DAILY BEE.
B. BOSEWATKR : EDITOR ;
of-the Union PaciSo
lobby from date until the next sea
Blon cf the leRisla'nre , will bo Oraa-
death of Senator Matt. Cai-
psnter may eerloiuly complicate the
reorganization < f' he senate aud throw
it into democnvMc hands.
POSTMASTER JAMES thinka that the
west haa better mail facilities than the
ea * . It is evident thst Postmaster
James hiwn't visited Omaha recently.
KANSAS' prohibition Jaw goes into
1 effect f n the first cf May. Many of
the lqunr dealers will decline to go
into the home moving busine ? * .
AND now the legislature havir-c
aajourned , the ed'tor ' of the Etpub
lican can devote some nf his spare
time to expounding his rrell known
views on womeu 8affr ge.
Cuor.cn HOWE'S explanation of his
vote on the passage of Mr. Doane's
railroad bill ROB * down on the record
and brcnds him forever as a monopoly
tool with'.nt character and withou
convictions.
THE railroad lobby were successful
in strangling aenatu file No. 40 , pro
viding for an equitable local taxation
of railrrad property. The next legie
liture will be better informed on the
ubject and will give the people the
needed relief.
GENEIUI.VAN WYCK is fast earr.icg
a reputation nrnong eastern journals
by his bold nnd fearless attacks upon
the corporate monopolies. The Spring
field Republican i * the litest paper to
call attention to Sanator Yan Wyck's
outspoken courso.
MESSUS. JACKSON AND MULLEN to
their everlasting discredit placed
themselves nn record as disobeying
the wishes of tbolr constituents by
votiug against the railroad taxation
bill. They will be remembered.
GENERAL GARFIELD .is on his way
way to Washington and a herds of
hungry office seeker * await his arrival
at the White House. Bafore six
weeka we venture to predict that tko
general will long for the rural simplic
ity and home made pies of Mt nlor.
THE f.luick of the National banks
upon the money market , shows how
dangerous h the power which rests iu
th'a ' institution if ctllod out into
aotinn. Tae banks consulted their
own intoreits when they receded from
their afgrossiva position.
THE Republican s ys there are two
v , ! sides to the railroad question. There
i are. There is the monopoly uido and
the people's aid ? . The monopoly side
as explained by the organ of the Union
Pacific , is the greatest amount of
extorlicu consiBtotat ailh n moderate
amount of resistance from the people
TIIE Liucoln Journal cluszcs Peter
Cooper , Jud e Ulack , Francis B.
Thurbsr and Senator Windoui ns oom-
muuiets whose fingers itch for th e pro
perty of others. After that printing
contract investigation both the Lin
coln Journal and the Omaha Herald
would do well to kcop very quiet about
"itching fingera" and eteala of any
eort.
ONE of the most praiseworthy ap
propriations of the lata legislature was
that of ? § 5,000 for the 5ncrens3 of
fncilitius at the de-f and dumb insti
tute , and the increase of Superintend
ent Gillespie'a salary. Saperiutend-
ent Gillcsple is ore of the ablest and *
most efficient instructors of thia class
in the country and amply dejorvod
this slight recognition of his merits ,
MB DOANE'S RAILROAD BILL.
Following is Mr. Doatie'a bill regu
lating railroad management in Ns- '
braika , which wag passed by th : last
legislature , and will remain the law
until repealed or amended by a subse
quent legislature :
Be it ciiactcd hy the Sttte Legislature
of Nebraska :
SECTION 1. Every railroad corpora
tion shall give to all persons reasona
ble and equal terms , facilities and ac
commodations for the transportation
of auy merchandise or other property ,
of every kiod and description upon
any railroad owned or operated by
such corporation within this state.and
for terminal handling , the use of the
depot and other buildings and grounds
of such corporation , and at any point
where its railroad shall connect with
any other railroad , reasonable and
equal terms and facilities of inter
change , and shall promptly forward
merchandise consigned or directed to
be sent over another road connecting
with its road , recording to tha direc
tions contained thereon or accompany
ing the same.
SEO. 2. No railroad company In
the state shall hereafter charge , col
lect or receive for the transportation
of any merchandise or other propety
npon the railroad owned or optratod
hy such company within this state , a
higher rate for snch service than was
charged by such company for the same
or like service on the firtt day of No
vember A D. 1880 , aa shown by the
published rates of such company.
And no railroad company shall de-
maud , charga , collect or receive for
such transportation for any special dis
tance greater sum thin It demands ,
charges , collects or roseivos for a great
er di ttmce.
SEC. 3. No railroad company with
in this state shall grant or fellow to
any person , company or association
npon the transportation of freight
either directly or indirectly , any secret
nte , rebate , drawback , unreasonable
allowance for use of cars , or any un
due advantage whatever , nor directly
or indirectly charge to or receive from
any parson or persons , or association
or corporation.anr greater orles ? sum
compensation or row. 1 '
ed *
BAILHOAUS AND PUBLIC INTER
EST.
The only point in this question is
thia : are railroads public properly , or
are they the property of the men who
have invested in and own them ? If
they tre the one , Mr. Rosewater is
right ; if they aw > the other , wo ara
right. So eminent A democrat ( and ,
by the way , our friend lafcei naturally
to r'omocratic authoritj ) so eminent
a democrat ES Jere Black , take ;
Mr. Rosewater'a side of the ques
tion. Ho cays that there Is one
assertion tt least which cannot ba de-
ziierl , and th t it is this : "That rail
way corporation * , hein ? put into POB-
session rf the public highways of the
country , are bound to run the
nads in the interest of the public ,
to whom they belong , and are public
servants and trustees , ' etc. In other
words In Mr. Risewater's words
the railroad corporation is orea'ed
"fjr the purpose nf bniHing and
maintaining a public highway. "
Here stands Judge Black on
thn one hand and areorti
that "at the bottom of the subject
there lies one question ot mere fact
which one man of common sense can
dpcide for himself as well as for
mother , if he will bnt oppn his eyna
and look at the proof. " On the other
hand stands Mr. Rose water , and
calls "the attention of Omaha busi
ness men" to the absolute certainty
that there ci.n be but one side to the
qupstion and that la his side. [ Re
publican.
Whether the railroads are public
highways owned by the people or
whether they are solely the property
} f the corporations which manage
them , mikes not one whit of difference
in the discussion of the point at issue.
The Republican is the first railroad
orcan in the country to virtually deny
that railways are common carriers and
are bound by the atme laws which
bind other corporations or individuals
who transport goods for hire How
does the law define a common carrier ?
"A common carrier , " says Chief
Justice Clifford , is ono who under
takes for hire to transport poods for
such as choose to employ him , f'om
place to place. " The fact that rail
road corporations are organized for
this purpose of transporting goods
for the general public makes them
common carriers and amendable to
the laws which govern common car
riers. It does not mit'er whether or
not private individuals organize and
carry on the business of general freight
and passenger transportation , as is
done In this country , or whether as in
Germany the government exercises
partisl control over the lines. In
both caspg the laws hold that each
corporations or managements are af
fected by a public interest and that
their duties being of a public charao-
aeter they ere subject to legislative
regulation and control. This position
cannot be broken down. It is forti
fied by a chain of presodents from the
time of Chief Justice Holt to the
latest decision from the supreme bench
of the United States. It is grounded
In equity nnd eirangthenfd by the re
quirements of public policy.
What then is the public inteiett
which Cur laws inform us affect
tba railroad corporations ? It means
tV't tha corporate franchises , privi
leges and immunities with which the
railroads have bean endowed were
granted for a public purpose and for
tae public benefit It me&nc that cor
porattons acting as common carriers
ire bound f to triniport the goods and
ihattels of iho public whenever offer-
ad them , without favor , bias and dis
crimination. It means that the pro
per conduct of rail ways is not simply
i question between the carrier aud
the single individual with whom the
contract is made , but that , in the
words o ! Justice Bradley , "it is a
lUostion of public Interest on the one
hand and of public du'y of the other. "
Oar laws permit of no parallel be
tween a private .merchant and n cor
poration acting as a private carrier ,
rhey recognize that in the one case
the public Interest is exceedingly
limited , and is protected by the laws
of trade , chief of which is the power
of competition. But what protection
Is there for the public when corpora
tions brazenly and openly put them
selves above the laws of trade , com
bine to crush out competition , and
aven defy the powers which called
them into existence. It is on this
account and from the knowledge of
the results which would certainly
arise from unbridled license on the
part of common carriers , that bur
laws avow the public interest in the
iffairs of common carriers snd make
, hem subject to legislation and res-
rlction for the public benefit.
And BO , Rosewater asserts that
here can be but ono side to the
[ uestion that railroads are affected
y a public interest , that
uch a public interest
lemands that common carriers
hall transport withot favor or discrlm- 1t 1
nation the goods apd chattel ) of the t
mblia offered to them. Ho insists
hat monopolies endowed by the pnb- 1
lo with princely gifts of land and 1I 1I
ihall fulfil their I
oonoy , obligations
c
owards the people of the country.
le calls the attention of the business
nee of thia community to the brazen
mpudence of the Union Pacific
Qonopoly organ , which may be pro-
timed to be speaking for its master
rheii It dechres that the railroads
cknowledgo nn IATT above the Inw of
olf-iutereet. He warns them of the
ncvitable result which may bo ex-
lected In the case of every merchant
ir producer wh o refuses to bend hie
leek to thi monopoly yuke , should
uch an infamous doctrine that , tail-
oads cau carry freight for whom they
ilease and refuse it from whom they
iloase , for one moment be permitted
o stand unchallenged.
t
OUR county commi sioners will soon t
IB called uson to consider a number
if plans for the new Douglas county t
onrt honso. The greatest care and t
udgment ehould be uted * in selecting t
he from which the
one now structure tOUR
ba erected. Safety and conveu-
e should bo the first qualities coned t
<
ed and orn&ment the last. FT c
,000 , however , a safe , commo- c
&nd elegant etruc'uro can cer- c
ba pracnrcd. T
i
: passage of the Slocuaib high
bill is grently to bs regretted.
tiojustice has been done to the - ,
born population of Nebraska ,
ho liquor question is introduc-
diitarbinc : element into our
' he present legislature must
' respousifaiiit . (
THE aBANGEB LA.W3.
A Reply to Touzalin's Rail
road Theories.
The Iowa Laws aad Their
uthors.
To tae Editor of Tne CEE :
The Alliance has a right to com.
plain of unfair traatment in not
being Invited to parlicipito in tbo free
conference before the senate railroad
committee on the evening of the 8th.
The agenls of the railroads were in
vited , and appeared and mide an ex-
parte statement of their aide which Is
based almost entirely on falsa prem
> es , and the representatives of tin
Alliance were left to obtain their firs
knowledge of such a conferenci
through the newspapers.
Owing to delay of the malls , my
first information of this matter reachec
mo only on the 18th.
Mr. Touzalin'a statements on some
very Important points are so at
variance with the facts , that I bej
that you will recur to the matter anc
allow me to make a statement : Mr.
Touzilin basis nearly his whole argu
ment as to the fairness of rates on his
Nebraska roads npon 'n comparison oi
what he terms th "Grangers freight
rates" of the Iowa rords Now ,
the important fact , which destroys
entirely the foundation of Mr. Touza
lin's argument is , that those rates are
NOT GRANGER rtes that they are
TAtes FIXED BY THE RAILROAD MEN
THEJiSEtVEJ , entirely untrcmmeled by
law , ind that the Iowa law as at pres
ent existing , DOES NOT ESTABLISH
FREIGHT RATES AT ALL.
The history of this Iowa legislation ,
with which I am perfectly familiar , is
briefly as follows : A majority of the
legislature of 1875 was elected by the
grangers , and it passed what was
known as the O'Donnell bill. This
bill classified the roads nn the basis of
their gross earnlnss.and fixed a sched
ule of rates for each class. This was
tbo first attempt to enact such a sched
ule ia Iowa , and of course there were
m oy imporfocKnns in the law The
railroad companies exaggerated these
imperfections , and in their interpreta
tion aud apolicstion of the ratesmade-
the larr as inconvenient' ' and unpopu
lar as possible. About thii time
1875 to 1877 tha reaction following
the grange movement had sot in , and
pnhlie opinion had censed to be cncan. .
trated upon thia subject.
The riilroads took ad
vantage of this fact , and elected as
many of their friends as possible to
tha npxt legislature. At the session
tf 1877 the O'Donnell bill WAS re
pealed , but not without a severe
struggle on the part ofhe people.
The vote was very clcsoin the sanate ;
find the roads found it necessary to
res rt to theirusn.il means "to obtain
i majority. They bought some hon-
orible senators Thi ? is no Idle
statement I know -whereof I speck ,
&nd CAII name th men. Though the
r.T.d * ciuld reasonably "control thia
legislature , popular sentiment wss
such that they did not thluk it ex
pedient to reppal tha O'Donnell bill
without sub titutine something in its
place. The result WRS the
present railroad Iftw of
lor a. This is the law which
Mr. Touzaliu assumes fixes the
rxto * vvth which he compared the
charges of his Nebraska rouds. Now ,
the important facts bearing upiu Mr.
Xeuzilin's argument are that this law
ufts purely a railrostl measure thati * .
waa drawn by Judge H .bburd , of Ce-
r'ar Ripid ? , then ai-d now the nttor-
ney of fie Northwestern railroad ;
that tt did not want any freight r te3
et nil , but. Isftlho roads free to fix the
rates thenisolves , which they speedily
did and d.i now. The features nf this
b''l ere c.ubataniially as folio wo : It
provided for a railroad commission of
three members ; it classified the roada
on the b.sis of their gross receipts ; it
Used the rotes of passenger tariff at
throe to four cents per mile ; it pi-o-
Libted unjust discrimination ; it
made it the duty of the
commissioners to hoar complaints cf
aggrieved partieraake suggestions to
the roads , and report to the governor ;
it made it their duty to examine at
stated intervals the railroad bridges
ot the state ; it aulhorizad them to
inquire into infringements of the law
and report to the governor This
low * IBT Is a legal cariosity and in
geniously illustrates the problem of
how not to do it. I-sincerely regret X
have not a copy of it to submit to your
Inspection. First , its penalties are
iffixed by sections. For instance , 4t
provides that the railroads shall fur
nish ample facilities , cars , etc , for the
transaction of business. This the
roads are of course anxious to do ; and
thn penalty for non-compliance is very
severe. It prohibits discriminations ,
ind Ihe penalty for non-compliance is
rery inadequate. But it is not my
purpose to discuss the law only to
ihow the falseness of the claim put
'orth by Mr. Touzalin that the Iowa
rates are granger rates. I believe the
aw is better than none. It is a law
flinch the roads nro willing to comply
nth , having made it themselves. It
fives the commissioners advisory pnw-
: rs , and there is not so much conflict
> etween the roads and the people as
here would be without the law.
In addition to his claim that the
x > wa rates are granger rates , Mr.
Fouzalin claims that the rates of his
Nebraska roada are intrinsically low.
laving destroyed his companion , we
tave only his unsupported word for
his statement. It is true ? I have not
he stock account of the 0. , B. & Q
allroid , with which the B. & M. in
Nebraska is consolidated , so as to
: oow the extent of water In its stock.
Jut on Feb. llth the C. , B. & Q.
immon stock was quoted on the New
fork Exchange at 127 . Mr. Toaza-
In may go out of his way as far ns he
'leases ' to account for the high price
f stocks the fact remain * that their
alue on the New York market de-
lards upon tha monthly not receipts
f the roads. Bnt take Mr. Touza-
in's own comparison with the Chicago
nd Northwestern , one of the Iowa
iool linos. If the rates are proven by
his test to be luw , I will give
ip the baitle. This road , under
tir. Touzilin's "granger rales , "
a cprniij fifteen par cent , on both
otnmon cud preferred s'ock , and as
ho crcdt bulk rf jtaaiock is common
took , and as thu common stock ia j
ratercd STOCK , it nil ) readily be seen j
hat this road is earning from thirty
o forty per cent , on its original in-
eBtrnent Rscur to Mr. Touzilin'a
ompattinn , and it will be seen that
ho 1 > . & M. rate for sixty miles is
en tn twenty per cent , higher than
he Northwestern. G ? to ths New
fork stock exchange and it will bo
onnd that the stock of theC , B. &
J. is proportionately higher on the
mrket. The net receipts of the 0.
c N.V. . in Illinois show an income
f twenty per cent on 859,000,000 of
apital , which is largely watered. It tl
ronld seem , from tho-ae comparisons ,
nstigated by Mr. Touzlin himself ,
hat the rates of 'he U , & M in
ieb. cannot be low.
Mr. Touz lin begs the question
rhen ho instances a road which was
iuilt for the purpose-1 ; of forming fni o
are through connections , but whose '
jc&l business does not now pay. Riil-
oai projectors maVe such investments * * '
rith their eyes open. "
I now come to what I consider the
most salient point in Mr. Touzalin's
argument. He said before the senate
committee that the "local business
does not amount to shucks. " He says ,
in The Omaha Republic , that the
through Business of his road amounts
to 87 per cant of the local business to
13 per cent of the whole. One of the
principal impeachments of the Melroy
club against the roada , in its call for
the alliance was that "by discrimina
tion s * inst local points the roads prevented -
vented manufacturers and wholesale
houses from being established in our
midst , built up remote commercial
centres and compelled * the farmers
of Nebraska to remain ex
porters of raw products to
remote markets to remain _ in
poverty , caterers to common carriers
and feeders of manufacturers and
operatives outside of our borders. "
I Invite the serious attention of fr
eighted and reflecting men to thia
statement. It ia the whole question
In s nutshell. Notwithstanding Mr.
Touzalin's eleaant expletive about
local bu lnes ? , it is to Nebraska farm
ers by nil odds the most important
part'of the subject. There la no doubt
of the truth of the Melroy statement.
underthe operation of the O'Donnell
bill in Iowa , which made the short
haul possible , and enabled local trade
to c'mpete with Chicago trade , whole
sale houses sprung up as if by magic
at every convenient railroad cen
tre in the state ; and when that
bill was repealed they disappeared
as rapidly as they came. Was the're
ever a neople grew to wealth and pow
er by the exportation of raw producte ?
We too , with our talented but erratic
fripnd Mr. Touzalin , are believers in
commercial freedom , and we would like
to see the restrictions upon our com
mercial freedom removed , so that wn
"a and thinking
can expand as reading
ing people" ou"ht to expand. If Mr/
Touzilln thinks such miserable taffy
aa he offers to the beople who live in
"many a shanty and many a sod
house. " will amount to anything in
this fight , he Is mistaken. Their
"sound common sense" and "elevated
standard of thought" cannot be fooled
by any snch nonsense. In their ba-
half , as one of the men who "live in a
shanty , " I commend thia subject of
discrimination and all its attendant
evils to the earnest consideration of
all "thinking and reading men. "
Mr. Touzilin enumerates the p.r
tides that make up the bulk of our
railroad traffic eastward ; they being
wool , com , wheat , cattle , hogs , ec.
Our wool should be exported only in
its manufactured form. Our corn
should all be fed to our different
kinds of stock. Our wheat should all
be fed to the operatives of our .fac
tories and shops ; and its bran all re
tained at home to feed to our milch
cows. Our cattle should be
slaughtered hare , the moat exported
should be as canned meat , the hides
should be tanned and manufactured
hero , the bones should be utilized
hero , and the offal and blood should
be returned to our soil. Onr hogs
should be slaughtered and packed
here ; and our railroads should be em
ployed in distributing to the world
cur manufactured goods , and diffusing
among oursolvo ; the elegancies and
necessaries of civilized life.
Much has been and ia aaid about
our need cf capital and the danger
that the mere agitators of this railroad
question will prevent money from
coming "tthtn oar borders I know
that capital is timid , and will not go
irhere it is discriminated ogiinat. But
ivhst do we want capital for ? Is it to
build railroads through a wilderness ?
Po lay our wealth away and return us i
nothing ? to destroy our commercial
: rcodorn , and build up great centres in
remote states at our expense ? No , air !
' -V want capital to tiU'our priirie ? , to (
Develop onr water powers , to manu t
facture otv woql , to diversify our agrl-
: nlture. Glvo us commercial freedom ,
remove the shackles imposed by this
little thing of discrimination against
the short haul , snd auch capital will
[ low in upon us abundantly. And is
my msn insane enough to sup
pose that as we produce
uniclns to be carried , facilities
For carrying them will not bo abund-
imtly offyred ? To a man who takes a
broad and statesmanlike view of this
question , Mr. Touzalin's bugbear
about the future action of slates east
of us h food for ridicule and laugh
ter The "political economy" of such
men is a myth. They do not under-
etand hs first principles. Why , sir ,
this astonishing political economist ,
actually threatens us with the danger
of the cessation of the very toll which
is keeping us a people in obscurity
nnd poverty.
There are other points in Mr. Tou-
zalin's article I would like to discuss ;
bnt I liavo already largely exceeded
the limits I set for myself , and I fear
exhausted your patience.
Yours truly ,
J. BURROWS ,
Secretary State Alliance.
, Feb. 19,1881.
STATE JOTTINGS.
Ulysses is agitating incorporation.
Geneva has anew paperThe Bud-
jet
North Platte haa a population of
1,650.
Kuoxville has a home minstrel
ronpe.
ronpe.The
The Wihoo-Cornet Bind has re
organized.
The railroad tank at Hubbell
: osts $4000.
Fremont's new creamery will cost
> ver § 8,000.
Ice on the Blue at Beatrice ia 28
nchea thick.
Oakland offers So , 000 bonus for a
lacking house.
-Beatrice Odd Fellows' hall was
, great success.
Sow-rd is excited over thcdlscov-
: ry of a faro bank *
Columbus is to have a newspaper
ailed The Gasalte.
Schujler is revelling in a breach
f promise seas -.tion
The Iron vaults for Crete's now
> ank weigh ever a ton.
Stock inlSewatd county has fared
fell during the winter.
Alexandria has home talent fern
n excellent drosmic club
The Howard county funding
londa sold at 2 per cent premium.
Thay6r county ta'liej It's tenth
ipor in Dar Boto aus Friedunsall.
A Fatrbury farmer shot two large
Hi cats near his housa.list week.
Oongregitional church
as besn enjoying a heavy revival.
A Nickeraon lady took poison by
intake , bnt the overdose saved her.
Little Maud Oliver , of Fremont ,
roke her ankle last week while coast-
> g-
Prairie wclves are numerous and
ivage throughout the Rapnblican val-
> y.
The Oriental hotel t t Lincoln had
escape from fire on the 21th
Seventeen cggi in succession is
lie record of a Schnylor cjunty egg
ucker.
Nolo'gh ' lacked 14 votes of .bo
oming the county eea : of Antelope
onnty.
onnty.A
A theological student at No-
raska City has boon jugged for
Sealing.
Fifty three child emigrants passed
brougli Lincoln in one B , & M. train
ist week.
Franklin U joyful over the found
ing of the CoDgregatiocEl Aacadomy
at that place. -
A telephone line between Omaha
and Lincoln will ba built during the
coming summer.
The U. P. snow plow on the
Jackson branch billed two valuable
horses last week.
A flock of 2,000 sheep at a ranch
northeast of North Platte have all
died of starvation.
The snow between Republican
Oity and Kearney is said to bo fifteen
inches detp on the average.
The cooper shops of the Nebraska
distillery were closed last week on ac
count of the snow blockade.
Several hundred acres of broom
corn ill bo planted in Harlan coun
ty during the coming sprinr.
A fire in the B. & M. shops a
Plattemonth last week resulted in
loss of § 2000 to the compiny.
Bradshaw , York connty , Is agita
ting the erection of a new school hone
and the changing of the site.
Firth haa in the crib about 100 ,
000 bushels of corn and from 30OOC
bushels have been shipped.
D. S. Crawford , county judge o
Cuming county , died at West Poin
list week , of consumption.
Wahoo haa organized a Freedmon'
relief club for the purpose of helping
the poor suffering negroes of Kansas
There were planted in the state
63,0002,088 forest , 2,440,046 fruit
trees and 464,064 grape vines during
1880.
Fremont's Knighta' Templars
gave a banqaet aat week , which wcs
attended -by a ' 'delegation from
Omaha.
Omaha.The
The L'ang'jlin school house In
Burt county was burned to tha ground
last week. A new one will bo at once
erected.
West Points' butter and cheese
association will put two more boilers
in their paper mill.
The carcasses of dead deer , which
have perished from starvation , are re
ported being found in the hills north
of the valley of the Loup.
Tha TJ. P. train was thrown from
the track last week near Cozad by a
big Tex = w steer. No damage was done
to anything except the steer.
A. cat owl , measuring five feet
from tip to tip , was captured last
week on the spire of the Methodist
church at Hastings.
There is danger that nearly all of
the bridges on the Loup rivers will go
out when a general thaw comes that
will molt tho'snow and make a flood.
A thfee hundred and fifty acre
tract adjacent to , Fremont ia to be di
vided up into-fivo and eight acre pieces
for dwellingd. Sixteen will at once-
ba put up.
Hiram Baker left the Marquette
farm , near Lincoln , on the 22nd with
§ 1,000 worth of hogs and cattle and
has not slnco been beard from. '
The piles for the Loup bridge
near Fullerton , are all driven ; but
the superatruction will not be built
until the ice leaves the river , and the
waters have subsided.
Cumciiug county , within the paat
two years haa paid into thostato treas
ury more than thirty-four other coun
ties in the state , many of which have
mush larger population.
One hundred thousand ties will
ba at once forwarded tn ludiimolaand
the general impression is that the B.
& M. will push foward to Denver dar
ing the coming season.
- -Tho Columbus Auciont OrJer of
Hibernians are making arrangemente
; o celebrate St. Patrick's Day. The
Dmahsj division will aaiist them In
: he evening , at the opara house , the
jt&or mllgii a"grand ball.
The B & SI. advertises for 2,000
leatna and 1,000 mou To commence
ivork as soon ro practicable in rhe
'print ' ; oa the Republic m Yalley
jranc'i of tha B & M. S3 per day
; ro offoiod for teams ; $1.50 per day
.j men.
men.Tho
The widow of the Jato Henry
Raveillac , of Fremont , who won
rozen to de th , whilu under the in-
luence of liquor during a storm last
inosth , has began action against Pa' .
Ssnlon and Sim. Miller for § 5,000
Jamages , for selling him liquor. Tne
: aeo will come up at the next term of
he district churt.
Tnere are still eighteen miles of
oad to bo completed to make the con-
lection between BIuo Springs junc-
ion and Endicntt , and it is not prob-
ible that it will ba completed before
ho middle of April. Considerable
grading remains to be done , and the
; ro"Und is too full -if frost to permit
my headway.
THE legislature of Arkansas has
) assed a joint resolution propping an
imendment to the constitution , pro-
libiting the sale of liquors. Arkan-
as whiskey is so poor , the general
mpression is that the amendment will
> e carried.
That even the form of trial by
ury is not perleetly free from pro-
udicf , is believed by some. But in
pur.section , St. Jacobs Oil has been
ried by that greU jury the public
-and been judged the Infallible euro
or rheumatism- all painful dis-
lases.
lire. Jacob Will son , Marion 0. , sajs her
hild w&anot crpecUd to live , owing to a oovcro
ttaok of Croup , she tried Dr. Thomas' Eclectrij
ill , which gar * Immadiato relief.
Mr. C Cloidonncn , Marion , 0. . used lr.
himas' Eclcctrlc Oil for Bunions , ho sas at
rstitarthetnoughtilwasllke the rest of the t
ivertlsel hnmhugs , hut uas agreahly dlsap-
o'nted ' and now would not be without some In
le house for anr money.
1
Neuralgia , Sciatica , Lumbago ,
yackacho , Sorsnass of the Chest ,
Gout , Quinsy , Sore Throat , Swell
ings and Sprains , Burns and
Scalds , General Bodily
Pains ,
Tooth , Ear and Headache , Frosted
feet and Ears , and all other
Pains and Aches ,
Kt Pr-pcntion on earth * qoalj ST. JACCH On
s a aafc , ure , simple and cheap External
Senedy. A trial entails bnt the comparatlTelj
rifling pctlay of 50 Cents , end ererj ona suffer-
ng vilth rain can have cheap and positiTe nroof
f iUcIaicu.
Directions in Berea languages. Tt
iOLD BY A1LDEUQGI5T8 AED DEA1EE8
DT HEDIOIHE.
A. VOGEI ER & CO. , e
BalttmorcX < i , V.B.A.
MORE POPULAR THAN EVER.
The Genuine
SINGER NEW FAMILY SEWING MACHINE.
The popular demand for the GENUINE SINGER in 1879 exceeded thatbf
any previous year daring the Quarter of a Century in which this "Old
Reliable" Machine has been before the public.
In 1878 we sold 356,422 Machines. In 1879 we sold 431167
Machines. Excess over any previous year 74,735 Machines.
Our sales last year were at the rate of ovec-
1400 Sewing Machines a Day I
For every business d y In the year ,
The "Old Eeliab'e"
That Every REAL Singer is the Strongest ,
Singer Sewing Machine
the Simplest , the Most
chine has this Trade
Mark cast into the Durable Sewing Ma
Iron Stand and embedded chine ever yet Constructed
bedded in the Arm. of
structed ,
the Machine. '
THE SINGER MANUFACTURING CO.
Principal Office : ir4 Union Square , New York.
1,500 Subordinate Offices , in the "United States and Canada , and 3,000 Offices in the Old
World and South America. seplG-d&wtf
In Kegs and Bottles ,
Figures to the Trade. Families Supplied at Reasonable
Prices. Office , 239 Douglas Sr.ract. Omaha
Geo. P. Bern
. . is
! EAL ESTATE
16lh < Douglas Sh.t Omaha , Neb
Ihis agency doea STRICTLY brokerage bnsi-
no a. Doea notrfpceuhto , aad therefore any *
galni on its books are Insured to Ita patron * , ( n
Stetd of being gobbltd up by the agent
BOGGS & HILL.
REAL ESTATE BROKERS
No IjOS Farnhum Strut
OMAHA - NEBRASKA.
Office North bide opp Grand Central HotaL
Nebraska Land Agency.
DAWS & SNYDER ,
1606 Farnham St. Omaha , Nebr.
103,000 ACRES carefully selected land In Eastern
Nebraska for Bale.
Great Bargains ia Improved forms , snd Omaha
citypioptirt" .
OP. DAV& WEBSTER SNYDKK ,
Late Land Com'r 0. P. R. B 4p-tob7
BYROSRJKD. L3W18 KISD
Byron Reed & OM
REAL ESTATE AGENCY
ifr NEBRASKA.
Keep a complete abstract of title to nil Real
Eatato In Omaha snd Pouglag Comity. mayltt
CHARLES RIEWE ,
UNDERTAKER !
MetAllc Cues , Coffins , Caskets , Shroud ? , etc.
Jaio raStri > B . h and 211 h , Omnha , NTeh.
itraphl" ortjri > r- > nisi \Uonijrt to.
Machine Works ,
J , Hammond , Prop. & Manager ,
The c.ot thorough appolntai and complete
ilachine Ehopa and foundry In the state.
Castings cl every description znanufacted.
Enj'ncc , Ihmx3 &sd every close of machinery
caa-je to order.
order.peclil attention given to
IVcH Augiirs , Pulleys , Mangers ,
Bhaftin&Bridge IronsCcer
batting , etc
Plnnsloruew H chlneryUeachi3lai ) Dnazhl
a If , Models , etc. , rjoitlT executed.
58 Harnev St. . Bet. 14th and 15th.
arsio. G. JACOBS ,
( Formerly of Obi. & Jacobs )
Jo. lit ? P ruh.ai S-t. , Old Stani ! of J&rob Ob
VINEGAR WQR !
ERNST KKEBS , Manager
Manufacturer of all klnda ot
"V I 3ST E O.A. .
St. Bft , Stti nn H <
A. W. NASON.
3D E 1ST 0 ? X S 0 ? ,
: Jacob's U ck , coruer Capitol Are and
tMh Strcflt. Om li V h
t
TH MERCHANT TAILOR ,
9 prepared to make Pants , Bfflta and ovcrcoata
a order. Prices , fit and workmanship guaranteed
o suit.
One Door West of nrnicksbdnk'o ,
Ifltv
U. CJ.
MERCHANT TAILOR
Capitol Ave , , Opp. Masonic Hall ,
3BOAHA. NHB
BUSINESS COLLEGE.
CHE GREAT WESTERN *
Gco.KKathban , Principal.
Jreighton Block , - OMAHA
Send for Circular.
tnov20d&wt
AOESTS WANTED BOB
the Futeat Selling Book of ths Ago !
foundations of Success.
BUSINESS AND SOCIAL FORMS.
The laws of trade , legal forms , bow to 'ran3-
, t butlncsa , valuable tables , eodal etiquette ,
ullameutary usage , how to conduct public
mlncci ; in f-ct it ia a complete Quids to Sac-
3 for a'l cUaes A family necessiy. Address
> r circ'jlirs and special terms , ANCHOR PUB-
loHIKQ CO. . St. Loula , Mo. _
EAST INDIA
IOLH MANUFAOTURBR3.
OMAHA. Neb.
DAHKIHD HOUSES.
THE OLDEST ESTABLISHED.
IN NBBRASELtl.
CALDW LLHA.VIILTONICO
tnatnese trana.tfled same as that o an Incor
porated Bank.
Acconntc kept In Currency or gold subject to
light check without notice.
Ccrtificateo olirpo lt lasned payalile In : hro ,
six ami twelve month. ) , bearing lutereit , or on
demand without Interest. ,
Advances mads to castomsrs on ipprove.1 so-
corittcs at mark t rates of Interest
Buy ami soil t'oJJ. bills of ozchauje Qevoru-
ment , State , County and City Bonds.
Draw Sight Drills on England. Irelanl , Scot *
land , and all part * of Europe.
Sell E'iropean Pa&ava Tickets.
nOLLECTIOHS PROMPTLY
auuldt
U , R DEPOSITOEy.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OP OMABA. .
Oor. IStb and Farnham Straeta ,
OLDEST BAHKiHC ESTABLISHMENT
m OMAHA.
( finccEsaons ro KOTJNTZE BROS. , )
larABLianiu ) a 1858
Or sniud as n iVitlO'isI B nV. An ajn 20 , ltf .
Capital and Profits OrarSSOC.OOQ
Hpeclaliy mhoiizsd by the Secretary or Treaaa/j
to ricslre SubtH.r.'pUsa lo tha
U.S. PER GEfiT. FBK02D
On CER" AND JUR2CTOE3
Hsa ia 2c6s\iB , ProslilrJ.
Anausnra Eo nia ,
'
A J. Pc7LKiOj ( . Attcrnoj.
. QR-I3L.TCS.
? . H. I > ii
XL1 : fcini receIv 3Japo't wlttoai rajird to
amosatj.
l 3Ucn tltrt esrtlSoiteBbxrf s Intsrcst.
Drawj drMta en Son Fianctux ) and principal
cities cf the TJuItod Htiics , alsj Loadcn , Dahiin ,
HUInbnrifh and the principal dtiw of the conti
nent of Europe.
Sells pas&tge tlckata for Emlgnnta In tba In
man ne.
HOTELS
THE )8IQINAIi.
Oor. Randolph St. & 6th Ave. ,
CHICAGO ItL.
PRICES RRI'UCED TO
$2.09 AND $2.50 PER DAY
Located in the business centra , conrenient
to places of amusement. Clezan'.ly furnished ,
containing all modern improvementa , pasaeneer
elevator , its J. U. CUMMINUS , Proprietor.
fdttt
OGOEN HOUSE ,
Cor. MARKET ST. & BROADWAY
Council Bluffs , lowat
On line o Street Railway , Omnibus o and from
aU trains. RATES Parlor floor. $3.00 per day ;
second floor. 82.60 per day ; third floor. 82.00.
The beat furnished and moat commodious honse
in the city. GEO. T. PHELPS Prop
FRONTIER HOTEL ,
Laramie , Wyoming.
'Che miner's rcaort , good accommodations ,
ree Earnplo room , charitta reasonable. EpediJ
attention given to traveling men.
11-U H. C H1LLIUID Proprietor.
INTER-OCEAN HOTEL ,
Cheyenne , Wyoming-
Flnt-chsa , Fine 2o Sample Rooms , one
block from depot. Trains stop from SO minutes
to2honra for dinner. Free Baa to and from
Depot. Kates 92.00 , 82.SO and KM , according
to room ; s'njzle meal 76 cents.
A. O. BALCOM , Prcj-rtetor.
W BOROKN. Cnlef Clerk. mlO-t
UPTON HOUSE ,
Schuyler , Neb.
Fhst-ca a Hauae , Good Mcalg , Gooa Eids
Airy Rooms , and kind and accommodating
treatment. Twigood sample room ? . Specia
attention paid to commercial travelers.
S , MILLER , Prop , ,
1MI Schuyler , Nab.
PASSENGER ACCGMMODATiOH LIKE
BETWEEN
OMAHAAND FORTOMAHA
Connects With Street nrs
Comer of SAOKDEE5 and HAMILT05
STREETS. ( End of Red Llns as fsllowa :
LEAVE OMAHA :
630. ' 2:17snd 11:13a tn ,3:03.5:37and753p.m. :
LEAVE FO.T OMAHA :
7:15 : in. , 96 a. nr. , and 12:15 p. m.
* 4 0,6:15 and 8:15 p. m
The 8:17 : & . m run , leaving o 101. nd the
4:00 p. m. run , leaving Fort Omaha , are email ;
loidedtofnll capacity with rcjnlar pauenxcra.
The 6:17 a. m. rua will le mods from the port-
office , corner of Dodgf and IBth snrebts.
Tlclotscanboprocared from Btrtxitcnrdrlv.
en. or irom driven of tacks.
FARE. 25 CEHTS. 1HCLUDINO 8TBK CAR
38-tf
'
1 ;
The Popular Clothing House of
HELLMAN & CO. .
Find , on account of the Season - - r
so far advanced , and having
a very large Stock of
Suits , Overcoats and
Gents' Furnishing " J
Goods left ,
& < „
They Have
REDUCED PRICES
that can not fail to please everybody
EEMEMBEE THE
ONE PRICE CLOTHING HOUSE ,
1801 and 1303 Farnham St. , Corner 13th.
GOODS MADE TO ORDER OH SHORT NOTICE.
IANOS1 ORGANS.
CT. S. "WZRIG-BIT ,
ACENFTOR CHIGKERlia PIANO ,
And Sole Agent for
Hallet Davis & Co. , James & Holmstrom , and J. & 0-
Fischer's Pianos , also Sole Agent for the Estey ,
Biardett , and the Fort Wayne Organ
Go's , Organs ,
I" deal in Pianoa and Organs exclusively. Have had yeare
experience in the Business , and handle only the Best.
0
218 16th Street , City Hall Building , Oiiifihu , tfeb.
HAL3EY V. FITOH. Tuner.
SHEELY BROS. PACKING CO. ,
: FI
Wholesale and Retail in
FREStE 31KATS& PROVISIONS , GA11E , POULTRY , FISH , ET .
CITY AND COUNTY ORDERS SOLICITED.
OFFICE CITY MARKET 1415 Douglas St. Packiug-Houae.
Opposite Omaha Stock Tards , U. P. B. B.
DOUBLE AND SINGLE ACTING
A
Steam Pumps , Engine Trimmings , Mining Maohinsry ,
8ELTINC HOSE , SRAS8 AHD IROH FlTTiHDS , PIPE , STcAS ! PACk'tHg
AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
HAILAOAY WINDMILLS , CHURCH AMD SCHOOL BELL *
* r , . STBANfl , 20ft Fwih7T , Street Omaha.
3VC O "VIE !
J. B. DETWILER ,
THE CARPET MAN ,
Has Removed From His Old Stand
on Douglas St. , to His
NEW AND ELEGANT STORE ,
1313 Farnham Street ,
Yhere He Will be Pleased to Meet all His 0/d /
Patrons.