Nebraska Newspapers

    DAILY BES
E. RO5BWATSR ; EDITOR ;
THE basis of law taxation is equita
ble assessment of rich and poor.
THE cdtor of the Lincoln Journal
Is decidedly out cf gore on the r&Hro&d
question.
THE question before the etato is ,
Shall the people regulate the railroads
or the railroads the people ?
THE Herald commends Sir. ITovre'a
remarks upon the 83,000 U. P. rip
rap steil. The Herald turns itg back
upon its own record.
CO.VGKESS has only nineteen work
ing daye left. Six thousand bills re
main to ba actei upon , and an extra
Bossion acorns inevitable.
GAEFJELD is a good listen-
cfj but ho keeps awf ally mnm on the
main question of vrho are golrg to get
thosa cabinet positions.
A nn.L has been introduced into the
Missouri legislature , rogulitin the
charges on freignt and passengers and
abolishing the railway commission.
THU rapid incrcaeo in the cumber
of Farmers' Alliances throughout the
state 19 Euflijont ! evidence of the in
terest of Nebraska "vrealth producers
in the r.11 absorbing issue of the hour.
JAY GOULD rises to explain that the
late telegraph consolidation T7 s u&lelj
in the interests of ihe people. Of
course ho includes that little dose of
$15,000,000 cftvatercd stock , on
which the telognphing public will
hive to pay dividends.
Mu. KAI.EY Is very much agitated
lest the movement against the rail
road robbers will frighten away capit
al. Mr. Kaley would do well to con-
nidor whether the unchecked growth
cf the present evils won't frighten
away Immigration , agriculture , Indus
try and labor.
THE bustling and cnergetlo town of
Walnut , Iowa , has met with a serious
calamity In the burning of a portion of
its principal street. It la character
istic of the push of its people that the
burned portion is at onca io bo rebuilt.
FOUMEK cappers of the railroads are
beginning to see that tha tide Is on the
flood and want to jump into the antl-
monopoly ranks and be at once re
ceived inio full fellowship. The people
ple will compel them to Git on the
stool of repentance some time before
they consent to placj once more their
interests in the hands of the men who
b3tr yed them.
THAT gigantic democratic atcal , the
river and harbor appropriation bill ,
gives away $10,180,000 of the pee
ple's money , the greater portion of
which Is for
useless improvements on
unnavigablo streams. While the
eouthcrn creeks and bayous receive
nearly $4,000,000 of this amount , a
paltry $200,000 Is devoted to the 1m
provoment of the great water high
wnyof the west.
TAXATION IN OMAHA.
The howl which the Onnha Herald
is attempting to raise over the pro
visions in the amended charter , which
provide for an increase of our rnuuic
Ipal indebtedness , is as senseless as it
is unnecessary. Cartain improvements
are demanded by the sanitary condi
tion of onr city the advent of water
works , and the rapid iacrsssa of our
city population. The money for those
improvements , chief of which is some
kind of a seweragj system , most bo
raised cither by a direct tax upon the
adjacant property owners , or a direck
levy upoa all the propsrty owners of the
city or by the placing of bond * whoso
annual interest elnll 1)3 met by onr
people and to the payment of the
principal of which the next generation
will contribute. Too charter amend
ment as decided upon by the Dou Us
county delegation in full accordance
with tha wishes of our paople provides
for improvement bonds for sewerage
purposaa to bo issued by the city
council upon a two-thirfis vote of the
legal electors of Omaha. The amend
ment further provides that not more
than $100,000 of such bonded indebt
edness cball be
contracted in any ono
year. Under suc'.i safeguards woseo no
cauie for apprehension on the
part of the citizeno of Omaha for the
future financhl condition of onr city
and of their own pockety provided
the properly of this city is justly as-
Bcssol aud the ton par cent , valuation
ii atric'ly enforced. It h a notorious
fact that property has not boon oqnit-
ably listed in our city and county
heretofore. Hundreds and thousands
of dollars of notes and mortgagei held
by men of weilth have never been
returned in the assessor's books and
nre practically exempt from taxation.
The rale of taxation npon property
valuation in Omaha seems high , tnd
is high because a large
proportion of the peron l
propsrty of our citizens escapei as-
Bssameut entirely. Oa ( his account
Ihe burden of tarition fills heavily
upon men of moderate moan ; &ud
thosa whose property bain ? iu ight
cannot be concealed from the tusesior.
Herein lies one of the gravoit ciin-a
of high taxation in 0n h , for which
there is a remedy at the disposal t f
our people. The most flagrant extra-
plo of tax exemption in Omaha 11 the
case of the Union PaciS , which by
the aid of the revonm law of 1879
and the connivance of the state board
of discrimiuatlon
evaded atsisiniaat
on nearly § 700,000 of real and personal
property withhi the city and county
limits.
THE BEE Is in favor of economy in
municipal aff tirs , but it does not favor
a penny-wise and pound-foolish econo
my which would sacrifice the lives of
our citizens and the reputation cf our
city , for a few dollars in additional
taxation. I/si th-s assessment be
equitable and fair , and O-niha'a tax-
rate will bear favorable comparison
with any city of its size in the west.
A PUBLIC BENEFACTOR.
JAY GOCLD Is pofilng before
the world as a public benefactor of
the Crit water. In a recent interview
npon the subject of the conoolidation
of telegraph HUEH Into ono gigantic
monopoly , Mr. Gould brazenly in
formed his interviewer that hh object
in forming the consolidated company
wa3 only to carry out cer'ain ' philan
thropic ends for the public good , chief
of which was the reduction ot rates
aad a universal service throughout the
country cheap and free to all classes
and conditions.
Mr. Gould's professions of disin
terestedness must ba considered in
.the light of his past history as a cap
italist aud financier. It is safe to say
that no one man is BO thoroughly
hated by raputsblo merchants * nd
moaicd men of the metropolis. Bis
reputation is that cf an unscrupulous
and perfidious stock jobber and prop
erty ! wrecker without principle and
without ratnor e. Ho has drawn
into the vortex of his reciless spssu-
lallons hundreds of hit friends , only
to plunder them xatrcilessly when
under hi power nnd leave them
plucked ofheir financial faithera as
crcstfillen and duped cxamplta of his
shrewd aud unprincipled methods.
The first property in which Jay
Gould became interested was the Erie
rcd. Its stockholders were scattered
throughout the eastern states and a
large amount of its bonded indebted-
cesa Tragluld "abroad. Then as now
Mr. Gould announced hit intention
of largely bcnefitling tha public along
the line < f Erie and of filling the prck-
ets of the owners tf Erie stcfc
through his wide-reaching cehemea of
lalirovl improvement and uitaualon.
In three years' time ho retired from
the management , having plundered
the company of nearly $ D,000.000
and bankrupted the road , while ho
introduced Into the st .to and national
legUlstures a tystom of wholesale bri
bery and corruption , without parallel ,
oven in the records of the Now York
Central Company.
The subsequent exploits of this great
public banefactor ia his dealings with
the wcitcrn railroad lines ere too well
known to need recapitulation. The
consolidation of the Union & Kansas
Pacific ronda with the injection of mil
lions of doll'.rs cf.worthless stock into
the capital of the new organization ,
the oppreuions snd extortions heaped
upon tha indignant people of Denver
and Colorado , the continued highway
robbery of the farmers and merchants
of Nebraska , all have b on largely
due to the machinations rf this philan
thropic railroad king , nnd all have
taken place in the face of the most
rosy-colored premizes of cchemes for
the public welfare , and pledges of his
good intentions for the development
and prosperity of our people.
A few years ago this public benefac
tor organized a telegraph corprration
with the solo object in vlaw of black
mailing the Western { Union a some
Bubscqnsnt time into its purchase.
The people wore again informed by
Mr. Gould and his agents that a wide
reaching system of cheap telcjirnphy
was about to be put ! n operation for
the public good and that a new era
of rapid and '
cb'eap communication was
about to dawn upon the land. Inter.
Tiewers were assured by the monopoly
king that competition in telegraphy
wai the solo object cf the new compa
ny ana that the American Union would
buy out the NVostern Union long before -
fore that company would even medi
tate the purchase of its young and
active competitor. Popular sympathy
was aroused for the new corporation
and the people taw in its rapid ex
tension aud slightly che&psned rates ,
the solution of the telegraph problem.
A few like TUK BEE insisted , from
the first , that the scheme was simply a
huge blackmailing operation , and the
outcome of a few we ks ago proved
the truth of their assertions.
And now , having coined a few moro
millions from this bold operation , this
princely stock gambler oomcs up smil
ing and pojes before the country & 3 a
mighty benefactor and a disinterested
philantropiat. Wo are informed that
the telegraphic millenlam is at
hand , and that consolidation of
the VRflons lines has put it
in the power of its management to
grant to the people tha great boon
which has BO long been promised , but
as yet unfulfilled. It remains to bo
seen whether any but the subsidized
organs of this wiley and' unprincipled
schemer will continue to chant his
praises as a man of honor , and a bene
factor of mankind.
THE monopoly cappers wao refused
to believe that .
Gsn. Van Wyct was
not ia sympathy with the paoplo op
the anti-monopoly issue , have had the
scales rudely torn from their oyes.
The Sjuator tlect is making no efforts
to conceal his true sentiments on this
all absorbing question , and his voice
ring * loudly ud claariy on the topic ,
of the people's wrongs and the railroad - '
road opprusiors. Ganeral Tan Wjck's
past record in congress , on the nub-
ject of riroad ! discrimination ! and
extortion , has beea excellent and ha
is certain to fully mantain his reputa
tion as an energetic and uncompromis .
ing advocate of '
the people's cause.
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THE English press find themaolves
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forced to apologisa for the inhuman
arrest and imprisonment of Michael
Dftvitt and inform their readers that
ho will ba treated wUh duo leniency.
Eleven years of torture have broken
the frame bat not the indomitable
ipirit cf Iho p&trLiic defender of Iro- :
and's rlghls. Confinement in any
'orui is likely toprove dissstroua to
lis failing health.
THE total amount of &Ute funds ,
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According to the report cf Treasurer
Rarllott , is 217,28019. Of this
imount only $51,718 75 U invested in
jovernment bondt , aud $25,700 86 in
surrency , while the remaining $189-
500.58 is deposited in banks through-
> ut the state without interest.
P. A. Collins , of Boston , president I Si
if the American branches of the Irish
and league , appeals to the American I ai
maple , snti the Irish in America for
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INDUSTRIAL NOTES.
The Huntlngton ( W Ta. ) Car works
have commenced operations with a
good enpply of ordera.
A company has been organizid to
introduce steamboats in the place cf
the gondolas , which have so long held
dominion in the street canals of To-
uicoThe
The Western Wheel Scraper com
pany , ef Mount Pleasant , la. , has
built an addition to its works 30x88
feat , making the total dimensions
270x40 foot , about one-half of which
is two Btoriea high.
The plan of using the Great Eastern
for the beef-cattlo trade has been
abandoned , and it Is doubtful to what
use the Ill-fated ship will be put , if
any , bho h i oosi to date $25Ov)0COO ,
aud never returned one-quarter of that
sum.
sum.The
The Edgar Thomson Steel company
has "laid off' iU BMtemar depart
ment to make repairs aud taka ac
count of ctock. The production of
rails for the year wa about 100,000
tone , perbapa slightly in xoesa of this
amonnt.
A French nglcoir has invented a
new means of heating railway cars by
foot warmers filled with acetate of
soda , w ichtholda heat for aaroral
hours. Of course the American plan
of itcam or hot water heating would
-"bo too practical and sensible for Euro
pean railways.
Glass manufacture li making won
derful strides in Ohio. Last year
there were five new works erected ;
thi * yaar thsro will probably ba as
many moro. At present there ar * at
lean 19 firms in that state engaged In
the making of glasi , and they nso
about 292 poti and employ more than
2022 msn.
The New York' Central railroad it
said to have made a contract for a new
Eiit River bridge , to ba conslractod
next year , from New York to point
iibov * Lorg Island City , for the ax-
clutlre uie of freight traniportation.
At this point immense elevator * nnd
storehouses will bo created , and it ii
claimed that on * day's &aU will bo
saved between N w York and Liver
pool.
pool.The
The Cleveland bridge and car
works are turning off fifty-fire cars
weekly , on a contract for 500 can for
the Tuacarawas Yallity railroad. When
this contract is filled they begin on
one for thi 0. 0. & I. R. for 300 cars.
They are e'so making a large number
of iron bridges for the latter road of
romarkabla weight aud strength , to
correapoad with the increased weight
of engines now coming into use.
The St. Louis Republican says : Our
citizens have been duly advited of the
proposed establishment in St. Louis
of ono of tha largest and moat com
plete locomotive works in the Union.
A representative of the company hai
been in the city during the past weak
looking up a suitable location and
has inspected sevsral plats and biocks
without having yet made a selection.
It is desirable to locate the works con
tiguous to both rail and river , aud
partiei owning or representing this
class of property are requested to con
fer witk the egont of the company.
The works ara dsilgned to have the
largest capacity of any similar eitab-
liabment in ihe Union , and capable
of turning out 500 locomotives per an
num , or an average of nearly two lo
comotives per day. They will give
employment to over 2000 skilled me
chanics , besides a small army of work
men and laborers. Evary part and
detail will be conatrueied nnder the
company's roofi , and firit-clasa work
guaranteed. The capital stock of the
company Is placed at $2,500,000 ,
large proportion of which is alrer.d
pledged by eastern capitalist ! .
The Subsidy Business.
Ciilcajo Tribune.
Senators Elaine and Merrill , ruprc !
senting the rapublicans , and Ssnator
Eaton and Randolph , representing thi.
democrat ? , are very mnoh concerned
lest American industry shall poriah
unlesa thcro be liberal subsidies voted
by congress out of the pockets of the
taxpayers. The present tariff pro
vides handsome nd libpral subsidies
to ihe salt makers , the iron and steel
makers , the leather , silk , woolen , and
cotton goods manufacturers , to the
sugar refiners , and to several other
branches of Industry , but none to the
agricultural laborers of the country.
To this latter class , being a large ma
jority of the whole people of tha
country , ii left the Important , but
not , therefore , the less onerous , duty
of paying the bulk of the proposed sub
sidies. Having taxed and protected
shipbuilding out of existence , these
statesmen of & eubtldy school are
now imploring congrosi to lory taxes
on the public for shipbuilding. Those
subsidies are variously disguised ; some
are proposed under the form of com
pensation for carrying the mall at the
rate of $25 for each half-ounce letter ,
while others propose a subsidy of so
much per ten cash for erory ship
bulllj and eo much per ton per voyage ,
or so much per ton annually during
the existence of the vecaol. There
has been introduced to the legUUtnro
of Missouri a scries of resolutions in
the form of a memorial to congress ,
that in the distribution of subsidies
those depending upon agricul
tural products ba not over
looked , and that provision be made
"to pay 10 cents for each and every
hog raised" as a bounty to increase
the profits of farming , and "encour
age and aid all who may engage in 10
great a national industry , and that
the poor laborer may thereby get
cheaper bacon. " A like bounty U
liked upon calvet , "that ihe laborer
may have cheaper beef. " This list
night be extended largely , thus : a
mbsidy of half a cent par pound on
: otton , iwo cents per bushel on corn ,
ten cents per bushel on wheat , fire
: ents per bnhhel on potatoes and
3ther vegetables and on all seeda , one
lollar on each horse or mule , fire cents
per poucd on tobacco and sorghum
ingtr , and proportionate bounties
3D all other farm products ,
these subsidies to bo paid directly
) nt of the treasury. There Is noth-
ng like equality bofora ihe law.
Dhore is no law to protect farmers ,
The have io sell their surplus pro-
luctlons for what they can get for
.hem ; if they fail to pay expensu ,
> rte support themselves and families ,
-hoy have to endure the oonsa-
juencca. An average of 25 per cent.
> f their coat of living ie made up of
.1X88 to pay subsidies to those en-
reged in other industries ; and hence ,
f the government Is to subsidise one
> ari of the population , let the sub-
Idrcs bo made ganoralj nd equal. Tto
arm-wagona which perform
he transportation io and from
he local mtrket and the farm
ctt more to purchase and an&ually
raneport more of the pro-
lucts of Ubor than 11 the ,
learners engaged in or necessary forj
he ocean commerce of the country.
Vhy not subsidize the farm-wagon ?
Vfay not grant a subsidy of so much
or ton moved to nnd from market in
he farm-wagons of tha country 2 The
lissourl memorial may read a little
xtravagant , but in fact it proposes
othtng moro unjust and outrageous
ban the other subsidies proposed and
dvocated in congree * by advanced
tatesmen of both parties.
Protection for Passengers ,
in Francisco Chronicle.
In every well regulated city there
re laws for the protection of proper-
7 from firo. The like laws , or better ,
rev il throughout Europe. In the
United States wo have got along only
so far as the establishment of fire lim
its. " In the Old World tholiw generally -
ally prescribes certain rul 3 In the
construction cf houseo , public and pri
vate , which may not bo vlolatod aa ,
that the spaces botwern coiling antl
floor shall bo filled with brick and
mortar to prevent the air circulation
from spreading a fira that otart-3 in one
part of the btt.lding rapidly to r.11 oth
er parts , and to prohibit the use of
combustible material in the construe-
tSon of houses in cities. There are
also laws providing ample passage
and doorways for the exit of atten
dants at churches nud thcatersln cases
of the sudden outbreak of fire from cny
cause , and prohibiting the storngo of
explosives within certain limits. It
ia true that in this oonatry these ex
cellent lawa are not always observed
or enforced. Hotels , churches , the
atres , are somotiiuei conitructed and
arranged as if they were intended aa
deadly traps for the u iwary. which ,
sooner or ktor , they prove to bs. A
fowyotra ago a popular hotel in onooi
tho-interior towns of this Btato took
fire from the cxploalon of a lamp in the
basement It vrn in the middle of
the day. The fire department was
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prompt"nnd efficient , but eo rapidly
did the fiime ; eprcad that in lest than
eight minutes the enlire lu'lding In
all iti narrow passages of exit , from
gronnd to roof , wa * ablr.7.0 , and sev
eral lires were list. It w a published
aa "An Accident" "Sad Accident *
"Unavoidable Calamity , " etc. ; but
a very little Investigation explained
that it was nothing of the k'nd ' ;
that in fact tin building wai
constructed as a trap , rnd i's '
sudden destruction by fire a natural
logical event. Its walla had been
thickly coated in all tha rooms and
passage ways witii a roalnoos varnish
almost as liable to ignition nt the touch
of a blsze ai a good lucifer match by
friction. Once started , the blaza rn
along the walls s.s rapidly as if they
had been covered with powder , mak-
Icgsife exit after the drab three rain-
uio * Impossible through the usual
channels. Hai it buen a church or
cheater , crowded with two or three
thousand people , mort than htlf of
them must Inevitably have perished.
But oatastophea like this are becoming
rare in cities. Even in American
cities , where the mimimnm of ciro
ic tskon for the protection of human
life , rates of insurance on ell Euch
buildings ara so high that owners of
property find it cheeper in the long
run io use all reasonable precau
tion against fire , and penal
ordinances supply additional checks
and preventives. The latest "rail
road horror , " as it ia called , on ths
Erie road , 23i lust. , near Elmlra , N.
Y. , sng csta the wisdom nnd neces
sity rf Ivws tor the better protection
of the lives ol travelers traveling in
oari and ulso in steamboat * from dec-
traction by fire. The concussion in
thin case and theupacttingof the car
do not appear io have cauaed any loss
of life. Lamps containing explosive
oil exploded , and the flames rapidly
spread all through the interior of the
car because of the combustible painter
or varnish which is used upon nearly
all railway passenger cars of the first
class. In less than five minutcn after a
flame should have ignited this resinous -
ous material all iho inmates might
and almost surely would be smothered
and in a helpless condition. That is
about the way these five or six unfor
tunates lost their livoi. It is but the
repetition cf "a horror" that occurs
on some railway or other'every win
ter In the United States. Wo are
equally careleci in the construction of
eco n and inland steamers , with like
frightful results. Moro lives are sac
rificed by fire than by wttor on these
movable powder-mills. The law
should prohibit the ueo of combusti
ble paints and lights on ell cart and
steamboats , under severe penalties.
A View of the Houas From me Gal
leries ,
Oroide P. Lathrnr > , in Haiper'i Magazine for
Msrch.
From the galleries of the house of
representatives popular goycrnmcnt
appears to consist of a confused mass
of desks and desultory men the
desks littered with books and papers ,
and the men coutinuol'y walking about
in every direction ; of a rait amount of
private correspondence , a relay of
page boys obeying a Turkish magnifi
cence of clapped hands from thi * and
that member to do hit errandt ; and ft
monotonous droning by the clerk * ,
together with minimum cf oratory.
All thii againit a dignified background
of cigar smoke in the lobbies , nd of
coat-rooms and barber-shop ? , where
congreeemen lonngo and joke , or center -
ter on coming m a urez. It is ale
apparent , from the amount of work
done with the penknife , that the
houie is determined to have order r.a
to IU finger-naih , wh tover may bs
the fate of public business in this ro-
spool. Yon hear aomn half audible
speaking , but the general walking ,
talking and mailing suggest how
Demosihenos , if ho htd enjoyed the
privilege of a seat in this body , might
bare dispensed with the ( id of the soa.
Then the division takes place , and
members pour in from tha lobbies ,
the reitanrant , the committee roomi ,
to pass like a drove of sheep between
two tollers. The efforts ot inexperi
enced or unimportant members to get
attention are pathetic. Ono is perpetually -
petually swaggering about , but never
spaaki ; another gets up and murmur ? ,
but being ignored by all parties , sit
down , with a ghastly disappointment ,
and tris to look as if ho Aid not fool
ho was being looked at ; another , with
Chadband hair , rises for Information ,
taking in t bland voice a question BO
neediest that some oneon the other side
answer * it , to cave the speaker's time ,
Mid Chadbxnd , after swaying uncer
tainly on his toe for an instant , sub
side * so abruptly that ho can't at once
recover the tuo of his limb ] sufficient
ly to steal away to-rard a cloak
room. Tot at alinoet any moment ,
oxcepfc In the "morning-hour , " and
on "private bill day , " an exciting
and masterly discussion may begin ,
which promptly fills the chairs , and
enchains every listener. The general
demeanor of the hous ? , too , la moro
bmlnewlikc , essepHng for the
tuaount of preoccupation , than that
of the homo of cornrnono. These
who come to look on , with Imagina
tions trained by history and the press ,
re _ grieved to going away without
leting a tingle member spring at an
other' * throat , or even call him a liar.
Iho homogeneity of the fac i snd per-
ions on the floor is anotbc * point for
remark. It is clear that Americana
ire Americans , however wide asunder
their abodei nuy be , and it occurs to
jne that if the representatives of diff-
srent lections were to get hopelessly
nixed np and changed F.bout son a
lay , It would produce no incongruity
io Jar as to the'r outward appearance
3 concerned To imagine the'te
: orcfortabla gentlemen arrayed ,
n their frock-coats cf identical
nake , on sides
opposite in p.
jivil war , or aa the lawgivers
) fepar tp cnnfederaeie ? , would bo
jrotejque , if the reility a few joirs
igo had not been so tragic. A f jw
Hstinctiona of cast aud sonlh and
Tfst may perhaps bo traced in tbo
ihyiio nomiei , 'but individual pf- j
laliarlties assort themselves fer mcrj '
trongly. The man pf the people , S
rith nig indifferent neck-tie and wtli-
net manner ; tha snug , well-to do law-
rer ; the "elegant tpeaker"tho ; richest
nembers , with heads partially hild
nd faces seamed nith tiuo wrinkles ,
roaring a look of long resignation to
ho collection ff dividends ; or tha
lethoric , roay-faced man who gains
is point by pivalc chropsgno rather
than public speech ; tlo quiet gentle- I
mn of refined manners : nnd the gory !
antagonist all these , and other types
besides , may be sharply discriminat
ed wi'.hout regard to ntato or geog-
rapliital lijicr. It hna grown to bo ,
V"of > th'on ' to c y that congress RO-
coini i-hfcs nothing except to disturb
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trade , bat if that is so , itis not duo to
idleness. Accomplishing nothing was
nevar baforo so laborious a task.
House members arc the busiest people
In th-j country , uith their caucuses ,
their incessant committee meetings ,
their speeches and preparation , their
dense correspondence with consthu- '
ents , nnd intorviewo with visitors.
The house , too , turns out o vast
amount of work , Us committees being
eilis'.oit ' agencies for transacting busi
ness. Every day yon find In the
dooumont room a fresh ormful of
newly printed bills , many of which
are trath , to ba sure , but hAraleis.
The real and go t defect of the pop
ular branch la its fatal capacity for
distorting , maiming , or destroying
good rnaaturoa that have been ma
tured in committee , by unforeseen
amendment ! carried in general
debaco. A few laudable enactments ,
however , tlwuys survive thin general
massacre of infant bills , end wo moat
remember that the amsc menla often
represent a whojjgr' > v watchfulness
against special clasa oiPprivato legisla
tion. Whatever ths evil of congress ,
finally , they are faithful reflections of
the avarica , ambition , or low eenao of
honor In the communities there rcp-
rescntsd , and the people do wisely to
sneer at thsir own exposed deformity ,
without trying to remedy It by culti
vating morals moro Msiduously inbus-
iuesi and political opinion.
The National Banks Under the Pro
posed Act.
WASIIIXOTON , February 8. The
commissioner of the currency address
ed a communication to the chairman
cf the senate committee on finance , in
which ho says that uud r the present
laws , with section 4 of the act of June
20 , 1874 , in forcol,151 national banks
will be required to purchcso $49,300-
450 of new bonds up n the payment
uf the bonds whioh are to mature dur
ing the present year ; second , if aeo-
tion4of the act of Jnno 20 , 1874 , ia
repealed nnd all of the bsnks are re
quired to ' keep one-third of
their capital in United States
bonds 1,122 banks will bo
rrqolrcd to purchase the now bonds
for that purpose , amounting in all to
$70,415,000 , or $30,038,050 moro than
under the operation of the law BS It
now stand ; . If , however , under nee-
tlon 5 of the pending bill Uken as a
whole the national bsuka .iro obliged
to accipt payment of the bondc to ma
ture during the present year iu the
now bonds , then they will be required
to purchase the whole amount so ma
turing in addition to such as have
already boon called. These bonds are
described on paga 33 of the pamphlet
containing the Interview , and amount
ed in all to 5210,476'JOO at that
time. "
The Assistant General Superinten
dent New York Post Office , Wm. H.
Warelng , Eiq. , says : St Jacob * Oil
has proved equal to til that IB claimed
for it , and been found efficacious.
Ready relief for Rheumatic com-
plaints.
Great German
REMEDY
FOR
NEURALGIA ,
SCIATICA ,
LUMBAGO ,
BACKACHE
GOUT ,
SORENESS
or TOO
CHEST ,
SORE THROAT ,
QUINSY ,
SWELLINGS
- TD
SPRAINS ,
FROSTED FEET
4CD
EARS.
41D
SCALDS ,
GENERAL
TOOTH , EAR
HEADACHE ,
AND
All other Fains
_
JCo rrtrarotinn on earth e iual ET. JiCOM OIL u
a * * AF2f SCR& , 5IUILH ft l cnrAP Ext rn l Kamgd/ .
A trial entails but the eompitratircly trifling octiar of
SO CC.TTS. and erer/one pnuennc'nith ram can hare
cLcapand rcithe proof of its cl-Jms.
UniECTIO.VS Ik EIETELAIGUKiKS. .
SOLO BY ALL CRUDOISTS AKfl GEAlEnS IS MEDICINE.
A. VOGELER & CO.
Jlaitimorct 3Ttt. , U.S.A.
Wlio want glossy , Inxnrfanfi
and Travy tresses of abundant ,
beautiful Hair must nso
LYON'S SATHAIRON. TJiis
elegant , cheap article alwayg
makes the Hair grow freely
nnd fast , keeps it from falling
out , arrests and cures grayness -
ness , remores dandruff and
itching , makes the Hair
strong , giving it a curling
tendency and keeping it in
any desired position. Beau
tiful , healthy Hair is the sure
result of using Kathairoa ,
VWEGAB WOBK8) )
EKNSTKKEBS , Manager
llMrafuctnrer of all klndi of
rr * St. Eel. 9tt. and let OH ABA , ft
AGENTS WASTED FOU OCR KEW BOOK
iBiblc for the Young1 ,
Ciiiuthestorj cf the S rlrtnrre by Kev G' .
SI xander Crook. D. D , in simple nd attni
ive linjnute for eel anil jounp Profuae
Hnatratcil , m hina mo : iatcrstlnsand If *
> rf } ira j tuth 8 instructor Erc'y parent irfll
icciire this work. Preachers , veil f hould cir-
iolato h. Price 33.00
S'nl for circulars with oitra terras.
J II CIUMBEfelACO. , Hi. Ionia.
THB CELEDUATED
: > vil Steel Tooth Harrow
Manufactured by
3A ST.OO : i S-EDD/.V05 , Fen du La : , Wit
_ , . F. D COOPER
urito for ptlc-3 - Asent , Omahi. Neb.
bitnf _
WANTED to' sell Dr. CHASES
eoooKECIPE COOK. Sell *
. Youdoablayour money. Addrcs3 Dr.
Iliasc'a Printiu House. Ann Arbor , Mich
MORE POPULAR THAN EVER.
The Genuine
SINGER HEW FAMILY SEWING MACHINE.
Ths i-opnlar demand for the GENUINE SINGER in 1879 exceeded that of
any preyious year during the Quarter ot Cenlnry in which this "Old
Iteliable" Machine has been before tha public ,
In 1878 we sold 356,422 Machines. In 1879we sold 431 167
Machines. Excess over any previous year 74,735 Machines.
Our salea last year were at the rate of over
1400 Sewing Machines a Day I
For eyery bruIneM d y In tb year ,
The "Old Sellable"
That Every REAL Singer is the Strongest ,
Singer Sewing Machine -
the Simplest , the Most
chino bus this Trade
Mark cast into the Durable Sewing Ma-
Iron Stand and embedded cfiine ever yet ConFer
bedded in the Arm of
structed ,
the Machine.
THE SINGER MANUFACTURING GO.
Principal Office : 4 Union Square , New York ,
1 , f.OO Subordinate Offices , in ths Tj nited States nnd Canada , and 3.000 Offices ir the O
World and South America. seplO-dftwtf
Successors to Jas. K. Ish ,
: FIMRS.
Dealers in Fine Imported
Extracts , Toilet Waters , Colognes , Soaps , Toilet Powders , &o.
A full line of Surdcal Instrument * , Pocket Cassi , Trnss-a aud Supporters. Absolutely Pure
Drajsana Chemlcili utod la Ulspcnalng. I'reacrlptlonj filled at any hour ot the night.
JKS. . Tgli. Lawrence 31 c3Iahon.
SHEELY BROS. PACKING CO
Wholesale and Retail in
FSESH MEATS& PROVISIONS , GAME , POULTRY , FISH , ETC.
CITY AND COUNTY ORDERS SOLICITED.
OFFICE CITY MARKET 1416 Douglas St. Packing House ,
Opposite Omaha Stock Yards , U. P. R. K.
Geo. P. Bemis
HEAL ESTATE AGEKGY.
16th c Douglca 8ii.t Omaha. Ntb.
Tilts agency docs STRICIZ.T a brckaraga btrf-
nft a. POOJ r.otrpccalste , and therefore any r-
galna oa its books are lusurod to Its pUronB , In
atead o * telng gobbled np by the agent
& liILL ,
OEAL ESTATE BROKERS
No ItfS farnham Street
OMAHA - NEBRASKA.
Office North BIde opp. Grand Central Hotel.
Nebraska Land Agency.
DAVIS & SNYDER ,
1605 FarnTiam St. Omaha , Nebr.
4M.CCO ACRE3 eardnlly eelcctedland In Eutern
Nebraska for Bale.
Uroat Bargains In Iraprciod fartna , and Omit a
dty property.
O. y. DAVIS. WEBSTER BNYDSK ,
tate Land Com'r U. P. B. B. 4p-eb7tf
BTKOK REED. LKTTO KIXD.
BJTOII Reed < & Co. ,
OLDEST XSTABLOTP
EEAL ESTATE AGENCY
IN NEBRASKA.
Ke-jp a complete abstract of title to all Real
Estr.to In Omaha and Douirloa County. may It t
A. W. NASON.
3D E 3ST T ! S T ,
'Orrm : Jacob's U ct , corner Otpltol ATS. and
Htb Street. Omaha , Seh.
BURNED OUT ,
But at it Again.
ASD
Saddlery
Hardware ,
HARNESS , COLLARS ,
Stock Saddles , etc. ,
Now Ready for Business.
Next Door to Omaha Na
tional Bank , Douglas
Street.
ter Jan. 5th , 1316 Douglas
St. , opposite Academy of Mualc.-
( lCCll-tJ
j. < LJ.
MieOHAHT TAILOR
Capitol Are , , Opp. Masonic Hall ,
- - NEB
OMAHA. - - -
AST INDIA
lay
SOLS MANUFACTURERS ,
_ Ol&AHA. Sob.
PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION LINE
BBTWKEN
OMAHAAND FORTOMAHA
JJonaccts With Street Cars
Jorner of SAU3DER3 and HAMILTON
8TRESTS. ( End of Red Lint uftllOTO :
LEAVE OMAHA :
! : SO , :17tndll-l m ,2:03,6:27 : snd 7:23 p.m.
LEAVE FORT OMAHA :
7:15 a. m. , 0(5 : a. ra. , and 11:11 p. m.
4:00 : , 8:15 : and 8:15 p. a.
The 8:17 : a. m. run , learlae gmaha , and the
1:00 : p. m. run , learlng Fort Omaha , are usnally
ocdedtofaH capacity with rejrnlar paraenjcrs.
The 8:17 : a. m. rua will bo nude from tha post-
ifflce , corner of Dodge and Ulh snrehta.
Tickets can ho procured from etrett cardrlr.
its , or from drivers of hacks.
'AKJ5. 5 CKKTB. INCLUDING BTRE CAR :
CHARLES RIEWE ,
Hct&Ilc Cases , Coffins , Caskets , Shrouda , etc.
'am mStree . Oth and llth , Omaha , Seb.
tgraphlc onleri oro-aotlT atttnded to.
SUBSCRIBE FOR
.
THE WEEKLY BEE ,
The Beat in t\ie \ West.
KC HOUSES *
THE OLDEST ESTABLISHED.
BAUC HOUSE
IN NEBRASKA.
GALDWEILHAMILTONICO
BnaJceaa iraneicted Bimo as that o an Incor
porated Baak.
AccoocU kept In Cnrrencj or cold gnbjcct to
riRht check vrtthoct not loo.
CortlfleaUd of doposlt tssnod parabla In three ,
iU and twelTO moath , bearing Interest , or oa
demand without latorcat.
Advances made to cnatomen on approreJ Be-
CttrltUg at market ratoa of Interest
Bny and sell gold , bllliof eichange OcTeru-
ment , StatoCounty anil dtj Bonds.
Draw Sight Drills on England , Ireland , Scot
land , and all ports of Europe.
, S > 1I Earopean Passage Tickets.
COLLECTIONS PROMPTLY MADE.
aneldt
U. S. DEPOSITOET.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Of OMAHA.
Cor * 13th and Farnbam Streeta ,
OLDEST EAHKINC ESTABLISHMENT
IN OUAHA.
( SUCCESSORS TO KOUHTZE BROS. , )
rsTABLnnro is 1S59 ,
Or snlrcd aa a National Bank. Angrat 20,1843.
OapitalandProflts OverS300,000 ,
Specially anthorizcd by the Secretary or Treasury
to rtcelye EubBcrlptloa to the
O.S.4 PER CEHT. FUNDED LOAN.
07FIOEBS AND
HniCAfl Kctrsna , Frcsident.
ADflUsrus Ktmrn. Vice Picstdent.
n. VT. TITES. Cashier.
A. J. Fern TOn , Attorney.
Jonx A. CR IOHTO .
f. It Di-ra , Aea't Ouhlei.
This beak lecsiTeadepodt srlthcut itgtti to
amonntl.
Icsnsa time certlJlcatei bea/lnj ; Interest.
Drawa drafts air S&n Frandaco and principal
cities of tha United eutcs , alan London , Dnblln ,
Edlnbnreh and the principal dtlea cf the contl-
nsntof Enrope.
Sells pwse tickets for Emigrant * In tha Ir.
man ue. rrr ldtj
HOTELS.
THB ORIGINAL.
BRfCOS HOUSE !
Oor. Randolph St. & 5th Ave. ,
CHICAGO ILL.
PRICES REDUCED TO
S2.00 AND S2.50 PER DAY
Located In the business centre , conrenlent
to places of amnsement. EUpintfy fnmlahod ,
containing all modern lm > rorcmenU , paeaenfrer
eferator , &c. J. H. CUJIJIINGS , Proprietor.
ocIOlf
HOUSE ,
Cor. MARKET ST. & BROADWAY
Council Bluffs , lowai
On line o Street Railway , Omnlbni Io end from
all train * . RATES Parlor floor , W.OO per day ;
noond floor , * 2.SO per day ; third floor. 92.CXX
The best furnished and most commodloni home
In the city. OEO.T.PHELP3 Prop.
FRONTIER HOTEL ,
Laramie , Wyoming. V
The miner * ! resort , good accommodation * ,
area sample room , charges reasonable. Special
ittontion giicn to traTelin ; men.
ll-U H. 0 HILUUtD Proprleter.
INTER-OCEAN HOTEL ,
Cheyenne , Wyoming.
Flrst-cIiB5 , Fine ar e Sampla Roomt , one
lock from depot. Tralni itop from 20 mlnntet
.0 2 honrs for dinner. Free Bna to and from
Depot. Kate * J2.00 , liW and 13.00 , according
o room ; single meal 7B cents.
A. D. BALCOU , Proprlator.
W EORDEK. Cnlof Clerk. mlO-t
PTON HOUSE ,
Scliuyler , Neb.
Flist-cUw Henee , Good Heala , Good Bedi
Urj Booms , and kind and accommodating
reatment. Tw- > good sample roomg. Bpecia
.ttentlon paid to commercial trarolers.
S. MILLER , Prop. ,
" " Sotayler , Neb.
The Popular Clothing House of
i ,
M. HELLMAN & CO. ,
Find , on account of the Season
so far advanced , and having
a very large Stock of
Suits , Overcoats and
Gents' Furnishing
Goods left ,
They Have
REDUCED PRIDES
that cannotfail to please everybody
REMEMBER THE
ONE PRICE CLOTHING HOUSE ,
1301 and 1303 Faniham St. , Corner 13lh.
GOODS MADE TO ORDER 01 * SHORT NOTICE.
PIANO
J" . S. "WZRIG-IECT ,
ACEFK CHIDKERINQ PIANO ,
And Sole Agent for
HaUet Davis & Go , , James & Eolmstrom , and J. & G.
Fischer's Pianos , also Sole Agent for the Estey ,
Burdett , and the Fort Wayne Organ
Go's , Organs ,
Ijdeal In. Pianos and Organs exclusively. Have had years
experience in ihe Business , and handle only the Best.
J $ WR1CHT
Hi UB ff Iliyfll I
21816th Street , City Hall Building , Omaha. Neb.
HALSBT V. PITCH. Tuner.
DOUBLE AUD SINGLE ACTING
POWEDOUBLE Pi
Steam f nmps , Engine Trimmings , Mining Machinery ,
BELTING HOSE , BRASS AND IRON FITTINGS , PiPE , STEAM PACKIXC
AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
HALLADAY WIND-MILLS , CHURCH AND SCHOOL BELLS
A. L. STEAM , 205 Faraham Street Omaha , Neb
HENRY mm
If BLATZ' § Mil WAUKEE BEER !
VB DiLfl i Km $1 ifaillaffvf'&yz&ILiL SJJLS-fa ]
In Kegs and Bottles ,
Special Figures to the Trade. Families Supplied at Reasonable
Prices. Office. 239 Donelas St.rwat. Omaha
CA
Carpetings I Garpetings i
J. ; TW
Old Reliable Carpet House ,
.405 DOUGLAS STREET , BET. 14TH ATO 15TB
I3ST 1868. )
Darpets , Oil-Cloths ,
Matting , Window-Shades ,
Laee Curtains , Etc.
MY STOCK IS THE LARGEST IN THE WEST.
' 1 Hake a Specialty of
WINDOW-SHADES AND LAGE GUHTA1N3 "M
And have a Full Line ol
yiats , Rugs , Stair Rods , Carpet-
Lining Stair Pads , Crumb
Clothes , Cornices ,
ornice Poles , Lambrequins , Cords and Tassels
In fact Everything kept in a First-Class Carpet House.
Orders from abroad solicited * Satisfaction ftaarantcctl
nil , or Address .Jtt
John B. Detwiler ,
Old Reliable Carpet House , OMAHA ,