B. BOBEWATERt EDITOR
VOVfcB > " KASCE Bays ho Is still
Paddock. The governor thinks
f3r . . _ , .
' -r 3 his Hpr.ret
The people arn't Posted on
in the
THERE are 43,000 postofficcs
rnited States , employing 60,4.9 persons -
senators to
seventy-four
sons , with
distribute the patronage.
ACCORDING to the Bnperintendent o
of the
the population
the cenens ,
United States In 1890 will be about
64,467,000 , an increase of over
14,000,000. _
CAN Senators Burns and Evans ano
Representatives Jensen and Roberts
face their constituents if they thro *
their votes for the Union Pacific can
didate in direct defiance of their in-
elructions and solemn pledges.
THE trails of tha capitol at Albanj
are eaid to be considerably out oi
plumb and the entire structure crook
ed , doubtless due to the crooked conduct
duct of New York legislators who
have been occupying h.
MR. WHITE , of S unders conntr
was virtuously indignant two weels
' of hie
ago over TOE BEE'S exposure
purchase by a survcyinc contrac *
What do Mr. White's constituents
hlnk of THE BEE as a practical
prophet ?
THE great legislative week hue
opened and the senatori&l fight
drawing to a conclusion. It is to be
hoped that a man of honesty , integri
ty and more than average abilities will
be selected to represent the state for
the next six years at Washington.
THE United States can't hold a candle
ii
dle to France In the number of offi
cials appointive and elective. At
ihe municipal elections shortly to be
held in the sister Republic , there will
be 600,000 candidates for office. This
Is oven beyond the requirements
Ohio.
ALGERNON SIDNEY in y bo Rood on
Block "straddles and blinds. " Cer
tain well Informed congressmen say
nnd we are not disposed to question
their accuracy. Nebraskans are prin
cipally intoBtod to know that ho ha
"straddled" every important question
since ho entered the senate aud hae
been "blind" to every interest except
those of his relations' pockets.
THE Philadelphia Press demands
restriction of telegraph rates by th
general government , and remarks :
The right of the government
regulate railroad rates cannot now be
questioned , whatever may ba though
of Its expediency. By the name right
the government can see that tht
charges of telegraph companies an
jiut and reasonable if the companies
themselves are so short-sighted as
provoke its interference.
THE republican side of the house
representatives misses the able leader
srS
ehip of Gon. Girfiold. Up to the prcs !
ont time his mantle hasn't fallen 01
nuy one hard enough to hurt him
The next house will also bo deprive
of tha services of Conger and Hawley '
who will be promoted to the senate
These gentlemenwith Secretary Sher
man , will prove valuable additions
the senate.
THE state trials at Dublin are prov
inc unusually tedious. The spoeche
of the traversers at thn different meet
Ings of tuo laud league are being rca
In full in order to show the true iu
tent of the accused in stirring u
their agitation and the conviction i
unlversil that the trials will end i'n ai
acquital. Several important portion
of the nvidenco for the for the prose ;
cutlonhavo already broken down. Th
notes of the government reporters wh
took down the alleged \roasonabl
speeches have bean proven grossly in
nccur&te and totally unreliable , am
no jury Is likely to risk any man'a lifer
or liberty upan the garbled statement
of amateur short-hand writers.
THE Oneida community has dia
banded and its property has beei
taken by a company with a capita
fixed at ? 600,000. Thus ends th
Greatest attempt nt a practical demon
itratton of communist
principles eve
made in this country. Financially th
experiment hat been a success. ' Th '
community has always prospered In
pecuniary sense. The solo cause
its downfall was the system of "com
plex marriages" introduced by Noyct
fto founder , a system which was re
voltin ? to the educated and risin
generation.
THE senatorial contest over , it is <
bo hoped that the legislature will a
once et down to business. From th
raw of trivial snd unimportant bill
with which the senate and house wil
l > a ( lorded , there are several which b1
their paramount importance , domani
speedy attention and thorough discus
Kion. The railroad question lath
first of these. The legislature shouh
permit none of the clogs which thi
railroad attorneys and cappers ill
throw into their
path to
swcrvi
thorn from their sworn dub
Ii obpy the provisions of thi
constitution. Having shown thci
desire to follow out the wishes o
their constituencies by reasserting thi
right of the legislature to excrcisi
control over the monopolies , the next
thing in order will be the discuasior
of the most expedient manner it
nhich to deal with discrimina
tnns and extortions when practised
JadiSanceof ihelaw. Whether this
rh ll be done through
the
fixing
of maximum rate for
freight and passenger transportation ,
or by & railroad
commission
empowered -
powered to settle disputes between
the company and the public can JO
discussed fully and fairly , after ie
great principle is settled forever that
the people do hold in their hands the
power to regulate and control the
common carriers within their bound-
ariei , and , what ia more , propose i.to
exercise that power ,
TAXATION AND SEWERS.
THE BEE has no sympathy with a
mistaken economy which would sacri
fice a human life for the sake of sav
ing a few dollars in taxation. It be
lieves that one of the strongest In
ducements to settlers In a new com
munity is the knowledge of its healthfulness -
fulness and proner drainage. While
capitalists may ask as the first ques
tion , "What are your rates of taxa
tion ? " heads of families are likely first
of all to Inquire "what Is you rate
of mortality ! " No one doubts the
fact that sewerage is an indispensible
necessity for a city the size of Omaha.
In the northern and southern portions
of our city are two creeks along whose
banks hundreds of children breathe
poisoned air. These localities , as
shown by the health reports of the
city physician , are deadly to infant
life. Between their banks flows
a slimy mass of filth and
driinage which poisons the atmouphere
adjacent and during the past year has
borne death and sorrow to many a
household.- The value of property
abng the North and South Omaha
- crocks is seriously affected by this
fait. Fathers of families hesitate to
raat in their neighborhood. Were i
not for the scarcity of houses in thi
city many already occupied would bi
,
vacant. Public safety as wel
as the financial interests o I
. the city demand that theee creek
should ba sowered. Any prating on
economy when human health is at
stiko is criminal. A few thousands of
dollars distributed by tax on 30,000 )
people Is trifling when compaicd with
IB tha value of a single human life.
Wnethor Omaha needs at once a
complete and extensive sewerage
system is a fit matter for public dis
cussion. There can bo no discussion
about the necessity of completing
what work has been begun , and mak
i- ing it possible to continue the work
i- as the health of the community de
iit
it mauds.
IB
11 THE PRESS OF THE WORLD
11is
is Few even among the newspaper
isof
of fraternity have any idea of the power
and extent of the influence of the
modern newspaper. The report of an
inr enterprising American advertising
r- agent who has busied himself for &
r30
so year past in collecting statistics from
in every country in the world , has just
ina
a- been published and presents some interesting
aas
as teresting figures for newspaper readers.
in Thera are now published in the world
thirty thousand newspapers. Of
this number moro than ono-h&lf
are printed in the English language
uid nearly 10,000 in the United
Is States. Germany prints 5OOD news
be papers and periodicals , while Great
Britain issues 3,000 aud Franco 2,500.
tc Paris leads all the cities of the
beht ) world with 1,200 journals and periodi
lit cals. London follows with nearly as
lu many. New York is third , with 50C.
lure
re Brooklyn hss only twenty-five news-
ca
papers
tr
Now York prints 500 of all kinds.
Brooklyn has only twenty-five news
ol papers , and the city of Algiers , -with
sr- a population of 53,000 , publishes just
S- as many nawapapors aa "New York's
Son better half. " The city of Milan , Italy
onm. IB an active nevrapapor center , print
m.cd inn more periodicals than Boston , as
'I. many as Philadelphia , and nearly as
te. many aa Chicago. Zurich , Switzer
2r- land , with a population of 17,000 in
2rto habitants , print ] sixteen newspapers
four of which are daily , with an aggre
gate circulation of about 25,000 cop
iej , which is not excelled iu thia
country in any similar sized
sdw
3t- tosrn. The population of New
3tad
ad < York , Jersey City , Brooklyn and
ido
iu- Newark is 2,035,000. There are
iuup forty daily newspapers in these cities
is i with an aggregate daily circulation ISaf
afCB
an 850,000 , nnd the ratio of copies
IDF issued to the population it not hall
o- that of Zurich. Boston , with eight
ohe daily newspapers , iesaos 222,000
ho copies per day , which is about one
copy for each two of Its inhabitants tes
n- and Philadelphia , "with twenty-two
nnd
nd daily papers , with an aggregate circu i-
ifc lation , each day , of 411,000 , prints
Us IOPS than one copy for each two of her
population. The American press
with Ita 10,000 papers issues 2,295-
isen 591,900 copies yearly , giving nu aver-
en aga of 42.5 100 copies per annum to
tel each one of its population. The
he British press iesues 1,734,841,956
iner conies for 35,000,000 , thus furnishing
er to each individual 49.50-100.
ho
'ho The Demands of the People.
a Saunucrs County Tribune.
aof
of The poopla and the press of oar
ofm
m- state are speaking their sentiments
plainly in regard to their wants in the
, way of legislation respecting railroads.
ro- The people have become thoroughly
ro"g aroused iu regard to this question ( ,
and do not teem in a mood to brook
delay or to be put off with evasive
legislation ; and the proas of the state
o ( with a few
exceptions ) , are
at nobly second the efforts of tne pee
he ple. _ That little cloud of public
Us opinion wh cb , a Jew years ago , ap
peared no larger than a man's hand ,
has been gradually growing and
by gathering strength until to-day it
spjaka in an audible voice , and baldly
knocks lit the doors of our legislative
awoinbly and demands admittance
ind consideration , and woe ba to that
representative of the people who failu
to listen and si'ct in accordance there-
with-
with.For
For onr representatives to remain
passive In tueir seats in Ihe state leg
iMaUiroh lo there is a total absence
of any hw on cur statutes "overniog
and regulating railroad tariff within
of our borders , 5 , as far as those repre
sentatives are c-nciriied , an indirect
ay of serving the ra ilrcad interests
of the state , and it will be so construed
by the people. An active and ag
gressive warfare is what the people
demand , and they will ba satisfied
withmg less nntil their desires have
- been fully accomplished.
They do not demand a law that
"will kill the railroad interests of the
state , " but only such a law us will se
cure nqnnl justice to Jill parties inter
ested.
The piy-roll editors of the railroad
managers are at present channintjtheir
tactics ; they admit that "somo abuses
have crept into railroad management , "
but insist that no legislation is neces-
to correct fheee abuses.
Like the eouthern
confederacy ,
they only want "to be let
alone. They Inform us that "the
corporations have no desire to meddle
with politics , or to interfere in local
matters ; " but the people of this state
have had too much experience In
railroad politics , during tbe past few
years to place any credence in the
statement of these hypocritical hire
lings of the railroads of onr state. To
the people we eay watch closely the
proceedings of the legislature , and
"spot" the man who fails to "come to
time. "
THE ISSUE OF THE HOUB.
The Right and Duty of State
and Nation to Regulate
Railway Traffic.
Views of the Governors ot New
York , Penneylvania.Illinois ,
Ohio , California and
Nebraska.
NEW YORK.
ANNUAL MESSAGE OF GOVERNOR COR-
KELT , .
The last legisliture devoted a largo
pirt of its session to the considera
tion of measures designed to remedy
caitiin evils in railroad management.
The two houses having failed to agree
the unsatisfactory condition of this
subject still continues , and should re
ceive your thoughtful attention. Aside
from public taxation , , perhaps , no
question si < seriously touches the in
terests of the people at large. Every
community and all branches of busi
ness are directly affected by it. Un'
just discriminations in the
rates oi transportation caoee
embarrassment and unnatural com
petition. Favoritism for one
interest results in hardship to anoth
er. Stability and uniformity in
freight tariffs are necessary for the
safe conduct of business. Not only ,
should equality of service be rendered
to all citizens , but as well to all com
munities. For like service all patrons
should be placed upon an equal foot-
lug ; and AS far as practicable , general
publicity should be given to freight
tariffs.
In securing justice for the people it
is not necessary that injustice bo vis
ited upon the railroads. These enter
prises that have so lirgely aided the
growth and development of the state
are entitled to fair treatment. With
the experience of the past as a guide
it is to be hoped that your wisdom
will be equal to the importance of this
question , which should receive a com
plete and successful solution at your
hands.
PENNSYLVANIA.
ANNUAL MESSAGE OF GOVEUNOR HOYT
The relation of "common carriers1
moro especially of the great trunk
railroaia , to the commerce cf the
country has assumed a very important
economic aspect. So far as the con
trol of inter-stato traffic is concerned
it must be remanded to the national
.
legislature. Our own statutes must
terminate in their operation at our
state lines. Within these lines , there
are certain policies to be executed , so
obviously j uat and right as to preclude
, question ot debate. Our constitution
has both defined tbem , and , by its
mandate , provided the details of their
enforcement.
. Section three , article XVII of the
couBtitut-'oa provides that "all indi
viduals , associations and corporations
shall have equal right to have persons
aud property transported over rail
. roads and cinals , and no undue or
unreasonable discrimination shall ba
- made in charges for , or in facilities
for , transportation of freight or pas
. sengers within the state , or coming
from or going to any other state. Per
sons nnd property transported over
any railroad shall be delivered at any
station at charges not ; exceeding the
charges for transportotion of personp
&nd properly of the same class In the
, same direction to any moro distant
station , but excursion and commuta
tion tickets may be issued at special
Section seven of the same rf.clo
provides that "no discrimination in
charges or facilities for transportation
, shall ba made between transportation
companies and individuals , or in
favor of cither , by abatement , draw
back or otherwise , and no railroad or
canal company , or any lease ? , man
ager * or employe thereof shall make
any preferences in furnishing cara or
motive power. "
Section 12 , article XVII/prescribes /
that "the general afssmbly shall enforce
force by appropriate legislation the
provisions of this article. "
Your attention ij called to the fact
that this requirement of the constitu
tion IIBB not , up to this time , been
complied with.
That all shippers in the state may
ba in condition to have the protection
of the statute law , it is urged that
; you enact the nacessary legislation ao
that the provisions of the constitution
may be placed in rench of execution
by the courts over all transportation
companies , at all times , in ail places
and In all interests.
- ILLINOIS.
- ANNUAL MESSAGE OF GOV. CULLOM.
The annual report of the railrbac
and warehouse commissioners will b
found to contain a comprehonsiv
statement of the condition and opera
tions of the railroads in this state mor
than ever before. This vait interest
>
whose annuil gross earnings are near
ly $50,000,000 and whicli employs eve
30,000 persons in our state , and in
which every Jtizen is interested , eithe
as tax-p yer , stockholder or patron
which enters into and concerns over
business interest , necessarily demand
the careful study and attention of th
law-maker.
The past year has boou an unusually
prosperous one for railroads. Their
business has been immensely enlarged
and their earnings increased. Very
many hive come put of a condition of
insolvency or serious financial embar
rassment , and have been reorganized
cnder hopeful auspices. The present
favorable condition of these corpora
tions is the result of great business
activity and general prosperity.
The power of the state to enforce
proper regulations upon common car-
riars to prevent extortion and unjust
discrimination , and provide for public
sifoty , is now established and admit
ted. Ic has been recognized and af
firmed by tha highest courts in the
rand. In the exercise of this power ,
in the light of tha experience of older
communities as well as our own , the
necessity of a tribunal like tbe rail
road and warehouse commission is
now generally recognized. Through
their agency the relations between the
public and the railways are becoming
better understood , and many evils
have been reformed. I hope that ,
under the influence of public opinion ,
enlightened by the decisions of the
courts the railroads wiil
, adopt such a
policy as mill make their relations with
the public entirely harmonious.
OHIO
ASNUAL MESSAGE OF GOVERNOR FOS
TER.
The report of the commissioner of
railroads aad telegraph shows a large
increase in the business of the rail
roads , a decided improvement in their
condition , with a largo Increase of
equipment , and a general degree of
prosperity never before equaled.
With but a few exceptions they
have promptly responded to the re
quirements of the law in furnishing
statistics hu required , and they have ,
with a commendable spirit , complied
n all respects with the provisions of
.ho statutes.
Present freight rates are not burden
some , yet , in some localities , discrimi
nations in rates are complained of.
The consolidation of , and control thus
secured by , the great trunk lines ,
causes aomo alarm , especially among
the agricultural classes , and sugges
tions are made for the legislative ac
tion to prevent exorbitant rates and
unjust discriminations.
The office of commissioner of rail
roads and telegraphs , in view of the
enormous interests involved , and the
possibilities that legislation may be
come necessary to protect the people
from the payment of exorbitant freight
rates , and from unfair and unjusi dis
criminations , is indeed an office of
great Importance , and it should have
better support. The salary of the
commissioner should bo increased ,
and he should have the means lo em
ploy an efficient onginesr to aid him
in the proper discharge of his duties.
CAJLIFOKNI& .
ANNUAL MESSAGE OP GOVERNOR PER
KINS , OF CALIFORNIA ,
Steam transportation , both by
ailroad and ocean carriage , acquires
ear by year argumontod importance ,
increased facilities of transportation
jy rail has developed a vast inland
lommerce , supplementing and in-
raasing the commercial intercourse
of nations. Transportation has be
come the leading economic science of
ho age , and is f < st solving many of
the meat difficult problems in the
cience of political economy. Through
ho improved facilities for transporta
tion the products of all portions of
; ho earth are being brought into moro
immediate exchange , and thus the
wealth producing resources of al1
countries are becoming the common
inheritance of mankind. This new
aad constantly argumenting force is
bringing into close competitive rela
tion the industrial products of all
- soils aud climates. The breadstuff
produced in hitherto remDtepirta of
the world reach the great centres of
population and consumption at a cost
of tr.insportation so inconsiderable aa l
to almost eliminate wholly the element
of distance. Two days proceeds of |
labor at the averagerato of machanics'
wages in England to-day will pay the
coat of transportation to that coun
try on a yearly supply of breadstuff's
and meat for an individual from the
fertile and productive Mississippi val
ley. Measured by relative availabil-
ty , the grain fields of the great west
are nearer to tbe inhabitants of Lon
don to-day than the food supplies pro
duced fifty miles from that city were
at the beginning of h.is century.
Such intimacy of communication sub
jects the relative productive advanta
ges of all civilized countries to the se
verest tests of competition. Railroad
transportation is now a necessity
, modern civilization , and is fast be
coming one of its leading , controlling
and directing forces. It is readjusting
the centres of population , and chang
ing the seat of wealth 'and empire.
That a force , influencing to this do-
degree the interests of the men and
the affairs of states could have adjus
ted itself to interests that had grown
out of the old order of conditions , was
not to be expected. The issues thai
have arisen in the progress of this ad
justment have presented various pha
ses. Legislative expedients have beer
invoked until almosc the entire fielc
of legal experiment has been covered
The adoption of a new constitutor
created constitutional commission , en'
dewed with powers practically co-prdl
nate 'With the three departments
government.
This railroad commission has beer
duly elected by the people , and to
IB delegated the whole question o
, regulating freights and fares on thi
railroads , and other lines of transpor >
tation companies throughout the state
thus removing this question from th
province of executive rocommenda
tiou. I am as yet without any repor
from the commission , and am , there
fore , unable to give any expression
opinion as to the result of the laboi
they have performed.
NEBRASKA.
ANNUAL MESSAGE OF GOVEHNOIl NANCE
-
STATE JOTTINGS.
Falrbury and Oxford have HOWE
papers.
Aurora ia moving in the matter o
a reading room.
Buffalo county is talking of sell
ing its poor farm.
The public schools of FuIIortor
are being graded.
A hook and ladder company ig
wanted at Oakland.
Humor has It that Piattsmouth
to have a new depot.
Lincoln wants a morgue to accom
modatehcr suicides.
. Beatrice is again agitating tin
subject of a high school.
A new opera house is loudly de
manded at Nebraska City.
Corn cobs at Rising City sell ai
15 cents a hundred pounds.
Nemaha county receives ? 3,587
from the state school fund.
A sixteen pound wild cat was
killed , last week , near Hardy.
A Farnas county farmer has sunl
225 feet in search of water.
A strong effort is being made tc
erect a woolen mill at Nellgh.
Farmers' alliances are rapidly or
ganizing throughout the state ri
Ponca has telegraphic communi i-
cation with the rest of the world.
Howard county funding bonda
sold at two per cent premium.
Oakland's new brick yard will
burn 600,000 brick in the spring.
Lincoln's Knights of Pythias
have received their new uniforms.
Syracuse , Otoo county , antici I-
pates a building boom in the spring.
Frontier county is rapidly filling
up with men of enterprise and capital.
Earnhardt will not visit Lincoln
tha manager refusing to put up $3,000.
The state apportionment of school
money for Webster county is § 2,357-
29.
Beatrice has outgrown her cor
porate limits and la crying for more
room.
The formal opening of the Kear
ney reading room occurred on New
Year's day.
gj Three hundred and eighty-five
miles of railway were built in Nebras
ka in 1881.
Oakland offers extraordinary in
ducements to any ono who will erect
a packing house.
A company has been organized itk1
Albion to dig foe coal and all Its stock
has been taken.
Theodore Tilton lectured last
week at Ester , and cleared SI. 20 after
paying expenses.
The now elevator at Piattsmouth
is completed and is eald to be one of
the finest in the state ,
Henry J. Reveillac , a well known
citizen of Fremont , was found last
week frozen to death.
Crete nurseries report sales for
1880 of $14,320.80. The nurseries
cover fifty-five acres.
One ward of the hospital at Fort
Niobrara has been finished and is
nearly ready foe occupancy.
Steele City has 400 inhabitanto
and has increased its taxable wealth
ever 820.000 during 1880.
Snow blockades delayed for five
days last week the trains of the C. , M.
& St. Paul road into Niobrara.
The new state bank at Platts-
mouth has organized and will be
opened on the 1st of February.
Indignant citizBns of Falls City
attempted to burn down the house of
a loose woman residing in the city.
Two generous citizens of Blocm-
ington made needy families Christmas
present of fifty-pounds sacka of Sour.
Wileonville , Furna ? counting , Ii
agitating the question of starting a
I creamery and a grist mill at that point ,
Beatrice has 3,000 population and
no fire engine , and tbe business men
have petitioned the council to buy
one.
The lumber yard of Birge &
Frees at Arrapahoc was destroyed by
fire last week. Loss , 2500 : insurance
1500.
1500.A
A horse carrying the Inup City
mail broke away from the carrier and
at last accounts had not been re
captured.
Tha bell tower an3 500-pound
boll at Piattsmouth are finished and
in place , and a fire engine is now con
templated.
The United Brethren propose to
build a church at Silver Creek , Otoe
county. Their organization number
fifty members.
On or about the first of March
nnst , a regular passenger , train will be
put on from Neligh to Missouri "Valley
and Omahat
Joseph liovatry , of St. Paul ,
Howard county , was found frozen to
death last week , a mile and a half
from the town.
Fairbury , Jefferaon county , has
expended 587.900 in business houses ,
* dwellings and Improvements during
the past year.
. Within a radius of eix miles from
Guide Rock are thirteen sheep farms ,
! 20,000 head of aheep , 3000 head ot
j cattle- and 6000 hoga.
' The old court house of Buffalo
county , at Gibbon , will bo offered for
sale by the county commissioners on
' February IGth.
Crete's business men are ready to
give encouragement to anyone who
- will put up a starch factory , an oat
menl mill or a paper mill.
From five to ten cars of railroad
iron ia taken westward each day over
the Republican Valley road , and piled
. up for summer use at Indianola.
It is thought the extension of the
Republican Valley railroad will run
e.d into Colorado Springs , nnd run down
.dof the Cherry valley to Denver.
0. At the rate wood has been con-
? samed in Harlan coun'y during the
last two weeksit , would not take more
P
PB than throe months to burn up the sup
e. ply.
e- Two prisoners at the county jail
ids eid in Kearney attempted , last week , to
s- break jail , and hit Deputy Sheriff
srn Knerals on the head with a pump
13 handle. The attempt was unsuccess
13at ful.
d- Mr. Thoelecke , of Riverton , last
a211 week shipped thrco thousand pounds
211 of dressed turkeys. This is the second
Idd end heavy shipment ho has made this
, , winter.
, The Mitchell family living near
Laup City were snowed in last week
n-
H- and the rescuing party had to dig
-
Hof twenty feet through the drift before
reaching the imprisoned inmates.
Mr. H. R. Morrison , of Long
it Pine , was lost recently in the sand
itof ; hills of the North Elkhorn and
he wandered for one hundred hours be
her fore reaching O'Neil City.
rLe' The directors of the S. C. & P.
be R. R. at their meeting held in Fre
a- mont , voted to extend their road 142
airt. . miles the coming season and increase
e- their capital stock from § 8.000.000 to
eof S12.COO.OOO.
or Shelton transacted § 100,000 of
business last year. Shipped 150,000
bushola of grain , received § 60,000
for it , and erected § 40OCO worth of
IE. new buildings.
Mr. Alulfingor weighed for Mr.
William Gill a family of four head of
his short horn cattle , the total weight
of which was 6,055 pounds the sire
2,355 ; the dam , four years old , 1,600
pounds ; a yearling heifer , 1,195
pounds , and a bull calf 9 months old.
920 pounds. [ Blue Valley Bhde.
The Chicago , .Milwaukee & St.
Paul railroad company are holding
ot back the wages due to their graders at
Niobrara and much suffering is the
11- consequences.
E. L. Sayre , dark in the B. & M.
n land office at Lincoln shot one McOar-
ty last Saturday night , inflicting a
very dangerous wound. Mr. Sayre
chimed that McCarty struck him , and
that he shot McCarty in self defence.
IS Mr. Sayro has been bound ovei to the
district court in ihe sum of § 5000.
-
EucKien's Arnica Salve
The BKXT SALVE In the world for
Oats , Bruises , Sores , Ulcers , Salt
- Rhonm , Fever Sores , Tetter , Chapp
ed Hands , Chilblains , Corns , and all
klnda of Skin Eruptlona. This Salve
Is guaranteed to glvo perfect satlafac-
ttod in every case or money re funded ,
Price 25 cants per box. For sale by
8dly Ish & McMahon , Omaha
OSTOTIOJE.
Any on * bavin ; dead animals I will remove
them free of .clurgc. Leave orders southeast
corn r of Harney and 14th St. , second door.
CHARLES SPLITT.
BURNED OUT ,
But at it Again.
C.H.&J. GOLLINS ,
.
Saddlery
Hardware ,
HARNESS , COLLARS ,
Stock Saddles , etc. ,
Now Keady for Business.
Sfcxt .Door to Omaha JVa-
tional Itank , Donglas
Street.
SS-After Jan. 6th , 1316 Douglas
St. , opposite Academy of Music.
dccH-tf
BUSINESS COLLEGE , '
THE GREAT WESTERN
Gco.R..IInllibnn , Principal.
Creighton Block , -
Send for Circular.
novMdiwU
QK \ < COn i day at homo. Samplec * or
VD3 I JDiU frej , Andrew Stlafon * Co
Portland , Ue.
MORE POPULAR THAN EVER.
The Genuine
SiNGER NEW FAMILY SEWING MACHINE.
The popular demand for the GENUINE SINGER in 1879 exceeded thatof
any previous year during the Quarter of a Century in which this Old
Iteliable" Machine has been before the public.
In 1878 vre sold 366,422 Machines. In 1879 we sold 431,167
Machines. Excess over any previous year 74,735 Machines.
Our sales last year were at the rate of over
' 1400 Sewing Machines a Day I
For every business day In the year.
year.The "Old Sellable"
That Every REAL J W , SiDSer is the Strongest ,
Singer j Seeing Ma- \ * Jk
the SimpJ0gUhe Most
chine has this Trade
Mark cast into the Dnrable Sewing Ma
Iron Stand and em- chine ever yet Constructed
bddded in the Ann of
structed ,
the Machine.
THE
Principal Office : & 4 Union Square , New Ydfk.
. , . _ _ _ . _ . _
1,500 Subordinate Offices , in the 'United States and Canada , and 3,000 Offices intheO
World and South America. seplG-d&wtf
Successors to Jas. K. Isb ,
Dealers in Fine Imported
Extracts , Toilet Waters , Colognes , Soaps , Toilet Powders , &o
A full lire of Surgical Instruments , Pock-t Case * , Tnisao mi. ! Supporters. Iwolntcly Pn
Progs anil CLeinlcal * used In Dispense. J'rtsariptions died at a'iv hour uf the nigh * .
Jas. K. Isli. 5nvreii e McMalion
SHEELY BROS. PACKING CO. ,
ras eaa
Wholesale and Peta-l in
FRESH MEATS& PROVISIONS , ttAME , POULTRY , FISH , E'
CITY AND COUNTY ORDERS SOLICITED.
OFFICE OITY MAEKET 1415 Douglas St. Packing House ,
Opposite Omaha Stock Yards , TJ. P. B.
Qeo. P. Bernis
? EAL ESTATE ASEHGY. (
ISih d Dmglat Sit.t Omaha , Neb.
Thla tfrcncy dota BiiiiCTLT Irok r3o Itui-
new. Docs notepecnlsto , and therefore any tt-
galnaonlta books ara Insured to lii patrons. In
stead of bclnr zobblnl op by the scent
& I9ILL.
REAL ESTATE BROKERS
No 14Q3 FarnlMir. Street
OMAHA - NEBRASKA.
Office North Side opp Grand Central Hotel.
Nebraska Land Agency ,
DAVIS & SNYDER ,
1605 Farnham St. Omafict , Nebr.
400,000 ACRES carefully selected land In Eastern
Nebraska for sale.
Oreat Bargains In Improved farm ] , and Omaha
elty property.
O. F. DAVIS. WEBSTER SNTDKR ,
late Land Cora'r D. P. R. R 4n-teb7tf
BYRON RBSD. LBWIS KHID.
Byron Reed & Co , ,
'
OLDEST 73TABL13BD
REAL ESTATE A&ENGY
IN NEBRASKA.
Keep a complete Abstract of title to all Real
Estate In Omaha and Douglas County. ra.ivltt
A. W. NASON.
3D E USTT I ST ,
OFFICI : Jacob's U ck , corner Capitol Avo. and
15tb Street. Omaha , Neb.
THE DIERCIIANT TAILOIJ ,
Is pro pared to make Pints , Butts snd ovtrcoata
to order. Prices , fit and workmanship guaranteed
to cult.
OneTDoor West of nrnlckahank'B.
sioiy
ill. R.
General Insurance Agent ,
BKPB 1 < TH :
PHCEJilX ASSDhazAji. , < j. .f Lon
don , Cash Assets $ S,107HJ
.VEST.CHESTEK. N. T. , Capital 1,000.000
THE MEHOUAN fS , ol Newark , N. J. . l.OOC.OO
OIRAUU FIUEPhiladelphlaCapltal. . l.OOi.OOO
KORTIIWESTEKN NATJOXALC p-
Ital 90C.COC
FIREMEN'S FUKD. California 80C WH
imiTISa AMERICA ASSURiNOECo 1.200.0CO
NKWA tK FJRE INS. CO. , Assets. . . . SoO.OCO
AMERICAF CENTRAL , Assets ? 00 ( CO
S art Cor. nf Fifteenth & Douglas St. ,
OMAHA. NKB.
EAST INDIA
O
30L.B MANUFACTURERS ,
OBfAHA. Neb.
JNO. G. JACOBS ,
fFormorly of Oteh & Jacobs )
No , U17 Farnham St. , Old Stand of Jacob OU
ORDHR3 Br TKLEORAFa SOLICIT *
PASSENGER OMrMODATION LINE
OMAHAANDFoWoMAHA
Connects With Street Cars
Corner of SAUNDERS and HAMILTON
STREETS. ( End of Red Line aa follows ;
LEAVE OMAHA :
630 , 8:17andll:19a : m ,3:03.6:37and7i29p.ni.
LEAVE FORT OMAHA :
7:15 : & . m. . 9:15 x m. , and 12:45 : p. m.
40 , 6:15 : and 8:15 p. m.
"The 8:17 a. m ran , leaving omaha , and the
4:00 : p. m. ran , leaving Fort Omaha , are usually
lovded to full capacity with regular passengers.
The 6:17 a. m. ran will be made from tha poet-
office , comer of Dodge and 16th rorehu.
Tlcketa can be procured from street cardrir-
era , or from driven of hacks.
STARE. 25 CENTS. UKJLUDINO STRE CAR
TS-tf
Machine Works ,
J. Hammond , Prop , & Manager.
The mo t thorouzh appoints 1 and complete
Machine Shops and Foundry In the state.
Castings of every description maoufacted.
Engines , Pumps and every class of machinery
made to order.
order.pedal attention given to
IFell Angnrs , Pnlleys , Hangers ,
ShaftincrBrIdgo Irons , Gcer
Uniting , etc.
Flitufornew Uachlnery.Ueachanlc&I Draught
Off , Models , etc. , neatly executed.
66Harnev St.-Bet. 14m and 15th.
THE OLDEST r-STABUSHED ,
IN NEBRASKA.
CALDWELLjHAFilILTONICO
Boalncaa trirmcted same ua that o an Incor *
poratod Baal : .
Accounts kept In Cnrrency or gold enttject to
Bight check without notice.
Certificates of deposit Issued payable In three ,
six and twelve months , bearing Interest , or on
demand without Interest.
Advances made to customers on approved Be.
cnrUIe > ) at mark t rates of Interest
Buy and sell cold , bills of exchange QcTorn *
meut , State , County anil City Bonds.
Draw SIpht Drafts on Knjland , Ireland , Scot *
land , and all parts of Europe.
Sell European Pasaaze Tickets.
HOLIEGTIONS PROMPTLY MADE.
augldt
U , S. DEPOSITOKY.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OP OMAHA. .
Cor. 13th and Farnham Streets ,
OLDEST BANKING ESTABLISHMENT
IN OMAHA.
( SUCCESSORS TO KOTJNTZK BUGS. , )
ESTABLISTUD W 1S50.
Organized V. a National Bank , Anjjust 20,1S6 ? .
Capital and Profits Over$300OQO
Specially authorized by tUo Secretary or Treasury
to receive Subscription to the
U.S.4 PER GEHT. FUNDED LOAN.
OFFICERS AND DIHICTORB
Hratun Kcmrrzi , President.
ABSUSTUS KOUKTIB , Vlco President.
H. W. YArn. Cannier.
A. J. Porrnros , Attorney.
Jens A. Cn.isETOa.
? . H. Dins , AsVt Caihler.
This bint receives deposit without regard to
amounts.
Issued Urea certificates bearing Interest.
Draws drafts on San Prandzco and principal
cltlea of the United States , al&j London , Dublin ,
Edinburgh and the principal cltlea of the conti
nent of Europe.
Sells passage tickets for Emigrants In the In-
man ue. rrt.yldtf
HOTELS.
THE ORIGINAL ,
HOUSE !
Oor. Randolph St. & 6th Ave , ,
CHICAGO ILL.
PRICES REDUCED TO
$2.00 AND 82.50 PER DAY
Located In the business cent-c , convenient
to places of amusement. Elegantly famished ,
containing all moiern improvement , passcnper
elevator , &c. J. II. CUUMINUS , Proprietor.
oclOtf
OCEO HOUSE 3
cor. MARKET ST. & BROADWAY
Council BlnfTg , lowai
On Hno o Street Railway , Omnlbni to end from
all traina. RATES Parlor floor J3.00 per day ;
pccond floor , 82.50 per day ; third floor , J2.00.
The best f nrntahed and most commodious hens
Inthedtr. dEO.T. PDELPS Prop
FRONTIER HOTEL ,
Laramie , Wyoming.
The miner's resort , good accommodations ,
arge cample room , chsrgca reasonable. Special
attention given to traveling men.
11-tf H.C HILLIiRD Proprietor.
INTER -OCEAN HOTEL ,
Cheyenne , Wyoming.
Fine arge Sample Rooms , one
block from depot. Trams stop from 20 minutes
to 2 hours for dinner. Free Bus to and from
Depot. Kates 2.00 , 2.50 and $3.00 , according
to room ; s'ngio meal 75 cents.
A. U. BALCOM , Proprietor.
W BORDEJT. Cnlef Clerk. mlO-t
UPTON HOUSE ,
Sclinyler , Neb.
Fliet-cUaa Howe , Good Ucala , O oA Bed *
Airy Rooms , and kind and accommodating
treatment. Twngood sample rooms , gpecu
attention paid to commerdil trarelers.
S. MILLEE , Prop , ,
16 t ! Sohnyler , &eb ,
The Popular Clothing House of
M. HEILM & 00. ,
Find , on account of the Season
so far advanced , and having -I
a very large Stock of
Suits , Overcoats and
Gents' Furnishing
Goods left ,
They Have
REDUCED PF
that can notfai I to please everybody.
KEMEMBES THE
ONE PRICE CLOTHING HOUSE ,
1301 and 1303 Farnham St. , Corner liilli.
GOODS MADE TO ORDER OH SHORT NOTICE.
WIRIG-IBIT ; ,
AGENT FOR mm PIANO ,
And Sole Agent for
.
" 'I.
Hallet Davis & Co , , James & Holmstrom , and J. & C.
Pischer's Pianos , also Sple Agent for the Estej ,
Burdett , and the Port Wayne Organ
Go's. Organs
r-deal in Pianoa and Organs exclusively. Have had years
experience in the Business , and handle only the Beat ,
B Wl BBf S * B
IGth Street , City Hall Building , Omaha , Nebv
HALSFiY V. FITOH. Tuner.
DOUBLE AND SINGLE ACTING
Stfim Pnmps , Engine Trimmings , Mining Machinery ,
BELTING HOSE , BRASS AND iRGM FITTINGS , PIPE , STEAM PAGKINC
AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
HALLADAY WiND- iLLS , CHURCH AND SCHOOL BELLS
A. L. STBMOK 205 Farahnm Street Omaha , Heb
In Kegs and Bottles.
Special FIgurea to the Trade. Families Supplied atReasonabla
Prices. Office. 230 Douglas Rf.r u t. Omaha
* < ku
IS&j &
Carpetrigs ! I Oarpetings I
ETWILER
Old Reliable Carpet House ,
1405 DOU&LAS STREET , BET. 14TH MD 15TH
IIT 1868. ) ; " '
Carpets , Oil-Cloths ,
Matting , Window-Shades ,
Lace Curtains , Etc.
MY STOCK ! S THE LARGEST IN THE WEST ,
I Make a Specialty of
WINDOW-SHADES AND LADE GURTAINS
And have a Full Lane of
Mats , Rugs , Stair Rods , Carpet-
Urging Stair Pads , Crumb
Clothes , Cornices ,
Cornice Poles , Lambreqnins , ords and Tassels
In fact Everything kept in a First-Class Carpet Eoim
Orders from abroad solicited. Satisfaction ( Guaranteed
Call , or Address
John B. Detwiler ,
OJd Reliable Carpet House , OMAIA ,