Nebraska Newspapers

    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.
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guarantee strictly "first class work , "
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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
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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 |
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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 & *
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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
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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
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