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UKOA1LY BEE. Wednesday Morning.gFeb. 16. BREVITIES , Paterson sells coal. Sse Polack's advertisement. J5cst ten cent cigar at Saxe's. Lnbmsbulk perfnmeatKahn'fl. Palmer's bulk extract at Saxe's. Additional local news on first page. Whipple , McMillan & Co. , the jewel * erg , Creighton Block. o2G-tf WASTED Fifty thousand dollars of county bonds. H. T. Claike. The Shcrrill Literary , Club meets two weeks from last eening. . The Saratoga scnool exhibition was postponed until this evening. The United States court at Lincoln will probably adjourn to-day. Tor lands , Lots , Houses and Faims oo e overJBemis' new column on flwt page Brrgains. Keep in mind Bishop Eyan's lecture h * . at the Cathedral of St. Philomena , Feb. 20thJ Dr.W. H. Lanyon has removed ha ; office to neat quarters over the Opeia Honte Pharmacy. S. N. Mealio has retired ent relyfrcm the management of the Academy of Music , which has passed into other handr. We desire to call attention to Cruick- ohink & Co.'s great sale of domest'c goods advertised on first page. Jjots , Forms , House * ind Lands. Look over Bemis * new column or bargains oa 1st page. Two Urge "wildcats'1 were captured and Kllel near Florencs last week , l > y Mr. J. Reeves , as we learn from Mr. H. H. Gooden. I At the Presbyterian church , on Sun day morning , Mr. Welshanj was installed as one of the el3cwand twenty-three embers were received into the church. J In the police court yesterday a man wai arraigned for petit larceny , the"artic'e alleged to have been stolen being a saw. He was sent to the county jail for a short term. Chief Engineer Galligan has tendered his resignation as the head of the fire de- partmcntf which p he has filled with great credit for six years to taTie effect April Itt. Eis reasons are the insufficiency of the salary. His place -will be bard to fill. AuctioneerFretwell. last night , picked up from his stock a copy of Homer's Iliad , Comptede Chambord's edition. "Here you are , " said he ; "Homer's Eyelids , by a French gentleman. ' ' The book was bid ofl by a man whom the recent Btorm made enow-blind. A horse dragging a pair of shafts af ter him made a lively inn down Farnham streetH JfBtcidaA. Just in front ol Harry Deuel'a ticket offi.-e he collided with a colored man , knocking th * latter about twenty feet. On arising the unfortunate individual nibbed hia head-rigorously and inquired , in an aggrieved tone , "What \v g dat , anyway1 He had not seen the runaway at all , and thought the comet had { truck him , sure. The cooa dummy train brought over from the tranefer a party of Kentucky migrants , whose nppsaraneo indicated anything but the possession nf worldly wealth. The baby , o two-year old child , was barefooted , bare-legged and bare headed and cried piteously with the cold as it was carried in its mothers' arms from the cr to the waiting room in the depot. It was a sight one does not wish often to enjoy peace of mind. - On Wednesday nest the third lecture ic the Unity Lyceum course will be given it the Unitarian church by Kev. J. Vils Blake , of Quncy , Illinois Mr. Blake is ? graduate of Harvard , an able writer and impressive speaker. He was formerly set tled in Boston over one of the most cul tured congregations , the one of which the famous Theodore Parker was for s > manj years pastor. Mr. BUke ia one of the best Unitarian ministers in the weat , is at exponent of the moat advanced liberal Christian thonght.and his lectnre on man ners will be both eloquent and instructive. NEW SOLID SILVER. WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED BY THE LATEST EXPRESS A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF THE BEAUTI FUL GORHAM SOLID SILVER WARE , ThELargest STOCK etertn OroaJm. CALL AT ONCE AND SEE , AT EDHOLM & ERICKSON'S , THE JEWELERS , OPPOSITE THE U , S. POSTOFFICE. There will be a GRAND BALL for I the benefit of St. John's Bohemian Benevolent Society , at John Svacina'u , South Thirteenth S raet , on Wednes day , February 16th. 15 2 * ' NOTICE. A fnll attendance of the members o ! the Omaha Labor Union is request ed this evening , February 15th , 1881 , at Clark't Hall , corner of 14th and Dodge streets , as business of import- aase u to ba transacted. By order cf the Seirotary. Arctic Ovcwhoes , ' Brighton Overshoe ? , Alaska Overshoes , Salf-Acting Overshoes , and every other kind , juat received , at H. DOHLE & CO. PERSONAL , . A.lCcsu and wife and Mrs. E. W. Nash have returned from Salt Lake. Geo. W.Hill , . Esq. , late ol Leadvillc and fonnerly.of Chicago , is in the city. JS.-Tate of the firm of Smythe and Talc--went to Sarpy county yesterday to tryjs'eouple of cases. 1)K A. S. Pendery is going to try farm life * infWashington county , for a few months.for the benefit , of his falling health. Right' Kev. L. H. Brewer , tha lately elected Episcopal bishop of Montana , itr- rivtJ in Omaha Monday by one of the delayel Rock Island trains on his way to hia new tiekl of labor. He is accompanied by his family. He will remain in the city a few days and ia etopping with A. J. Poppletou. CIVATOHES and JEWELRY repaired on the Shortest Notice , at EDHOLM & ERICKSON , opposite TJ. S/'Pottoffice. WAIT I WAIT I ! To-morrow L. B. WJLLIAYS & SONS' will 'receive a largo invoice of ARTIOB. Workingmeu know where to go for yonr'SriDkof pure XenluckylO cent whukey , imported gins and Irish whiakeyBj-Budrrelaer beer. Agent for St. OoUhirdBittere. D L. McGccEnr , jm 27 1m 314 Sonth 10th. at BOKNER1300 , Doaplas atreot , has the largest and best ttock cf House Furnishing Gooda Iu the city , codtf JAMES THE FIRST. Tire Eedpath of Destiny Mapped Out for the Irish Eace. . With a Complete Mutation of tithe Slanders Heaped Upon Them by'the British , The Landlords of Ireland Ex coriated by the "Lafayette of Land Reform. " The True History of the Reformation mation in the Oppress ed Isle. A Graphic and Eloquent Lec ture by an Eye-Witness. The warm Interest of the citizens of Omaha in the present land agitation in Ireland was attested by the magnificent audionso which , in Epito of the inclemency of the weather , filled the Academy of Music Mondy : to glisten to the "ico are of Jamei Radpath upon the "Irish Land War. " Although , naturally , Irish-Americana predominated , yet a larga number of oar representative cittsana and their ladles were present , aud manifested as much interest and enthusiasm as the more favored-inhabitants of Old Erin. The bos on the left of the stage was occupied by resident clergymen , among whom wo noticed Revs. John Williamj Jamieson , Doherty anc Sherrfll , while -Father English occu pied a aeat oa the platform. Shortlj after 8 o'clock the lecturer appeared , and was introduced by Mayor Chase amid a storm of applause which 143tec for several minutes. Mr. Redoath'i * easy conversational style , his pungen wit and scathing sarcasm at onse woi the eager attention of the audience anc held it for three houra. His lectori was an exhaustive review of the aitu& tion followed with anecdote and shed ed by touches of genuine pathos. H was constantly interruptsd by the ap plauao which hia telling hits evoked Appended ia an abstract cf THE LECTGBE. I thank you wi.li & 11 my heart fo thia warm welcome from your warn hearts. I accept it , and I regard ii not only and not chiefly a < - an cxprea aioii of-good will to myself , t but a another proof of that grand trait o the grand ola Irish n&t'on that ex uberant gratitude with which it hi always repaid every man who lisa cvci tried , however numbly , howevei feebly , if fearlessly and sincerely , tc lighten the heavy load t > f woe undei which it has stapered for canturiea. Ireland is the Gctbsemauo cf Eu rope. There is more sinless sorron there thsn in anyothar Christinn ! ani If you tnrn to England and demanc to know the causes of this Irish mis ery , aho will give you reasons as plen tiful and as pitiless aa the tigera in her own Indian junglea jungles thai were once populous provincsa nntl the native inhabitants wcra exter minated by British troops "In the interests of civi iza'.ion" and the opium trade. England will tell ycu that the chief reasons of the misery ol Ireland are because the Irish aw Catholics , bacauae the Irhh am indo lent , becinse the Irish are drunken , .because the Irish &ro extravagant , ba- cause the Irish are hwlsas. They give other reasons , as , for example , Ireland is over-populated , and that the Irish , well that the Irish are not English. These are not ihe answers of the illiterate rab ble. You wiil find them stated in the choicest English , in the writings ol Mscaulay and of Froude , in the let ters ofLordLansiowaein the speeches - es of BeaconeCeld , in the articles oi Blackwood , and the editorials of The London Times. If you ask mo whal ia the chief cause of Irish misery , ] answer in one word landlordism ; the merciless exactions of the lords of the apil , backed by British power Ihe legalized robbery of a race' cf resident toitera for ( he benefit of a class of ab sentee loafers. Now , to-night , while I shall aeem to follow no regular plan while I shall ramble from topic to topic and from county to county ] believe .that I shall show you before J ait down that my answer is a true ono , and that the answers of the Eag- liehjaro malignant danders of tholrlab race. race.Ko American student cm under stand Irish politic ] unless ho studies its historical development. For every pha&o of Irish character and every problem of Irish politics is a century plant. And this fact it pro eminently true of the land. problem , for it has roots that run back for two or three hundred years- Hardly ono of the cable dispatches that are aent from London be interpreted to-day can correctly preted without a knowledge cf Irish history since the reign of Henry VIII. The chief sources of error in Amer ican comments on Irish politic * arise from the fact that because Ireland is comparatively a small country , Amer- ians naturally suppose that the same climatic and statutory laws govern i very part of it. Now , from a scion- entiOc point of vie * ' , both as regards society and climate , Ihoro are two distinct Irelands the cast of Irchnd and the west of Ireland. But studied with reference to the Dy&tems of laud tenure , there are three Ireland , in each of which there prevails distinct and antagonistic principle ! and cus toms. First , the protcatant counties cf Ulster ; secondly tha cast of Ire land ; and third , the treat cf Ireland , la the protsstaul counties of the north the Ulster custom prevails , in the eeat of Ireland , outside ot these counties there are long leases and largo farms , while in the west the vast majority of the tenants are tenants at wiU. Fv.cla that are tree of oue of these divisions da not apply to any other division. THE NORTH OF IKELA5D. The lecturer then catered upon an ictcresting historical description of the land tenure system as it haa txisted in the northern put of Ireland , especially in "Ulster. The northern part of the country has been for three' hundred years under Protestant rule , and was originally settled by coloniea sent over fromScotracd i-nd Eat land nuder Henry VllF. These colonials at Grst oppressed by thair landlords refused to submit , and the English overcment for fear of losing her rev enue compelled the landlords to enact a system of land tenure which is con tained in whst ia new called the three B"a : Fair R3nlFi , ty of Tenure , and Free-Sale. Fixity of Tenmo means that no tenent shall be evicted aa long as ha pays hie rent , and free sale meana ; t.at the tenant shall be regarded as ; ho real owner cf all the improvements ie make : on his farm , fcnd shall have ; be right , if he Is evicted or chooses : o leave , to sell these improvements. Fdir rent has prevailed in the protestant - tant counties of "Dialer until 1847 , which Mr. Redpath characterized EB the begianlngof modern Irish history , as nnder u'a 1880 is the beginning of modern American history. This > rivileie extended only to hat portion of the country ottlod by tbe Protestant colonists , nd this tJone hai been the cause of bo groatsr prosperity of Protestant eve : * Catholic Ireland. Driving from he fertile eea coast to the batren in- and the " Wild Irish , " as they were called , the Ulster men maintained that is they stood a good chance of dying i the hauda of the infuriated natives hey must also have a good chance of iving. On thia account they matn- alned their demands for liberal land &ws , and they hare reaped the benefit. 3e said that the reason why the pro- leatant counties of Ulster were more irospercus thsn the Catholic counties ) f weal of IreUnd wag because Ulster lad enjoyed thcsa rights for from two : o three centuries , whereas in the Uatholic counties the tenanta lad been * msra teants at will. You ask me , said Mr. Rjdpath , whether all theUlatermen are not op- losedtothe Land Lsagae , I answer io. There are a set of miserable snivelling factory men in Belfaat who depend for their living upon the eala of Irish linens who have held a aeries of ; wenty meetings t which they passed ; hroe resolutions. The first denounced ; he Innd League and lawlessness , the second called for coercion , and tha ; hird denounced American agitators referring to me. If the people of America would refuse to buy one yard of Irish linen as long aa the Ulster Orangemen remained out cf the Lind League it wouldn't bo twen ty-four hours before they would fall into-lino. THE EAST OF IRELAND. Passing froa "Ulster to the east of Ireland wo enter & country of unrivall- oi fertility aud surpassing loveliness. Its grazing farms produces the best grass in Europe. Up to 1847 the east of Iceland had been densely populated , but from 1847 to 1851 the landlords , very few cf whom had contributed ono shilling for the relief of their tenanti , aent the crow-bar brigadea to bolt the cabins of the tenants , and then con solidate their little holding * into large grazing farms , without giving them one ah tiling of compensation for the im provements and reclamations of gener ations. Only oue rule was true of every county of Ireland and that was thai no landlord ever Epjiu one shilling in improving hia estate , except only thai part of his estate that he hold for his own uae. The tenants reclaimed the land , fenced it , built houses and ma nured the land at their own expense. Thia had bsen the rule for centurina , and yet outside "of the proteatan1 counties In Ireland , whenever R ten- act was evicted , and ho could bo evicted at any time by hia landlord , these improvemeta were confhcatoc without compensation. After ihe people had been driven out , the new tenanta were seldom clven leases , ba as they had large aud fertile farmsam could.afford to pay enormous rents evictions were comparatively rare Henca came the fact that while there was sometimes great distress anc often famine in the west of Ireland there was often only chronic misery in the east of Ireland. In 1847 thi landlords suddenly insisted that their tenants , to whom they had previously refused leases , should teko leases What was the reason of this change 1 Baciuse Gladstone in 187 ( passed that bill , which bo eaya In the Queen's late speech had baeno ! great benefit to Ireland , and which was honestly intended to extend a small part of the Ulster system over the Catholic counties of Ireland. The bill provided thai if a tenant was evic ted capriciously , the landlord should pay him a "fine" amounting to seven years' rent , and compensation for im provements made \vithin21 yeara , and moderate recompense for unexhausted manures. But under this BO called liberal pro vision neither free sales , fair rent or fixity cf tenure existed because that old scoundrel the Duke of Leinater drew up a leasa , called the "L'instor lease" In which ho was followed by all the other absentee laodlorda. Un der this lease the tenants -were com pelled to. take leasas by which they agreed to forfeit all the rights given to them under the act cf 1870 , if they were evicted. In the west of Ireland the tenants being very poor were never able to fight the landlords in the courts. The law proceed ings were very expensive , and be- aides that every court was made up -magistrates who were land lord ? , and the Iriah judiciary ia the moat partizan and corrupt judiciary iu Europe. In 1871 , one hundred thousand persons were evicted in Ire land after thia law came in operation , and not a single shilling was paid to them. This law was practically a dead letter until last summer , when the land league fought every cisa of eviction in the courts. Now it has been such shameless defiance cf thelawandthoiacttbatthe Ulster custom doea net prevent con tinued advancement of the rents that haa made the Ulster farmers join the land league. Lord Rossmoro called a rootling of his tenants to attend a maetinij , whoso object KCS to protest against land ngitatlon. They obaycd him and came , but the whole five hundred joined tha had league on the spot. THE WEST OF IEELAND. And now in spirit lot us take the shoes from off our feet , as we draw nigh the holy ground of Connaught &nd Mnnster , for there ia nothing so sacred on thia earth as human sorrow. Christianity haa bean called the wor ship of sorrow , and if tlis definition be the true one , then the holy land of our day is the weat of Ireland. Every aod there haa boon wet with human tears. The murmnra of every rippling brook there , from time out of mind , have been ac companied by an invisible choras of slgha from breaking human hearts. Every breeze that haa swept acrocm her barren moora has carried with it to the summits of her bleak mountain alcpea , and I truat far beyond them , the groans and prayers of a bravo but de- airiDgpnorln , The ? on has never set on her aorrowa , except to give place to Iha pitying slaw that look down on human woes that excel in number their otfh constellated hosta. I have heard so much and seen much of tha surrowa of the weal that when the memory of them brings them before me I stand appalled at the vision. Again and a ain since I came back from Ireland , I have tried to draw the picture of n estern misery , and again and agiin as often as I have tried I have broken down , and I have wept like a woman. It" I could picture in words , I conld not utter the words , for I cannot look on human sorrow with the cold and aesthetic eye of an artist. My heart faila me as I now attempt to picture the acenes of my visit inCon- nsmata and Mayo. A barren country , a toiling , industrious , moral people , whose very life blood ia being sapped 9y Iho exactions of resident agenta of absentco landlord ; ; poverty more squalid than any J have ever before seen , and heartlessness -more cruel than history records ; thia is the atato of aflVira which I found in western [ reland on the occisioa or my second visit. Sir Redpath then went Into a detailed examination of the charges against the Irish character. So far torn being lazy he found all willing o work for sixpence a day , if work ; ould Be found. Tbe men , and even he women and children toiled in the larvest. But at every point they were net by the exactions of landlordism , requiring tolls for every nheep , cow , hog or-pound of produce brought ] to market , and every basket of eggs aold in th towns. Such heartless plundering has driven into exile 1,500,000 of Irish men , wo men and children , and sent to their gt&yea another million end n half. You aakme , said the lecturer , whether I would apologize for the killing of two landlords and the driving into extle of as many more. I answer , No , UBverluntil enough have beecjmurdvr- ed to balance the million nnd a halt starved into their graves by landlords' tyranny , and driven from thair belov ed land by landlord cruelty. Than it will be lime to apologize not before. As to the Irish being drr.nkoa , it ia an English slander which I have per sonally refuted. During eight fairs I observed only four drunken Irish , of whom two were men. There id more liquor drunk in Godly Scotland to-day than there ia in Ireland. That the Irish peasantry live in squalor , no ono will deny. But they dara not make improvements upon their farms and cabins for fear that the routs will at once be raised. Mr. Redpath's description of the miserable cabins , diet , clothing and surroundings of tha peasantry was painfully realistic. Ho pricked the babble of Lard Landsdowncs generos ity aa reported In the English paperc and eald thr.t no more wretched ten antry exists in the country than his. Ho implored tbe American people who proposed to travel-in Ireland to buy all the guide books they could lay their hands on and then not to go over any of tha routea selected. At such places landlordism had droaaod up the cottages and covered up the sight of the real misery while a h&lf a mile frcm the roads the meat miserable squalor and poverty could ba found. Mr. IlccJpath was the originator of Boycotting and gave a graphic account of its orig.n. Boycott was a super cilious upstart who acted as ageu : for an absentee. In refusing to Trork on hia lands in forbidding all intercourse with the family and in laying him under tha ban of social ex communication the Iriah paople fired the first shot whose echoes hnvo been so powerful in awakening Ireland tea a souse of freedom and Independence. LORD LEITEIir. The killing of Lord Leitrim in 1878 next was taken up. Froude claims that it was an agrarian murder in spired by the land league. When it ia considered that the league was not organized until nearly a year lter , the maliciona slander ia sufficiently re futed. Lord Leitrim waa the seducer of a number of Irish peas&nt girls. One ofjtheso , who fell into his anaroa , wrote to her brother , an Irish- American , living in Chicago , and told him her pitiful story. That same day he drew his savings from the bank , purchased a teturn ticket to Ireland , provided hlm elf with an American rifle ana ammunition , nnd two weoka later made his way to the scene of his aistera" dishonor. Ho stationed himself iu the road , not in the darkness of night , but in broad sunlight , aad killed the destroyer of hls-siater'a honor. It WAS not murder ; it was legal execution. Now people muit consider the difference ia the oper tlon of the lai's in Ireland and America. In Ambrica it would have bsen unjustifiable , because the laws would have provided a remedy , but In Ireland tha landlords place them selves above the laws , and the fata of outlaws has always been death. THE LVND LEAGD2. What haa the land league accom plished ? In 1847 absentee landlords took from their tenants the last shil ling of thalr savings. Tha land league list summer advised the peas antry to pay rent only on a basis of Griffith's resolution and when the landlord * refused to receive it the tenanta buttoned up thcfr pockets and told them to do their bast to get It. Boycotting has made process serving unprofitable. Boycotting has made it impossible for the farm of an evicted tenant to be relat. Boycotting haa placed the ban of excommunication upon every servile tool of a corrupt and tyr annical government. But above and beyond this , that noble band of pa triots who compose the hud league has awakened in Irish bcaorca a spirit ot patriotism. It haa united ali ctceda and elates against the system of land tenure which has crushed tha life ot the Irish peasantry. It haa given to Ireland law and order , and courts to which her ptjopla miy appeal. Like the dnctor who had but ono remedy , and that waa for fits , and who wanted to throw a child into convul sions in ordsr to apply his physic , England wants to throw Ireland into open revolution , and then apply her only remedy of armed force. Ireland won't take the physic , and the land league haa been the great instrument ia purauadlng her to agitate , for the present , only within the law. THE FUTURE. Mr. Redpath caid that he asked n peasant whether Ireland's deninnds would cease with the obtaining of peasant proprietorship , and he answered - swerod , "devil a cesse. " But pe.'sa- ant proprio'orship is the first object sought , and it will be the first great result gained. Next will coma homo rul > . Ireland will never be uatUfied until her own legislature moors in the halls cf Dublin. To-day young Ireland is stronger th-m ovur. Education ia being diffused through out the land. The schools are aa good aa those in the United States , acd young Ireland is a rending and think ing class. I believe , said the lecturer I confidently bellove that before tha close of the present century the world will stand in admiration before the green flag cf old Erin , unfurling its graceful folds over a free , happy and properous republic of Iriah free men. men.At At the close of the lecture resolu tions were passed by Iho andienco thanking the oloqusnt lecturer for hia ssivlcea to Ireland end pledging the support of those present to the great cause of tha Irish Laud League. Ladies' and Gents' Footholds , at HENEY DOHLB & Co. 'a. "Superlative" Minnesota seta Hour now reduced in price and the best value. District Court The following proceedings were had In the distrist conrt Monday , Fob * ruiry 14th , the Hon. James W. Sav age presiding : Frandrau vs. Maguin ot & ! . ; de cree. cree.Hotaltng vs. board of commbaion- cra of Douglas county ; judgment for defendant. Charies McFadden , Jr. , was admitted lo practice aa an attorney-at- ! aw. aw.Laary vs. Sexauerotal. ; damurrer overruled ; judgment for plaintiff. Kennedy , administrator , vs Brock et. al. ; demurrer overruled and de fault. Conrt adjourned until this morn- ng at 0:30 : o'clock. GIUMJ CENTRAL GALLERY. 212 16th arreet near Masonic -Hall guarantee strictly "first class work , " ind promptness. Give ua a trial , fi-eod-tlm - - AN AMERICAN BAUON. A Romantic Page in the Life of an Omaha Man. The Hero of Two Wara. One of the most remarkable c ! ap tera in Iho life of a citizen of Omaha we have ever hoard W < H narrated to ua the other night by an intimate friend of ih-j gentleman concerned , who vouches for the "truth , stranger than fiction" of the facts which we have to narrate. The fithcr of the party in question , at that time holding a co.isuhr posi tion iu one of the Gorman cities , became - came enamoured of the daughter of ono o those "Teutsch Rittera"or Gar- man barons , \vhoae ancestors had dwelt for many years in a cistle on the banks of the Rhino. The father , poor but proud , aleruly forbada the watch , En-earing lint hia daughter should never marry any one bat a de scendant of some family with a pedi gree as long as hia own. Bat love triumphs over all obstacles , and ono night , under cover of the friendly darkneaa , the fair damael eloped with the representative of Brother Jonathaufand the twain wore mad a ono at a neighboring consulate. The happy couple took steamer and sailed for America , settling iu a south ern city , where , in duo course of time , a son was barn to them , the nearest lineal des'candant of the baron , who had no heirs but thia daughter. The family continued to reside in the eonlh until just before the commencement of the war of the rebellion , when they came north , and settled in ono of the eastern elates , while the son , then barely sixteen years old , enlisted. He fought through the war , rising to a commission , and wai Kounded at the battle of Gettysburg. Raturning home , after four yeara and Fevoa months service , ha found his family affair * much embarrassed. Being desirous of completing his education , he worked in ono of the laige uiauafastorlea of the east , until he amassed enough money to commence hia studies in a Gaman university. On bis arrival a $ Germany , ha found that the old Baron hai died , and upon procuring and presenting propar cre dentials , was recognized as the right ful Baron Von Pul zJorf , by the Prus sian government. While pUKU'ng hia studios iu Ger many , tha Franco-Prussian war broke oui and hs immediitoly ofljred hia services and served in the Prussian until the close of the war , participat ing in the triumphal entry into Paris Ho then returned to the univeriity , i : dished his couca.i iiier.i , and c.itn back to his native lend. Sines then ho has resided in an oastan ; city uati about two yeara ago , whoa he too ] up hia abode among u : . While the bsrori receives regular ! ; the small revenues of his barony , ho is remarkably reticent es regards hi title , novrr speaking of or claiming it , except cmoug his most intimate friends and there are no't probably a dozen people in Omaha who arc ac qusintcd wjth his history. Few know that there dwells r.aiong us the linea descendant of a family that was old when Ibe prow of the Spanish Navipa tor grated on the sand of San Salva torthat was old wnen the Huns thundered at the g&tea of the Imperia city whoso origin io lost in the night of time , and shrouded in the misty traditions of the past. It Is with great reluctance that we obtained of the baron permission to publish this story. He claims as an American , thatho has no right or use for hia title here , and so far as wo are concerned , his incognito ohall be preserved , and none but ourselves shall know who it is that has a right to the title of the twenty-third Baron Von Pultzdorf , Kr.ight of tha Holy Ghost , Knight ot the Iron C'rojn , and Knight Ootnuuinder of the Order of S : . .Michael. BUCKWHEAT PLODK and MAPE SYR UP at FLEMING'S. SOLID and SILVER plated ware at WmrriiS , MclIiLLcx & Co.'a , Creighton block , Fifteenth Direct. ORilxGES Untouched by frost Fairly Sweet and Sound , FLEMIXQ & Co. , GBCCEKS. GOLD and SILVER watcho * in latgo variety , and all kinds of jewelry at WiuiTtu , McMiLLEN & Co.'r , Creighton block , Fifteenth strcor. PURE JAVA and MOCHA COF- FEE. VHKY SUPERIOR VALUES IN TEAS. FLEMING & Co. GKOCEJIS. Ocsidenjsj-Hotel , corner of Tenth and Howard streets , J. J. Paya er , proprietor. This ho tel has beeii repaired an fnrniated with new furniture throughout , ar.d n ( Torus fint-da = s accoioraoda'ion ' lethe the traveling public. Charges reason able. I7lf The S-ediah Library association's Sraud maequcrade ball at Turner's Hall Saturday evening , Feb. 19tb , 1881. 1881.Tickets Tickets for sale at Jacoba's clothing store , and at Edholm and E'ick- aon'd , DEY'S DESERTS , Our Signal Office Observer In vited to Compete for Pro motion. Mr. L. M. Day , Observer at the Omaha station of the signal corvica dopRrtiaentTucaday received an invita tion to apoaar before the examining 3card at Washington city and com pete far promotion to a lieutenancy is the service , a position ranking the same office in the regular army. Only those of marked ability end promise arc offered this opoortunity and but two lieutenant's commissions are is sued each year , hence the honor of such recognition by the department will readily bo seen. Although Omaha is one of the six original Biationo , established years ago when the signal service was inaugura ted , thia ia the fiist time i'a Observer has received such recognition and it will bo a matter of pride for our citi zens ns well as a credit to the recipient of the honor. Sinca Mr. Day has come among us he hr.s on various occasions responded to the wishes of parties desirous of learning something of the workings of his department , and wo know from the courtesies that he has at all times so willingly extended to the represen tatives of the prcea , that he ia not only "skilled m the mysteries of the art , " but is a pleasant and obliging gentle man. man.Thera Thera arn many who will recall the able and interesting lecture deliversd by him iu the Dlmo lecture course , inaugurated by tha Baptist church people last winter , and , should he feel like accepting the invitation , will moat heartily wish him the success which they feel sure ho richly descrres. SPECIAL NOTICES , NOTICE Advertisements To Loon , For Sale Ixst Found , \Vaiit5 , Boitdks , 4C. , will ba In. sarled in tlice columns once for TEH CENT& jicr liaocacli subsequent insertion , FIVE CENTS per Una The first Insertion never less than IWENTY-FUNE CENTS. T6 IQAR-SCKST. / * t'lAr. T0 LOAN At8 per cent InteT SfTt'lAr. tlO.UUU crt , n pin-j ) ol 32CCOand np wards for I to 5 years' time onSrsiclusimprov od city and farm property. Apply at BE11IS Real KatitosntI Loan A KCIK.T , 15th ami Donl&3 aU - 278-codtf SO JX > ANGell it Ltw OOoa MOTJ3T . 'iflOUAH , hoornd.OrcIehton Block TO H 11C9 I'aruhun MOXTCY Aecncy. nov-13-U IKLP HAST2D VTrANTED By Rcntlemin and wile , room W and board iu a private family. Address with tc-ni ? 3 nil location E. G. , tli s office 335-17 Cook at the PaaiOo Flowe WANTED Wages 820 00 per month. 337-15 - Ooau wonnn cook , at Mrs. Me WASTED- Cf y on Toppleton St. , b t. 20th and 22J 333-1S WANTED -Thorongly competent , girl , a 1016 Tarnliam St. Good waaea. S3S-t / ' . .NrEGirlat2tl5 Cali'nn.ia . bet. 2'- ) W.NrE ; ami 22J Sta J I-18 VI' ANTED Furnished room witn loird l > j VV eeat'emau and laJy ; terms must h reasonable ; will ho permanent if suited. Ad dresi O. F. , tli a offi e. _ S52-1C TTTASTSD Acood girl for eencral house If worl ; , must boa ecod cook and waslie a'ldironT Apply touthaast curner 20tli n < California Sis. 315-tf 'TTT'AKTEn A first-el < 83 sen ait tfrl by V V small f..miljMust tic a so"d cook and thoroughly mpetcnt to do all the work , li eluding washingirou'n ' , . ' , Ac. Liberal wage1 paid and tituation f > enna"cnt. > 'o ono ncc < apply who canno : give first-class reftrcn'cja to character , ablliiy and cleanlinejArply a corner 'Slh and Karnev ttresta , or tt 2301 Pndge ttrec' . 3'S-U ' WA'iTXD An experienced fcntcher wmta to st < rt a iccatninifcett nzomesinaH west ern town , wncrs there is nonp , or whera ono ia nccdo ' ; weald taSo a reliable partner. Addre- K. K. Webb , Jackson , I.koU Co. Neb. 90-t W ANTBP A5odh-inae-kcer { r , 1100 Farn ham street , up ftaira. 32-tf JtuUteS SKD l.iD. ! EOR KKAT A nicely furnished front rooi for scntlentin , centrally loca-od. Itquir ttt 14U Howard bc.twi.cn llth and IStb SU. 3.2 It ITKXISHED ROOMS TO ilE-TT NICFTiY With board , Euitibls f : > r cenilenun > n lady , 15th and California streets , ( wMto h. i . FOR R : MT ilnely furnished Iron > iom toutl s'da. ' at 1S10 Davenport St. ijS-i FOR KENT New house , ctijlit rcctr.3 , har ( and eof : water , on 23d anil Can SU En quLy 8C7 _ 12th St. _ 123-t rjlOR r.r.NT A farnl , ho.l , ei.uth lonfc room f1 Inquire at No 1612 Kurnham St. < S .t T.1O6 11-iNT 2 fainhliral rcoino o\ei JJer ( . 'wilts "icnaiige , K. E. Cor. 10th an : SW-tf L OTS , FAKMS , HOUSES AKD IidXDS. Lee ! ' new column of birpnice on Is T71 OR SALE I'ino residence let 100x3CO feet 1 } only 7 wjtmcs S. W. of ccurt house , loca tion sight'- ' . John L. JlcCasuc , oppoMtc post office , _ 19 codtf T71OR PALE liars of Douzlia and Sarpy J ] ccunties A. I'.O'EWATER , 152 1 Tern ham Street. . 32Q.f { _ _ "TOR SALE 1'irat class Tanoery. Includinir lo Jj and building nith all modern improve nunts. Inquire at I'atcrson's bhcltfm'th shop on Cumin ; street , between 20th and ' .1st. f 12-41 T710R SALE Hosso and lot at § 1250.03. JOHN Jj L.ilcOAGCK , Opp. Postofflca. SlQ-tf TJ1OR \LK-Serea coed businois lots on Jj Faroham street. JOIif L. iicCAGLE , fjtt OppoM'e ' rcstolficc. SALK The Saratoga Brewery , located FOK a the Fair ground' , on easy terms. Apply for articular ; ) on drcaiiaea. 263-16 T.EMI3 OKFER3 A SPLENDID LIST OF L ? nuvaias in Ileuses , Lots , Farms and Lin'h , in Us no'A" column on 1st page SALE Lcasa and furniture of a lirst- POR claa hotel in a town of 1SCO inhtbitant = > , in State of Ne'.rasta. Has 21 teds , the travellinz men's retort Inqalra at Bee office 213-tf FORSA.LE A BARGAIN A hul'dlni ; with sa'oon flxturea , fanjitnroand stock , on 10th St. , oppositatba U. P. depot , forsalo very choap. Or the fiiture-i.fnrnlluroEndstook will be sold and building rented. Inquire of EU. KKEIS5- MAN. 79-tf FOR SALE T/ro cioso carriages , at A. J. Simraon'p. 911-tf K3CEltAK ! OUS. T OTS , FARMS , HOUSES AND LANDS Lock LJ oyerBEillS' new column of bargains on IffS T O&T ? oOO rowa'd , on Jrndiy evenhij , Feb. JU 4th , a red leather laiics1 paiae , c m-iining S17 50 ia void , souie silver chanjrc , two receipts , etc. PlessB ! ea\c at the office cf C. F. Drlacol ) , or at the oflisc of thij paper. 330-17 & & J&8WQ Bfc 8 ! lfeilfe fe < S Absolutely Pure- Hade from Grape Crcita Tartar. No other prcraration mites rach Hjlit , fiiky Iiot breads , or luiurioos pastry. Can to cV.cn by dr poptJts irithout fear of the ills rcaaltin ? from lie lu- < nK < stiI > ' . feed. gftld only to ma by all Qroctrj. ROTAL BAKI.VO POWDKR Ca. New York. avueS in your ownto-srn. 1cm : ; and ooiOtfreo. Addreta If. Hftllett & Co. , 'ortlaiid.iTe EXECUTOR'S SALE. n the matter of the tsUt c ! W. L. Bemis , do- rca cd : By tirtue of an order of the Dlgcrict Court tcr ) on 'as ' County , Ncbri'Va , made on the 13th ay of March , 1320 , grantlnar licsnf 9 to mo IB zccutor of the estate ( fV/illbm L. Utml3.de- ccud , to sell the ral estate of said testator in tid county. I will , on the 12th diy of March , SSI , at the honrof 11 o'c'cck a m at tru sontli oor of the Court flonac , la the City of Omaha , n eaid o-nnij- , sa'lfttpubl.'c vendue tha fclloc- ngdescilbod re U estate , cltuated in si'd County f Do nailtpwlt : Tbj east i of Ut C in block 83 , in the City of Omih1" , ? s surveyed and lith ( J raph.'d Also Iota SU and S1 in Nelson'didditioD , to BiiJ City of Oziaha , Term ? of nale ca. h. WM. C. HUST , Executor of W. L. BIMIS , Decei4ca. 110-w4 For Sale. Acres 1,000,000 of Beautiful Rich , Located in all the Counties of EASTERN NEBRASKA Many of these lands are more or less improved and can be had at wild land prices , are located in the midst of splendid settle ments , conven ent to Sail- roads , Growing Towns , Schools , Churches , &o. , while scarcely a quarter section can he found with out spring or running stream of clear water , on some part of it. We offer these lands .generally on long time and easy terms , with low rates of interest , or a liberal dis count for cash. Prices range from $2 to $10 per acre , while we can sell many fine tracts far below their market value. We Offer Over Ufa ! Located from 4 to 15 miles from Omaha , at from $6 to $10 per acre , on from 1 to 10 years time , In BURT , SARPY and WASHING TON O JUNTIES we offer great bargains enlarge tracts , some of wnich run as low as $3 per acre. In CEDAR and otaer Coun ties , lands suitable for colony from $2.50 to $3.50 per acre. I OMAHA CITY property wo offer Cheap Houses and Lots , Houses and Leased Ground , Elegant Residences , Splendid Lota in all patts ot the City and Additions , Business and Residence Property , small -tracts ot from 1 to 5.10 and 20 acres , for Sa'e ' , Lease and Ex change. We also have for sale Improved Farms A NOTARY PUBLIC can all ways be found in our office , jands will beshown purchasers roe of charge , by Some with moderate improve ments , others with large fine louses , good outbuildings , mostly cultivated , and located n all parts of Douglas and the other couties named , and all on he most liberal terms. Persons wishing to buy , eell , eat , lease , exchange or convey any kind of Real Estate will fmdus prepared for active busi ness at all times. Boggs & Hill , IEAL ESTATE BROKERS , 1408 Eorth Side of Faro. St. , Opp , Grand Central Hotel , Omaha , HO0B8BQ PS immense Stock for ' ill fiKin WINTFR ? : & , § , /isaL ? fsISI 8 i 8i * illc Csjstoni-ilade SSTZ& * * . Men's Suits ? " Boys' Suits /a / Children's Suits. BrWfl o &mpr liaj' ' fe4 - ffj Wire OVERCOATS ' ' wfcaafl M . i/ig , , $ S-y C ' - .i' $ * -r ; ' / * 4 i i * # &Aty % fytA i For Men Kfr'S3\t'/-fai \ ' . * Boys , and Ghjidren. Umlcr-Wear , Mats sn < l Caps , Trunks and Valise ? , u | . Sri cs t Suit All. Farnham Street. Near Fourteen _ HJ ' a B a ! llftu 3 FARN5U3 ! SHIEST , MARHOFF'S TRUNK FACTORY. The largest ami bstt tsvstlment of Trunks aail Valises in Hie West. Telescopic Cases a il Sample Trunks a Specialty. H. ji. - - PROP. 117 1-1(3 : St. , 3 SJoors5f y < { i of io s7ni ; SI. , EMU ' ya | 'O v y - Sfcp & 3i CRACKER MANUFACTURERS , And Wholesale Dealers in CIGARS and CONFECTIONERY. During tha Fall and Winter wo will Iwadlo COUNSELMES'S FRESH OYSTERS , which ara now the beat in the market. A hrgo assorlrsient of CANDY and SUGAR , TOYS for the HolH.iy trade. CJ.i't'2 & FF S3I,1N , 510 IHi St. , Oswaha. . octli-to < J-Cir. K Sta & * d 0 I &a S * * E&a iJB U E Dealer in Hardware , 5H \ and Tinware. Stove Repairer , Job fforxer and Maimftictiirer of ii Kinds of Cans. Tenth and Jackson Street ? . MAX MEYER & CO. , WHOLESALE 3 n Tobacco , 23 ccsifs per pound upwards. Pipes A'om 25 cents per dozen upwards. Cigars fi-ora $15.00 per lOffO upwards. E ? S531 us iia NS , AMMUNITION , SF8BTSNG G88DS Fishing Tackle , Base Balls and a full line of ETSAZESHD j C3-OOUS Send for Price List , MAX MEYSIl & CO. , Omalia , Neb. LS , Iron and Wagon Stock , Ilia Beat Asiortmcnt of WHEELS in the West , At Chicago Prices. W.d. BROATCH , 1209 & 1211 Harney Street , Omaha. 'Ijsratnr Koomi D. B. BEEMER , t t > ' -h * We t of Chicago 1871. 1871.T Wholesale Dealer in Foreign acd Domestic Frmt. , Joblorof Ham ? , Bacon , Lsrd , Cutter , I K/F , Poultry , Ctnw and Cmntry Pro.iK'e Ccccnl'v Inrohsiic'fj'iient for all fc nibcl Uutd and i-'erciia dltonottept In afoca hm < lf - ihe sniebcli'ef elected wt'i ' care , nd bi.'Jcu at cnrtent Market rates. H General Western gent for EOO ! ffS OYAL BSABD OISTEES , and Wlitlesslo Dealer in Fresh , Lake , River and Salt Water Fish. DISEASES OP'THE EYE , Bar and Throat. DJL L. B. GE.ADDY OCULIST , AURIST & t ABYHCIST. Offlca Over Keanard's ! Drug Store Corner of 14tu and Douglas Sta. i OTlS-3m . H. FLSEGEL & GO. Successors to J. II. TlIlEtB , MERCHANT TA1LOKS , No. 1220 Dougiaa Street , eel SUBSCRIBE FOR THE WEEKLY BEE , The Best in