Besren , at a suburb called Hoino- ti trood. The prisoner's version of the affair ia that bis stepfather was abns- m TO to his mother , and he tried io be B peacemaker , when the old man turn- al id on him with an axe. Charles alw wrenched it from him , and taking off SJ he Hade , struck the old man on the SJCO icad twice with the helve , causing CObi lira to fall to the , floor. Without bi waiting to learn the extent nf his in biy" juries he came to Chicago. The latest y"ec eport was that O'Bearen was dying. ecof Tbe Fromel's ] Opposition. SpecUl Dlipatch to The Bee OTTAWA , Ont. , January 18 1 a. m. Sir John McDonald spoke for icarly three hours yesterday after noon on the now syndicate , which ho on characterized as a political plot , and ntimated that his gorornment must and would adhere to the contract of msde with the first syndicate. The louse adjourned at 6 p. m. to enable members to attend the governor-gen eral's levee. Stern Retribution. SpecUl Dfcp tch to The Bee. H SAK FRANCISCO , January 18 1 a. m. Joseph Deroche , formerly of Chicago , who killed Thomas Treloar ast week in Bodie , was captured yes- erd y and taken to Bodle iail. A Jody of citizens took Dorocne from ail and hung htm to a tree at the pot where the murder was commit- ed. Doroche'a crime was unprovoked , and incensed tbe community so that swift retribution was deemed neces of sary. Deroche had annoyed Treloar y dancing with his wife on the night or of the murder , and then killed him. Caught m tee Act. Special DIfpatch to The Boo. CHICAGO , January 17 10 p. m. A genteel-looking man , who s&id he W B one of the firm of Sloan Bros. , jewelers , of Monroe , Mich. , spent mott of Saturday in Hahn & Co.'s jewelry store hero , selecting stock After about $1600 worth had been a laid aside for him , one of the clerks to observed Mr. Sloan pnttingvalaable articles in his pocket. He was arrest ed , and f 100 dollars' worth was found ' On him , bejides a 8100 watch , which he hid stolen elsewhere. Sprague's Spleen. pcUl Dltpatch to the Hot NEW YORK , .Taaaafy i8 1 a. m. Ex-Gov. Sprague , of llr-ode Island , has been in the city tor a few days in consultation withhh counsel , Gen. ! < . A. Ptyor , preparing his answtt to the divorce suit of hia wife , Mrs , Kate Chase Sprague. The suit was began in Ilhude Isijnd , and the gov ernor will hsf 6 until some time t.ext ftlontn to file hia answer. He is very confident of the result of his suit. "I did not invite the publication of my family troubles , " ha said , "but as it ha ? been forced upon mo , I will defend.myself. " "Will you begin a Coiinter suit for divorce ? " ho was &sked. "I am not decided upon that point. I will wait for the issue of the present ne. " - "Will your answer'make any new developments ? " "It oupht to affect a vacancy in the United States Ee'nate. " "So bad " ab that ? ' ' Worse , very much so. I wi 1 make some astounding dj ol pilentB. I.will not only pro'va the falsity ur Men. SpJMguoV ; accir iona against me , but I will enow a 8Ute of affiira tha\ will Batisfy the public that I have stood more of injury than an } * man wouM * ' "Will Conkling'g nimo ba brought ! nto the mattei ? " "Wollj" said Sprague , with know ing trink , "you wait an 1 a o. I iau't al.'owany ' man to break up ray home , subject me to nbnse snd slander , and then iiuftU mV wile ; to mko public c'lcll terrible accusations rgainst ma without cxpcsing him. I will show the man who attempts tint to bo a villian and foul leper. I will follow him and expose him. I will show the terrible State of affairs which has been going on for joairs- , ana which I have berne Quietly as long a 9 I can. My Answer will satisfy the public as to the person who has caused all this trouble. " "Is it true that you did net have a shnfc gun when OonkHng was at Can- onchet ? " sir , it is not. That is all I haye to say now. " WASHINGTON SENATE. Special blspatch to Tha Boe. \VABHiNioroir , January 17. The Indian appropriation bill was reported to the senate by Mr. Wallace. After the routine of business of the morning hour the senate resumed consideration of the bill to purchase the Freedman'e bank proparfy in Wftshington , and it was passed. Bills on the calendar wore then con sidered under the Anthony rule. The bill placing the name of Gen. E. O. 0. Ord on the retired list , with the rank of majorgeneral , was passed. The Holliday bill was taken up , and Mr. Oonkling briefly advocated the paaasge ot the bill as an act of justice. Action was , he said , what was wanted and to Becuro action ho refrained from speaking at any length. Mr. Beck advocated a reference to r the court 01 claims , and referred to the records of the Thirty-fourth congress , to show that Mesrra. Alli son , Elaine , Conkling , Dawes , Ferry , Merrill , Voorhees and Windom , then members of the house , did not then oppose 1 the reference of claims to the court of claims. ol Mr. Conkling , interposing , said that tc refer this claim , now that the wit nesses were til dead , was quite a dif- erent thing. It would not be just or right , , or , to nae the right word , hon est , to require him now to go to that court. court.Mr. Mr. Beck charged that no effort had oeen made to secure settlement of , the claim between the Thirty-ninth and Forty-fifth congresses. Ho could not think that a democratic congress 01 democratic senators were bound by republican committee to a former republican congress. So far as he knew but one democratic senator ( Mr. Hereford ) had given his assent to the report now before the senate. The democratic party had , he said , been in power in the house six years , and two pears < in the senate. Since they had been in power they had been careful , call it mean i ? you please , to see that no money was improperly taken from the public treasury. He then pro ceeded with a vigorous speech in op position to the bill on its general merits. Mr. Plumb opposed the bill , and in the course of his remarks said that Mr. . Holliday bought in March , 18G2 , the entire concern hcrses , coaches , sta tions , supplies and everything for 8100,000 st public auction , under a mortgage held by him for S220.000. Ee remarked that it seemed improb able that Mr. Holliday could lose from what ! cost him but § 100,000 over f500,000 , and still have enough left to carry on his business. Mr. Cameron , who reported the bill , rose to defend the report , but yielded " to Mr. Whyto to move an ex ecutive session , which at 4:10 : was agreed to , and when the doors were V opened the senate adjourned. IiC' VIi C' HOUSE. Mr. Springer , of Illinois , intro- f dnced a bill to amend section SOS of the revised statutes relating to postage o second class matterao , as to make it si read as follows : "On aowspapers and other periodicals , from a known office publication to regular subscribers , the postage shall be paid for not less than ono quarter nor more than one year , whose payment may be made cither at the office of mailing or de * livery , commercing at any time , and the postmaster shall account for such postage in the quarter where it is re ceived. " The bill was referred. Complaints are often made by post masters that loaded firearms and ex plosives of different kinds are cent through the malls , endangering the lives and limbs of the employes who have to handle mail matter. In order to correct this , Mr. Dunn , Arkansas , introduced a bill to pre vent the mailicg or delivery of pistols otr er firearms of every character , cartridges or other kinds of ammuni tion or percussion cape , which are de livered , to ba unmailable , and the sender shall , upon conviction , be sub mitted to a fine of not lets than $100 , nor more than $500 , and imprison ment not less than one year and not more than five years. Mr. Newberry , of Michigan , intro duced a joint resolution to provide for joint commission of three persons examine into the alleged fraud lu the Halifax fishery award. One of the commiislonera is to bo appointed by the United States , 9ne by Great Britain and the third b- the tire coun tries. Mr. Nowberfy also ihlrodtlced ft , joint roeointion lo appoint a joint Commission of the cqnite and honau to investigate the said fishery r.warda. A. cnnimuhldation was received from itie secretary of the interior and Ihe superintendent of census giving the total of population of the tjnited State up to Juno , 1830 The pnpu- l tion of the United States and terri- toriai i * 50,152300 The army appropriation b 11 , with the seiuto amendments , was taken from tbe table and raferroi to the commit tee on appropriations. Mr. Springer introduced , R reflolu- lionwhWh waa referred to the postof- fice committee , directing tha the com mittee inquiie into the expediency tf establishing by law n t-legraph and postal system , under sanction of theF government if te ) Ur.ited xi , tfu \ { ( F also to enquire as to the cost of repro ducing ' the facilities fur transmitting telegraph messages similar to thot'e lioiaessecl by the existing corpora tions , and the expense appertaining , to the same. . Mr , Ccrivdrae , by direction of ' , ' ommittee on n.jW ; move'd to the rules and pass the bill , which has been on the hotna calendar tinco March 2d , to quit the titto of settlers on Das Moines river Llnd , in the fitMb of to.wa. After , thb bill had o'een listened lo ; tlbb Aadiiig or the r'ojiort was do&anaed , but Mr. ConVerse - Verse hoped not , saying it w.ts very long , and would require two lious to read it.- x Mr. Van Voorhis insisted upon hav- ing it read , declaring that this was ono of the most infamous bills ever brought into congress. * " It took nearly two hours to read It. Van Voorhis and PresCOtt jfrgfe the principal opponents ; and resorted to every means to defeat it , but were un- fliScceaful. The bill passed by much more than the required two-thirds Vote , and tha house at 4:15 : adjourned. CAPITAL NOTES. Special Dispatches to l e Bee. Tap superintendent of the general recruiting service has baen ordered to forward fifty recruits to Fort Brown , Tor. , for assignment in the Twentieth infantry. 0 The executive committee on the Garfield inauguration have been noti fied that the fatnona Fifth Maryland regiment , of Baltimore , will partici pate in the ceremonies. Attorney-General Devens is now mentioned as the probable successor to Judge Advocate-General Dunn > who is . . soon to ba placed on the retired , list. A caucus of republican senators was held yesterday forenoon at which it was decided to resist the taking up of any action upon the Kellogg case to thed the full extent of parliamentary ed Usage. fu The special committee on the inter or oceanic ship canal had a meeting yes terday forenoon. Es-Secrotary of the Navy Thompson appeared before the m committee , and mido an argument in th favor of the M. Do Lcaaeps' scheme of fo the Panama canal. He said that he mi was not * hero for the purpose of dem mihe onstrating the impracticability of any route. ( If it can be demonstrated that the Panama route is impracticable , it Sp.Bi does not follow taat the Nicaraguan Bi route is practicable. Ho had sub mitted hia judgment to men of sci ) ence who said it could be done. He asked the government to allow the m several contemplated worka to stand we on their own merits , and alluded to the guarantee by the United States of lai the neutrality of the canal and the tni sovereignty of the United States of er Columbia , and behind that the inter * est of commerce demanded the 'con struction of this canal. Mr. Single j. ton called his attenticn to the action of the committee in their report of the home resolution 24G , reaffirming the Monroe doctrine , and saw no ground SP of difference between the secretary'a argnment and their action. The com ra mittee then adjourned. Capt. Eads , rada Mr. S Phillips and Max Imoi'oery , dape the Nicaraguan resident minister , were but made remarks. present , no je jenfi nfi ELECTRIC BRIEFS. pt Bpocl&l Dispatches to The Beo. The new cars for the New York Met at ropolitan elevated railroad are to be atgt lighted with gas. gt The well dressed young man who committed suicide at the foot of Lib tli erty street , Cincinnati , by shooting fo himself in the head yesterday , has tbhi not yet been identified. hi hice , Francis Kernan was nominated by ce the democrats of the New York legis lature for another term in the United 81 States senate. ia Investigation as to the of the boiler inhi explosion Sunday in New York , was hid had yesterday. The statements of d the engineer and firemen show the ex plosion to have been caused by the tli engineer leaving the furnace damper tliT open , and the boiler head bains ? un c able to hold the intense pressure of the steam generated , gave way. Gee , Shaub , n notorious character of Madison , Ind , , committed anicide yesterday , by hanging with a clothes line to tbe beams in his stable. The hs cause is supposed to be family trouble. hsP Six prisoners broke jail at Law- renceburg | , Ky. , yesterday , but were recaptured. One 51 obtained possession di of a gun , and made a desperate re sistance. . The Oriental tea company , of Chicago le cage , made an assignment yesterday alfernoon. Assets , § 14,500 ; liabili ties , $40,000. Minneapolis was visited by a 20- , 009 fire last . ninht. A residence was totally consumed , and two factories badly damaged. CoxNr.LLSviLLE , Pa. , January 17. Cyrus D. Robineoii and Dan C. Me- Cadly , farmers , living about three miles from hero , were both accidently at killed while felling a tree. CINCINNATI , January 17 , The pub lic is maklng-aomething of a kick on the Bernhardt engagement , claiming speculators have "a corner of seats. Although the engagement is nearly vr A twe weeks off , nearly all the seats are gone ; yet it is claimed speculators have plenty at a big advance. 1C A Talk Witn snerman. Sp : Ul dlspatchJtoJThe Bee. C CLEVELAND , January 16 , 4 p. m. Secretary Sherman is here , but this afternoon goes to Manafield. On D Wednesday he will be in Columbus and meet the members of the legis lature. Either Thursday or Friday he will return to Washington. A reporter tried to pump the secretary about the composition ef Garfield's cabinet , but the only reply he re ceived was. "well , really , I can't an swer that. " ' ' EVENTS. T I fc itond Stigniatizes McCar- ty's Anii-Coercion Amend ment as an Insult to the Throne. The Hanlan-Laycock Race Postponed on Account the Cold Weather. Pairnell Creates a Breaze in the House of Commons by a Threatening Speech. POSTPONED. I Dlfja > ch fo T31 Bit , LONDON , January ifr , 10 p. ni The HanlanrD'ivgoSk ' race has been poa'poned indefinitely on account of no ic3 in the Thames , ' "wKich h in creasing in quantity every day. The weather is very cold and the pros pects of an early thaw are considered verjr poof. Thb Hanlin-lUycdck alnglb-scull raca will ba fowed bn Saturdayweath er permitting. TUB BEU.IGBKEN1'BOERS. Sp'chl Blotch lo Tna Bee LONDON , January 17 , 10 p. m. A Cnpo . Town di pitch says that the Boers in considerable force are scout ing the borders of Natal. It is re- uorted h&l two parlie. ' frohl Pretoria have been replied T-he &ieta can tintlnue to surround Wakkerfllroom. and will , it is believed , be misters of the situation until the arrival at Natal ot the reinforcements , which have been ordered by the war office from India. A BROKEN BANK. frE The West Lincashiro banking com- piny ( limited ) , locited at Southport , Lancashire , hat stopped operation. The bank has been doing buainees four years , and had a capital of 500- , 000 ( , half paid up , and a reserve of 220,000. ! The losses are estimated st 2-.0,000 , GLADSTONE SPEAKS OUti LONDONJ January 18 , la. m. In the house of commons yesterday Mr. Gladstone , in speaking of Mr. Mc 6 Carthy's amendment to the address inw reply to the queen's speech , said it was the moat extraordinary proposal that was ever submitted to parlia ment , and an insult to the throne. evictions cause crime , lot , parlia ment reform the land laws. But this the homo rulers would not permit. Mr. Dillon , whom the speaker repeat edly called to order , prophesied fright ful bloodshed if the reactions were enforced. VAKNCLL THEEATENS. ' In the debate in the house of com mons last night , Mr. Parnell made a ihreatening speech , which Sir Staf- 'ord ; Northcota subsequently said de- pj b nanded the serious notice of the r louse. THE RUSSIAN VlCIORY. Special . Dispatch to The Beo. LONDON , January 17 10 p. m. A Russian official account of the battle etween Russians under Gun. Skobo- off and tbe Tekke Turcomans at 3eoktepe , says that" after the Turco- nans : obtained possession of thecarth- irm vorka , the Russian reserves at once af- acked and retook the position in gal- wl ant style , and drove nut tbo Tarco- nans , and afterwards repulsed anoth- 01 attack by the enemy. Intelligence rrom Mew speaks of severe fighting laving continued until the llth. The Russians , admit the loss of 250 officers mdmen. CABLEGRAMS. Ipcclft Dispatches to TUB Bir. A Glasgow dispatch says a serious railroad accident occured there yester- iay morning , near Dundea. Many persons were injured butno lives lost. A boiler explojion took place yes terday in the Ewing calico printing works nt Glasgow. No lives are re ported lost. Asa result of the Fenian scare tbe @ armories at Bristol , Macclasfield and $ Berwick , England , are especially guarded. The Oldham operatives have given the mill owners notice of a demand for an increase of five percent , on , their wager , and the Glasgow miners have asked for an increase ot six per cent , per day. The militia barracks at Edinburgh , Scotland , were burned yesterday. It believed by an incendiary. The inmates escaped with difficulty. Three hundred volumes of the library were destroyed. ( A dispatch from Cape Town Bays the African situation , except In the Transvaal ; , is Improving. The Kaffir Chief ; Umbitchna has surrendered. A Paris dispatch siya a French cir cular to the powers explains that Greece misunderstands the Berlin recommendations. A dispatch from Paris says Franco has abandoned her arbitration pro posal < on the Greek frontier question. Serious floods have occurred in Spain , and immense damage has boon done. done.The The president of the Killarney and the secretary of the Skibbereen land leagues are to be prosecuted. A Cape Town dispatch says a skirm ish took place in Pretoria , in which sixty-four. English were wounded. MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH. I Now York Money and Stocks. ] WALL Sntzir , January 17. a At 1 p. m.the prices were tafollows : MONEY fl per cent on call ; exchange steady 93i@991. GOVERNMENT 0.S.6V81 101 O.8.4'g 1 JSJ U.S. 68 1 018 Currency 6'e. I S8 U.8.4JS 1 J8J STOCKS. A&P 41 C C & M 6M U 81 K&T 47 n io7i ii a us ; CCC&I 97 L&Nish . . .92 , C.C.&I.C 2I& ME 122 $ j NJ C S8 | Northwesttm 1S3 * ' III IC1 Preferred 1 128 } O & M. _ . 2 | NP 31 } Preferred pfd r6i Ont 33 P 95i PM 2 OP 1191 Reading 60 Manhattan. 31 B I 133 C.a 83V St. P.4 O 464 t n 97J Preferred 89 Ifcl&Lack 115J Wnbash 48 Erie 671 Preferred IC2" Den&EioO &J1 St. Paul 122 Han. iStJoo 2 } Preferred Preferred 105 | M Ac 1st pfd. . . . 10J Well * , Fargo 113J H Y O Ull CB4 Q 172 Chicago Produce Market. CHICAGO , January 17. Wheat February * od. ] at 98J < g98Jc ; March , MjG09c | ; April , SI 00 ; May , SI 03i , closing at 98g@98Jc for Feb ruary ; 09j@9ic for March ; 99 J@ SI 00 for April ; § 1 03il 03g for May ; No. 2 red winter , February ) 8c bid , , w.ith sellers at 97ic ; March noldat08Jc. Corn January , 37c bid ; February , 37 | < g37ga ; March , 37g@37 ; May , 42j@42jjc ; June , 41c ; July , 42 | ® 42c. 42c.Oata Oata February , 3131 e ; March , 31J-332 ; May , 35S@35jc ; June 35Jc. Rye March , 89c bid , Pork MesBj February sold at SIO 30@10 35 ; March , § 13 47 © 13 50 ; Aprllj offered at § 13 07 * , with Lard February sold " at " $8 87i@ 8 90 : March , $8 97"9 . 00 ; April , § 9 07i < § 9 10 ; May , $9 15 < g9 20. Short Bibs February.nold at § 6 85 ; March j , SO 926 . 95 ; April , 97 00 ; of- fared at § 7 07 $ . Whiaky-81 11 /If e Siocft Market CHICAGO , January'17. Hogs Receipts 30,000 head I Cattle Light and under , moderale- ly active inquiry ; on shipping and local accounts priors ruled firm and steady al Saturday's ' figures ; Baled ranged at 82 70(53 ( } 40 for rows ; § 3 37J for stock-ore ; Si 25gB Oft for fair to choice em < > th shipping steers ; at pree- ont writjng the prospect 'a that nearly all the offerines will bo sold early. 1,000 head. St. Loula Produce Market. Sx Louis , January 17. Flour Unchanged. Wheat DulJ and easier ; No. 2 red winter , § 1 02J- for caflh -fanUary ; SI 03 31 03j for Fbbrmry ; 81 06 ® 1 05j fcr March ; gl 071 07J for April ; 1 08 | for May ; No. 3 do , 95j ; No. 4 d.i , 00 ' . Com Dull and lowpr ; at 40(530gc ( for ' Cash fir January ; 39 c for Feb ruary : 3939g : for Marcn41g41c ; ] or May. Oats Dull at 31J@32c bid for cash ; 33f c for March. Ityp Hicher at 87ic Barley Unchanged at80 : ( $ l 00. Butter Quiet ; dairy 18@25o for choice to faucy. E ca Better at 30c. Whisky Lower at Si 10. Pork Higher at $13 25 for cash and January ; § 13 40 bid for March. Dry Salt Meats Firmer at $4 25 ® 85@6 90@7 iO7 15. Bacon Unchanged at 85 12i@7 CO © 7 10 ; loose shoulders , 55 00 ; clear riba , 87 35S7 40. Lard Firm at 88 75. Receipts Flour , 5,000 bbla ; wheat 25,000 bu. ; corn , 51,000 ; oats , 4,000 ; rye , none ; barley , 11,000. Sh pmenta Flour , 7,000 brls ; wheat , 1,000 ; bu ; corn , 1,000 ; oats , none ; rye , 4000 ; birlpy , none. St Louie Llvo Stock ; llarliut. Sr. Louis , January 17. § Hopa Stronz ; and better ; Yorkers nd Baltimores , § 4 G04 75 ; mixed packing ani B-aton , S4 C5@5 00 ; mtchora' to fancy , So 00@5 25. Receipt ? , 8,800 head ; ehipmonts , 3,400. New York Produce Marked NEW YORK , January 17. Flour Dull and in buyers' favor ; ounrt hoop Oliio , 84 25@5 Cd , hoico do , S5 10@G 75 ; super fine western , 83 303 80 ; com mon to good extra do § 4 20@4 ( ' 0 ; hoicedo , , do , 84 65@6 75 ; chi > ite : $ white whent. So 00@G 00. Butter Firm and fair inquiry ; Ohio , 1227c. Eggs Western , firm at 31@38c or fair to cboise. Wheat Outot ; Chicago , SI 12 © 117 ; Milwaukee , $117@118 ; No. 2 , ed winter , § 1 18@1 18J ; sales , 300,000 bu. Corn QuietjNo. 2 , 5G58c , sales , 50,000 bn. OirS Quiet. Whisky-Quiet. § Pork 814 00 bid for February ; 814 25 bid for March ; 314 25 bid for April. Lard $9 25@9 50 for caah ; 89 35 bid for January ; 89 35@9 40 for Feb ruary ; 9 45@9 50 for March ; 89 52 * . 9 60 for April ; 89 60@9 62 * for May ; $9 309 35 seller for the year. Indications. $ Special dispatch to Tus Bu. WASHINCTON , January 18 1 a. m. m. For the upper Mississippi and owerMissouri valleys : Partly cloudy and slightly warmer weather , variable winds , and during the day slowly fall ing barometer. The Fishery Award. Special Dispatch to TUB Ess. MONTREAL , January 17. The Mon treal Herald , editorially , referring to the charges of Prof. Henry Hinds regarding France In the Halifax fish ery award , says that if the charges are true it behooves the government to take effectual measures to have the wrong righted in as speedy a manner as possible. It thinks the silence of the government does not look well , and that steps should taken to have an investigation. Ben. Butler for the U. S. Senator Special Dispatch toJTho BccJ BOSTON , January 18 , 1 a. m. The caucus of the democratic members of the legislature yesterday afternoon nominated Gen. B. F. Butler for United States senator. Ho received 25 out of 33 votes , on the first ballot , and the nomination was then made unanimous. Several members , how ever , will not vote for him. Just received at THE BEE Job Rooms the nicest line of diminutive Paper and Envelopes and Cards , suit able for Children's Birthday Parties. Call and see them. Our .tnnual Review. THE BEE'S Annual Illustrated Re view is now ready and on sale at the publication office. Never before has the industries , progress and enter prise of Omaha been so well repre sented. The views are magnificent showing many of the principal public private , business and manufacturing buildings ; water works , governmen buildings , packing establishments etc. etc.Also a history of the commercia transactions durim/ the year 1880 ; to gether with valuable and reliabl statistical tables , showing the nambe of houses built , the manufacturing bsnking , railroad and other bu3iniB ? transacted during tbo past twelvi months. The Annual is an eight page , 33x4' ' inchps in siza , printed on heary whit paper of superior quality and finish making a handsome present or keep sake. Price 10 cents per ; copy postage 2 cents additional. THE 1SLIM ) CAN SEtf. Paddock's Optics Finally Pierce the Thick Mist of Treachery * The U. P. Trot Out the Boy Governor for the Senator- ship. Ourses Loud and Deep Ascend from the Bivouac ot the Special Dispatch to Tbo Be . LINCOLN , January 17. i p. m. After counting noses the Union Pa cific managers have , it Is reliably re'- ported , reached the conclusion that Paddock j muat L'o thrown overboard. Thut5tn and Bill Stout Wont np io 0-naha , Siturday , on a spacial cir to the Union Pacific headquarter ? , for final inatruciionp. A great flutter has been created in the Paddock camp since Iheif return. All the indica- lionsare that ThllrdtcnV favorite can didate , Nance , will now bo brought forward , nrl P.-iddock'a followers or dered - to fall In. It remains tj bo seen whether Thurston's orders will be obeyed by Paddock men , ea- paially In view of the krio'wn fact that the boy-governor has been in more Intimate communication with Thurston than with Paddock. E. R. Weekly Market Review. WHOLESALP. OMAHA , January 18,1881. Trade generally has beun quiet daring the week past , with priceJ , a a rule , remaining firm and unchanged , and the same rates are expected to rale foi aome tlrao to come. C1RA15. WHEAT Dull nnd unchanged ; No. 2 , 77c ; No. 3 , Goc ; rejected , 50c. BARLEY Nominal. RYE No. 2 , 72c ; common western mixed 25c. OATH No. 2,30c. I'ROnUUE. Butter , dull ; common , Iflc ; good , 18c ; choice , 20c ; Eggs , scarce and firm at 28c ; cheese , Nebraska , 14c ; NewYork , I4jc ; pota toes , qniet and unchanged ; peach blows , 75o ; early roae , GDC ; onions , nominal ; hay , firm ; baled , 89 60 ® 11 50 ; in bulk , S7 25@8 00 ; cider , tUiet ] nnd unchanged , $8 50 per cask of 50 gallons ; hickory nuts , § 125 per bu. ; cheauutu , S3 00 ; walnuta , G5c ; cranberries , $7 00@S 00 per bbl ; fresh oyatera , 25@35S40c per can ; honey , comb , firm at 1820c. ( POKK AND LAUD Quiet ; hams , smoked , 89 20 ; bacon , clear , $7 50. ; breakfast , § 9 20 ; dry salt sides , clear , $7 20 ; ribs , § 6 37A ; shoulders , § 400 ; lard , 58 10. LIVE STOCK. Dull and unchanged ; native fat steers , S3 25@3 76 ; western , nominal ; cows , native , § 2 50@2 76 ; western , nominalsheepwesternbutchers ; tock $3 25@3 50 ; natives , § 3 75@4 00 ; veal isscarcoandhighorand sella readily at 84 25@5 50 ; hops , higher ; fair stock 84 20@4,30 , ; choice S4 45. GROCERIES Steady. SUGARS Cut loaf He per lb. , pow dered lie , prannlated lOJc , standard o "A" 10Jcoff"A" lOc , white extra"C" 9Jc ; standard extra " 0" 9c , yellow "C" 8c. SYEDPS Best barrels , 65ic per 2a11onbeat ; half barrels,54c ; best kega. 2 45 per keg ; standard bbla. , 47c per . gallon ; standard half bbls. , 49c ; atan7 dard kegs , $2 25 per keg. COFFEES Coata Rica ISJcperlb. , aantos 18Jc , Mexican 18c" fancy rio l&ic , cho co do. 16c ; prime do. 15jc , good do. 14ic. CANNED GOODS 3 lb. peachea$4 00 per case , 2 lb. peacboa 83 00 , 2 lb. blackberries § 2 20 , 2 lb. raspberries $3 00 , 2 lb. gooseberries § 3 60 , 3 Iby peara S3 00 , 3 lb. tomatoes S3 00 , 2 lb. do. 82 50 , 2 lb. corn S3 75 , 2 lb. peas S3 00 , 2 lb. do , 3 00 , 2 lb string beans 82 50,21b Lima do. 82 25. FISII lib No. Imackerala half bbl. , 87 60 ; mackoral , kits , SI 25 ; family do. , half bbl. , $4 75do ; , do , kita , 85c ; 1 lb. white fish , half bbl. , ? 7 00 ; do , kits , 81 25 ; family do , half bbls. , S4 50 ; do , do , klts.SI 00 ; Labrador horrin ? , half bbl. 8400 ; do , quarter bbl. 82 25 ; do , kits , 90s ; scaled , per box , 60c. DRIED Knurrs Alden apples , per lb. , 10 c ; sliced do 7c , common do ' 6jc ; pe'achea , perlb. , 8 ; blackberries lOic , prunes 8c. POULTRY. Quiet ; live chickens , nominal ; dressed , 5@7c ; ducks , dressed , 809 : ; turkeya , 10@12ic. GREEN FRUITS Active. Apples. Michigan , § 2 75@3 00 ; Mia- aouri , 82 25@2 50 ; lemona , 85 00@ 5 50 ; oranges , Messina , 84 50@5 00 per case , Valenciaa , 88 50 ; malaga grapea , 8 6039 50 per barrel. LEATHER. Steady and unchanged ; shoe maker's ntock , aole leather , oak anned , 40@43c per lb. ; hemlock tanned , 30@3G ; upper , common , 24@28 ; uooer , domestic calf , $100@1 30 ; French calf , SL 50@2 10 ; domestic kip , 801 00 ; French , ? ! 00 @ 150. HARNESS STOCK Qniet No. 1 , oak tanned , 4345cNo.2 ; , oakjtaaned , 41 © 43c ; No. 1 , hemlock tanned , 38@40c ; No. 2 , hemlock trimmed , 37@39c. WOOD. Active with good demand ; hickory and oak , 87 75 ; cotton wood , $5 25 @ 575. BKICK. Dull ; common in kiln , $850(21000 ( ; pressed , $10 OCO18 00. LUMBER. Quiet ; framing , 18 ft. and nnder , per 31 , § 20 ; fencing No. 1 , 12 io 20 ft. , 822 00 ; No. 2 , 12 to 20 ft. , S20 00 ; common boards , d rested , 820 00 ; flooring , Ho. 1 , 840 CO ; No. 2 do , 835 00 , aiding , No. 1 , 82500 ; No. 2 do , 822 00 ; No. 3 do , 820 00 ; finishing , 840 0055 00 ; ehlplap , plain , S23 00 ; ceiling , three-eighth oeaded , 6 inch , No. 1 , 82500 ; shin gles , 82 50@3 75 : pickets , No. 1 , per M , 832 60 ; No. 2,825 00 ; posts.cedar , lC@18c ; oak , 30@40c. NAILS. Firm at 83 10. .V EDHOLM . , ERICKSON Wholesale and Retail factoring JEWELERS. -LARGEST STOCK OF ( 'ol < l ami Silver Watches jmtl .fewj'ry ' in the C'ity. ' Coine and See Our Stock as We WiU Be Pleased to Show Goods. EDHOLM & ER1CKSON , . Opposite Postoffice- HORSE SHOES AND NAILS , Iron and Wagon Stock , At Chicago Prices. 1208 and 1211 Barney Street , Omaha , THE CENTRAL DINING HALL , Southwest corner 16th find Dodge. Has lately been leased by Who has had years experience in the hotel and restuaurant business - ness , and will run a first-class house. MEALS AT ALL HOUES Board by the Day or Week , with Lodging * or without ; Centrally Located. ecll-Sm Man acturer ot alt kind * of a Summer Bologna ( Oervelat Wurst ) a SAU Specialtiy. Orders promptly filled. w * 1714BurtSt , Omaha , Neb. de23-t FUKS. Dull. Miulc , 2575c ( ; moskrat , 5Sc ( ; jtter , So 0008 OOr beaver , SI 00 3l 60 ; raccoon , SogSOs ; skunk , IB ® tOs ; wolf , 35@75c ; fox , red , § 1 25 ; jrey , § 1 40 ; croaa , 32 50. OILS. GOLDEN Machinery , 35c per jjLj lard , extra winter , 78s ; No. 1 , 65c ; No. 2 , 55c ; Hnseod , boiled , 58c ; ratr , 55o ; neata foot , pure , 76c ; coal oil , 16Jc. IIIDE3 AND TALLOW. Unchanged ; green hides , 637c ; green salt , 7(38c ( ; dry fllat , I5c ; dry B lt , 13c ; palls , BOc ® ? ! 60 ; tallow , 5o per lb. AMONG THB THE DANGERS THAT THREATEN THE NATION. Cincinnati Oizet'e. The hostility of the Pennsylvania and Philadelphia , Wilmington and Baltimore Iliilway company toward the Baltimore and Ohii [ Railroad , or rather the Bound Brook route , is far- reaching and dis Btrom in its effecto , and affjrds a sufficient reaion in itself why there should be national laws governing railways and railway trans portation. If the war which is now being so fiercely against the Baltimore and Ohio road afec'ed only the inter- eats of Philadelphia , or the country lying between Baltimore and New York , we mijrht re gard it only as rv neighborhood brawl , and of no importance to other than | the combatant ? , bat that is not the case. Every portion of the vast ter ritory dependent upon the Ohio and Mississippi , Marietta and Cincinnati , and BaUimoro and Ohio roadu as means of communication to and from New York and the eastern seaboard , are placed at great disadvantage by the hindranca and obstacles which have baen phcad in their way at Phil adelphia. When two or three men have power to obstruct the commerce of thousands of miles and jeopardize millions of property , the question of permitting a long continu ance of it becomes a very grave one , and one which ihould be answered in the negative in unmis takable language. The Baltimore and Ohio railroad company in withdrawing from the Pennsylvania road and run ning their trains via the Bound Brook route , only acicd upon a well estab lished business principle which has been recognized by every civilized country that la , the privilege of buy ing 7here the beat bargains can be had. They were simply withdrawing their patronage from ono roa < i > n iy- it to another , a principle a irivil ege that is allowed and praeci- . ? - day in mercantile circles. Au.i if t same obstruction , or , indeed , any & . all , were placed 111 the way of a de positor in one of our bank ? , who had decided to transfer his amount to another , the whole business world tf Cincinnati would feel outraged , they would demand the immediate removal of the so offend ing officials. The trouble over the one mile of track in Philadelphia , is , in principle , precisely the same. It differs only'in that its evil and dis astrous effects are 'a thousand fold greater. Every shipper to or from tha sea-board via the Baltimore and Ohio I railroad , or any of ita branches or con nections , are at the mercy , in a large degree , ofthe Philadelphia ring of dictators &nd law-breaker ? . The de tention of goods on the one-mile track en route to or from the eastern mar kets might affect values sufficiently to bankrupt their owner. It is trua that M the Baltimore and Ohio have provided a line of steamers between Baltimore "fj and New York , and that freight is handled with prompt ness and dispatch. But water routes or rail routes , their advantages or disadvantages , are not the onlyand by no means the all-important , ques tion in.this case. It is , can and will the people of tha United States ait idly by and see laws broken , vast com mercial and moneyed Interest * swamp ed , and the markets for a region of country reaching from the Atlantio sea-coast to the prairies of the west , and from the lakes to the gulf sealed np to it unless tha inhabitants bind themselves to go and come over rail roads dictated to them by a h < tlf doz en imperious , arbitrary , and dictator ial autocrats in Philadelphia ? There Is no mistaking on which side the pub lic heart beats in this struggle ; there Ii no mistaking the side upon which public sympathy has arrayed itself , and there will be no doubt as to tha completeness of the victory for tha people. This war , forced upon not only the Baltimore and Ohio railway company , but every one of their pa trons as well , ia wholly contrary to public interests. Its Instigators defy every written and unwritten law of commerce , of trade , and of everything that is right. There is but one reme dy that in laws so unmistakably clear and positive that excuses for breaking them cannot be offered , and the pun ishment for violating them should be as severe as for treason or conspiracy against the life of the Nation. PROPOSALS FOR SUBSISTENCE STORES. " " Omen or Pnicuisao IKD DITOT C. B. > 0iIU. NIB. . Dec. 29ib , 1880. f Sealed Proposals , In duplicate , subject to the usual coir'itiona will ba received ai ihU offlea until 12 o'clock Z.OOT on Kebrury 7th , 1881 at which time and place they will be open ed la presoncjorbuMerj , fur furnishing and delivery t the SnbuUtence Storehouse ( new cor- i lJ ) One hundred nd fifty (150) barrefcpork , light mets.fo be dillverrd by March 15th , 1681. Tirenty-li < e thousand (25,000) ( poundt bacon , short , clear iMei. medium weight and thlcknfrn , picked ia catea. strap rd. of about 220 poanda bacon each , each pleco rf bacon to be corned with cotton cloth. All to be delivered by by March loth , 1831 Two thourand (2,000) ( ) pounds breakfait bacon ( tnln breast * ) , ranvuaed. and In slatted boxe * , strapped , of about If 0 pounds breakfaiit bacon each. To be delivered by March Uth , 1881. Thlrty.two hundred and forty (3740) ( ) flve- pound tin lard , ( pure leaf ) twelve this In a caw , stnppel ; each tin most hold actually five pounds net f > be accepted ; price per tin nd not per pound to btflUted , to be delivered by V-rh 15th , 1881. fn Uournroent reserves the right to reject r or all propoiali. ; nk prppojalsand foil informational tithe nor of biddlmr. conditions to be observed by crs , and terms of contract and pijrment , wil. be furnin'iel onaprhutloato thliofflce. No * < will be considered piopoa unless ace m- Tnlcd br'.the "Printed Instructions to Bid ders' * to be procured at this office. Envelope * conuinltjr proposals shruld be marked "Propo ls for butoli cnce Stores , " ami addressed to the nnder ( < ned. THOMAS WILiOJf , JalMt Ca.P.S.A. THE DAILY BEE OrmUins the Latest Home and Tele * News of tb Day ,