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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 31, 1881)
THE BEE. E. BOSEWATBB : EDITOR : MAHONE Is the flea in the demo cratic bonnet OMJLHA demands and will bare a strictly unpartizm school board. A HUNHRKD small dwelling houses in Omnh would at once find tenants. Tn.E most cheerful profenlonal men in 'our ' < 5ity ] utt * t present are th architects. THiminente Immigration : to thii oaunttr Jrom Germany hxscaused. , n advance In steerage ralei. WAYNE MtYmoH finds civil service reform fi RlCHtRDSWj MONTSOMBRT h B been appointed receiver of public moneji at Bloomtnpton , Nebrask * ; o y fc- SENATOR HOAR'S -definldoa of-the term Bonrbon irill go down to history. - It Is "a man who never learns any thing , bat who forgets a good deaL" 9 still further shackled by the suppres sion-of the'Gszelte andlUoltva on ao > " coanV of'supposed revclatlontry nt _ , . . - c ! ! . ierances. BEFOKE two ye rs re over , the competition of the river ronte will force the rallrJfcdi to disgorge some of their plander stolen from the pee ple. Urox the choice of the republican convention for the officers of the city government .depends the success of the republican pwty in the coming election. THE surplus revenue of the govern ment for the coming year Is estimated at $90,000,000. Secretary Windora proposes to use thii sum in 'the pur * chase of six per cent. , bonds. | G ? f.QAKirjiu : ) is showing his bsck bone on the New York nomination ! and Senator Oankllng It wondering ho who orer cime to dais the presi dent among the "power prestige and plunder" outfit. < , % REPCULICAN citizens of Omaha will "prefertb > voielhe straight republican city ticketlf 'the'candidalee are men who are capable efficient-andvh6ne : t. Otherwise-party lines will not be close- riy drawn in the coming oonieit. TiiEpope [ jsjintting his foot down on the relic hnmbng bnsineta and pro poses : to Investigate a number : of swindling oocle 1sBtici'who-have been foistlng"Becb&d hand corpses on credu- wJoua Americans for the bodies of Carls- tlan martyrs. The businew Is.aald to havebeenaprontaole oneTi * WHAT troubles Senator Conkllng Is' Ihe facLthat he can't be senator and. 'president aVthe same time. If Sen * atorDonVlinghaies'hls position in the republican .party solely upon his pat ronage power , the .sooner the party : at large discover the truth .the bitter for all concerned. EHOLAKD ls"greatly agitafed over i Ihe'pro'poked cLitDgB in her army syi- Tem , . wtLlca is , so slronglyJbrged1)y" . . ChlWers irfi .f. i. " ' i - . . to fc kenoyreornit' nd rthjB f aeina yeani iaijto aeni no. fafe * " soldier under twenty to indiiu Thn" system of compulsory retirement will also be modified , 'and-mra will be per mitted to remain In the service after tbelPoight fea > r3term expires. Offi- cenUenn of aotire service will also b * * 4c * m t - ' extended and tKe age for retlrem at A ; > ; j * - jf i iccrossed. THE reports of the damsge to pri vate property by .th flood * IB the state are being geatly exaggerated by the etstorn press. The greater part , of the damage by the .rising of the PintleRepublican .and I/oap .has bien done to railroad and and bridge pro perties. , . The'development of the state at large has not : been materially re tarded by the late series of accident * and while the damage and suffering has undoubtedly been large there is DO canse why Immigration or settlement should in the least suffer in cosw- * ' ' TlTvaYstaTcs an'd'sectlons are qnl ltjoctze npok , any 'opportanlty liku , lhenreaent 'to , Injore-'onr sUte * * % BI - " W . " * V " * v i. * ni i5L2rftt * nffijjj rfltiorHi pnotftu f troublM honlri not b * . to pat& uucorrected. V fOctTarmori Jisrp been cloee ob- ' "Tiorvera oftheactiong of the lile leg islature and.aro orpreaaing their opin ions upon'the rotes of their'repreaen > , tatives on aestions affecting their intemt. At a meeting of the Midland - land Farmers' Alliauce of Merridc county , held at the Gardner school house , on March 21t , the following resolutions were onanlnionsly paued : iftncei No. lOS , Icf 3ter- rick" county ( -I\eb' bollere that Hon. C.JlHoatetter , * oar , rcpre8eet tlTe in f the Ie jrial8.ture from Merrick county , has tried to work in the interest of the producers , instead of the railroads and monopoly. 1 * RESOLVED , Thit his vote for Chat. i Y i Wyafe-frSeetB bar-hetrty ap- f jf 5f T Wt , ? h t THE OXAHA BKK aad aU ojfeer pSparl in trfebraska of whiTever pb i lc i that areawlitlng tbe farmer's alliance in Nebraska , shall here receive onr hesny thtnkt. . RESOLVEP , That * copy of thes re- olutlnns be mailed to THE OMAHA ; BB'E , ' Csritial KJiiy ; .Courier , aadThe Central City Item for publication. C C. JEWELT , President. C. P- Chapman , Secretary. -It - -exoEedingly.grallfying to manlike Mr. Hosteller , , who voted and acted in accordance with the eir constituents , to re * t A ju , -such perited eBaoraeaent. * And , on .the other'hand , It mast be mortifying to men like Mr. Brown and legislative eell-onts , who rlolited .gtlelr'totemn : 'pledgee , to b * * their return home with the.consVt fa sted of ithe ; fi ) ) T l , of tfccit tt . . ; < - ' THE REPUBLICAN GITT CONVEN TION. The republicans ot Omaha hare It in their power to nominate m'en for the city offices whoso election iVfcbso- lutely certain. They tnay , howeVer , , commit the.stepardonable blun3er.ot nominating a "ticket thatJs beaten in adrance , Two years Egotthispapet donbted.the 'arpedlency.of nominating Col Cfase. We nrgedthe fact that he was rain , pompous and very eccen tric. Notwithstanding this the people elected him by a handsome majori ty * He hat * serVcd two years , rinco then , at a meagre salary of $300 , and deroted more time anc energy to the duties of his office than ' ' ' fclltheinayors'who'prEcededthlm'coTnr blned. During the moot trying crisis In the history of our city government he thwartedthe. jobsput-upJby , the Holly ring , and tojisjetoes The'city is Indebted Bsr.-much' to any"other agency'forjts escape from bnejof ; the most gigantic schemes of plunder thai , has ever been attempted'on any com- mnnity. With alibis known faults , It4s.a fact that our tax-payers hare al all tlmei been in eafe" hands = with vhe present head "ofrthe .alty government Whenever any law less or reckless expense was Incurred MayorChkse basTiad the courage to interpose his"veto. . In those efforts to protect the city and in his refnsa to be used by certain shysters who have been.candidate for the city at- torneyihlpTind.other appointments he has Incurred the hostility of Smythe Baldwin and Frank Walters & Co These patriots have set up a howl al along the line against him tad are .combining id put up a putt , man of their own liking. Now we don't assort kthat Mr. Chase is the only republican worthy of being mayor ol Omaha , but he certainly commands more respect and confidence than Colonel Smythe , and he is more reliable and less pliant than Mr. Broatch. The latter gentleman re ceived our cordial and hearty support for the legislature last fall , but his conduct as-a law mtker was a sore disappointment to the body of his supporters. We cannot be charged with .being in league with keepers of low dires d dens. In common with all law- abiding citizens , we desire , to aee dit orderly houses closed up. Bat on the * " * " f" other hand we rocogniza the fact that ualeu moderate men of liberal ideas are nominated a large body of voters , especially the .Germans and Bohe mians , -who hare heretofore acted with < the republican Ptrty , will , go over to the democracy. , A great deal , of course , will donend upon the councilmen andpolice judge. The six councilmen at large should be chosen without reference to ward boundaries. They should be men ; of higher grade .than the ordinary ward bummer. The body of th * republican , ; . convention , is , made up of respectable and intel ligent , fraent and we..trust that they will exercise sound discretion in their choice. It is an easy thing to nomi nate candidates to spite somebody nd _ to award spoils among friends bat it should be remembered -'that party lines will be ignored in the city campaign and unless the republicans put forward their strongest men , they "will be left in the race. A KECKKT comparison of English and American railroads shows that the proportion of mileage Is as five to 'one in favor of the United States.L year ago England had 17GOG miles of railway and the United States 84,255 miles. In England there is oue mile of railroad itcck to sixy ! - nine miles of area , while thia country has one mile of road to every forty-three of area. When population is taken Into account It is seen that in England there are 1000 people to every mile of road ; in this country , only G10. The construction of a mile of Eng lish railway costs $202,750 , and the average cost In this country per mile U but $57COO ; showing that the tots1 cost of railroads in the United States Is (4,762,510,000 , and th&t in Eng land tbe construction aggregates the cost of $3,588,020,000. Lut year in England there ware 500,000,000 pas sengers ; in the United States , 200- ' 000,000 ; freight , England , 212,000- 000 ; United States , 280,000,000 ; re ceipts , England , $17,4 0 per mile ; United States , $ C,280 ; gross receipts , England , ? 308,900,000 ; Tnited State * , $529,000,000. These figuresjcontradlct the general opinion th t America is overdoing the rUl' ' ' * ? bt > Rin s . Tbe rapid develop , toent of th * country tra * < > r ed by nur lines will fmrlj increase the amount of both passenger uud freight receipts and prove the wisdom of capital in in- resting in railroad property. When capital comes to see that a liberal pol icy and equitable treatment of the people will be naturally advantageous and ceases to consider the country tributary to the railroads simply as their legitimate spoil for the purpose of of extortion , rcilway property will be come still more productive to the stockholders. INDUSTRIAL NOTES. The mills of Wheeling , W. Ya. , produce on an average , 3,5COOCO pounds jot nails every week. A thread factory is tg be erected at Waldoborough , Me. , over $40,000 having been subscribed to the stock. It Is aald that a New York company , with a capiUl of $250,000 , it soon to begin the manufacture of horse shoes in Shelton , Conn. The capital atock ( $125,000) ) for a new bleachery- be located in Asao- net , Una. , has been subscribed for , and the corporation has been organ ized. ized.A A fine 40,000 spindle mill is to be erected JnPall ElverMats. The stock has been subscribed for , and the or ganization of the company will soon be complete. The Winchester Armory of New ' Haven , Conn. , has received an order from the Turkish gorernment for 50- ic 000,000 cjitridgcs. Work will begin icPi ts soon as satisfactory security is Pite given. teof of In Han county , Iowa , there ara ofdi thirty creameries , which produced dibi tart Tear , in the aggregate , 1,500,000 biol ? e ad of butter , and 450,000 pounds oln ] * ) f tinted the ra\ae \ df which was about $ * 00COt ) . . The fcottoh iillla ol Vhfc W&n&i Manufacturing Co. , on Ashler river , ftino miles from Charleston , S. C. , were totally destroyed by firs , Feb. 4 , entailing a loss of # 2,000 , folly 'covered by Insurance. Bath , Me. , Is said to be doing a large business In shlpbafldlng this season , a number of vessels being BO w on the stocks or contracted for , which vary from 350 to 2,000 toss capacity. The Allen Paper Car Wheel com pany have located works at Morris , III. , where they have bonght orer forty acres of land on the canal bank , in the eastern part of that town. The amount paid by match manu facturers in the United States for rev enue stamps In 1880 , indicates an an- nnal consumption- -the eountr * of about 3,613,000,000. It' Is said that Bessemer steel works are to bo ddod to the industrial es tablishments of Youagstown , 0 , with a capital of $1,000,000. One-half this amount hu already been pledged , * nd the balance will soon be mad * up. The city council of Portsmouth , N. H. , have granted exemption from tax ation for ten years to the projectors of a cotton manufactory which it Is intended to build thtre at acottof $500,000 or more. A California senator says hit' Fur Seal company has paid the govern ment § 3,000,000 out of the$7Q03,000 we paid for Alaska , and before his grant expires , rill hare paid the. whole sum that hyperborean territory cost us. Over half a dcren laboring men , in the Lake Superior Iron region , within the past year , it ii said , by strict at tention to business and striking rich deposits of iron ore , hare been en abled to retire on snug little fortunes , ranging from $10COO to 150,000. The government of Florida has made a contract with some Phlladel- . phia and Pacific coast capitalists to drain Lake Okeechobea. This will reclaim , it is said , 12,000,000 acres of fine sugar Irnda , the celebrated Ever glades lying In this region , and will enable the state to produce more sugar than the United States nowoomsumes. Michigan produced last year , 21- 840 tons ot copper , worth In round numbers , $3,000,000 ; 1,925,009 tons of iron ore , worth ? 10,000GOO at the mines ; 31,000,000 bushels of. wheat ; 2,575,588 barrels of salt ; 64,000 tons of plaster ; 9,582,000 pounds of wool ; 3,938,187,227 feet of Umber , and built , including double track and sid ings , 750 miles of new railroad. The Cambria and Bethlehem Iron company of Pennsylvania , hare unit edly purchased tbe Dofienn and Bel * eon iron mines. InModoc , Canada , for $58,000 , and have secured a lease of the Walbridge hematite mine for thirteen years at a cost of { 20,000. They expect in a abort time to take out ore at the rate of 700,000 tons per cnnum. Taxlns "Mortffasred Property. Flttsbur ? Sunday Globe. The assessment and collection of taxes is still one of the unsolved problems I of modern legislation , and the t sore perplexity of law Bakers. It is i a sound principle in political econo my that every piece of property , realer or personal , shall pay its just prop or- tioncf ti the expenses incurred in run ning the government , bat the trouble Is now and always has been to reduce this reuonable theory to practice. It is notoriously true that no staU ( n the union hu yet been able to frame laws for the assessment and collection cf taxes that perfectly accomplished the end in view , although those laws have I been regularly tinkered by every legislature 1t 1 that has convened daring the. t put fifty yeira , and legislators will continue to enact , amend and re peal them for fifty yean longer. One of the most perplexing phaies of the subject is to assess and collect the taxes on the mortgaged real es tate , and it is the one which has re cently been the subject of two legal decisions one by the supreme court of Connecticut , end the other by the supreme court of the United States , in the Kirtland case , and both decls- ionn have given rise to a good deal of discussion among the legal frater nity and ethers. Mr. Kirtland is a capitalist and a citizen of the state of Connecticut , who had loaned a large sum of money on some real estate in Chicago on bond nnd mortgage , and the assessor In the town where he resid ed assessed Mr. Kirtland , aa he had a perfect right to do , and levied a tax upon the mortgege , the came as if It had been real-estate or the ssme value of money In the bznk. This tax Mr. Kirtland refused ts pjy , end when the tax gatherer levied on the properiy and told it , he ( Kirtknd , ) replevined it , and after J yeara of vex&tlocs and expensive liti gation , the cae finally went to the Connecticut supreme court , where It' was decided In favor of the township authorities and against the defendint. Being still dissatisfied and determined In to fight It out on the same line if It IS took Jam half a lifetime , Kirtland car S ried it to the supreme court cf the 'United States , where the decision of 0 the court below wss affirmed , and Mr. n Kirtland wasfazain defeated. nK nb The defense that Kirtland set up K was that the property on which he Cla had loaned his money , and on which Clsi he held a mortgage , was in _ distant si sin state , and was AM eased to the" nominal n owner to the full amount of Its value , sib who paid IU full nhare of taxes into | fcei lh * tnwxnry of Chtc * n and of Tlllnol ? ' ei eiK accordingly , J nd that to tax him f r eib the whip of his mortgage * io real b ity laiing tbntame place of property i ttriro over. The whole controreriy C hinged on this point , and both tiT the supreme court of Connecti ticc cut and the supreme court of tha cc United States very properly refniad biC to let Mr. Kirtland off from paying a biw tax on a well secured evidence of w ownership of $25OCO worth of proper * ty. It would doubtlers be very grati tl fying to sach eastarn capitalists as 81 Mr. Kirkknd , to have the privilege lii loaning all their surplus money In a ttR distant fctato at a high rate of interest , Rai and escaping taxation extlraly on the aiat flimsy and illogical excuse that the at propsrty they held for the Security of their loans hsd p = ld its full there of ? the burdens levied for carrying on the at norernment. But neither the So- atcl clfc preina Court of Connecticut nor fc the Supreme Court of the United fcP States could be made to endorse so St StOl dangerous ' * , precedent , but held Ol that the state of Connecticut had a Olei right to soma of Mr. Klrtland't sup ei port , no matter where his money was olbi lotned , es long as he was living on bi2i her soil , enjoyed the protection of her 25 laws , and educating his children in 2ifc 2ig her schools that were maintained at a public expense. fccl Of course U would ba unjust to tax clol both mortgager and mortgagee for the oln relative amount which each owns In n any piece of rail estate thai incum- * l bered , but the difficulty Is that the clcc creditor is often a non-resident , over cc whom the state where the mortgaged ccOJ premises lie hu no control. Improvement of the Mississippi. 'Baltimore Son. Everything seems to confirm the tc tcU impression that one of the letding tcti pieces of policy towards which the at tim tention of congress asd tbe Inflaenca m the government is to be directed is isP during the present edvla ! tntoB will isa > liberal appropriations for riven seA a other internal waterways , aa partk- atd nlariy the Hketappl river and ito d < tributaries. Great .Britain and Cana- oa are .spending , S.O,000GCl.on } IhS WeUaca.canal aud $50,000.000 on the Canada Pacific railroad. J ew York Is making the Erie canal tplrfreVeast- ward , and will soon enlarge' iUe looks and deepen the canal. Th\J \ people o the weSt delnsnd that aamnch'ehoult be dons for the. great natural-water way of the continent. The president li known to be emphatically in favor of'this ' policy. , He said as"-.much , In ha ! Ic&Ugural rddrezs and 1H hll letter accepting the nomination to Ihb presidency , whiln in a speech de llvered from his seat In congress June 21,1879 , on'the ' bill for ( a commission to report a plan for theilmprovemeri of the Mississippi .river , 3Ir. GarSelt professed his belief that the Missis ippi constitutes "one of tbe grandest of onr material national interests The-statesmanship of America , " he said , "must grapple , the problem o this' mighty stream. It 1 too vast for any state to handle ; too much for.airj authority less than that of the nation Itself to * manage. And I' ' believe , ' continued Mr. Garfield , "that the time will come when the liberal mind ed statesmanship of this country wil deviie a wise and comprehensive sys tern that will harness the powers ol this great rivet to the material inter ests of America. " President Gar- field's cabinet has been constituted seas as to promote these views Secretary Blaine ia known to favor land grants and subsidies , and a liberal and extensive system o Internal improvements , while Secre tary Windom has made these matters his favorite study , and is believed to have been the chief promoter of the jetty plan for opening put an officien channel at the mouth of the great river. All these circumstances make an active furtherance of this policj Jof comprehensive river improvement almost necessarily a part of the ad ministration's programme , and the sagacious Mr. Jay Gould expresses hli opinions of its succesijby going In * wholesale fashionH'ato the steam-barge transportation buslhcas from St. Louis to New Orleans. Thia new policy will ba as attractive to members of congress from the south and southwest es it will ba to those of the west and northwest. Mary land members having a leaning in the dlrec ion of this policy might secure In return the support of the western reprrsentatives to the projected Chesapeake and Dolonrare ship canal. The Mississippi nnd its tributaries , the gulf and the Chesapeake do nol want a monopoly of the grain traffic of the country , such as is claimed by the lake , canal and railroad system terminating in New York , but they want their share , and they think II will promote the matoihl Interests of the country If the transportation bus iness should be divided among novora route i instead of concentrated upon a Ingle terminus In the northeast cor ner of the country. The Mississippi basin receives the drainage of 1,257- 545 square miles and furnishes an out let for the water of 240 streams oi Importance. It and its tributaries border or intersect nineteen states and three territories. Steamboats can carry freight in unbroken bulk on the Mississippi from the Gulf to the falls of St. Anthony , 2,161 miles , and on the Missouri from the Gulf to Fort Benton , in Montana , 4,333 miles. The total length of navigation on the Mississippi and its tributaries Is' 15- 710 miles , or morn than four times the distance from New York to Liver pool. A Great Narrow-Gauere System. Cincinnati Girotle. It is claimed that the Mississippi river barge line and the proposed na-row-gaago system of railroads will do more to regulate rates of trans portation I , and bring them to a fair and equitable basis , than either state or national legislation. Thia asser tion , however , Is based on the suppo sition that a th.ea-feet gauge can be operated and maintained at a much less percentage of gross earnings than 1I standard gauge roads. Heretofore the advantages posEetsed by narrow over broad-gauga 1 roads have been demon strated en paper only. But now they are being put" to the teat , and if their 1I 1t feasibility can be fully proven I by successfully competing with 1t their broader gauge competitors , they t will at once become important , 1I If 1 not the chief ( factors in determining minimum charges should be on the Inland 1 traffic. "Very few persons 1t have 1 any idea of the magnitude of the 1S completed and projected narrow-gauge systems of railways in iha United States and Meric-o. It is the object of their promotaro to extend a line or lines from the Atlantic seaboard to the Pacific and to the City of Mexico. 1I very considerable potio'n of them have already been constructed , and an abundance of capital io eagerly waiting to complete the system. The line in the United States will embrace the Dayton and SoutheasternToledo ; , Delphpsand Burlington ; Toledo , Cin cinnati and St. Louis ; Cairo and St. Louis ; Texas and St. Louis , and Denver and Rio Grande. It Is the purpose of the owners of these several reads to build the gaps as rapidly as possible.and throw the whole system , . into one grand transcontinental line ' of ; narrow-gange railway. It is not understood that a consolidation will be made , but close working arrange ments be entered into. Before the close of the present year there will be thorough line betwgen Cincinnati and Toledo and St. Louis. In the o meantime a preliminary survey will be made , it Is said , from the eastern terminus of the Dayton and South- I eortern branch to tidewater , and the Ivo omn nn Tturlirigton division frill 1)6 > pushed ai far i itjcan be done frith money urt ninn. Thi > St. L nu * nd Ctiro rnad Is already io opera tion. About 150 miles of the Texas and St. Louis line Is completed , and a syndicate has been formed In Boston to build from Cairo to Texarkans , joining the Texas with the northern system. The Deni verand.Rio Grande will connect with the Texts and St. Louis road in west ern Texai , thus forming an unbroken line of narrow-gange railroad between the eastern seaboard and the far west. When completed , with their branches and feeders , it will bo one of the finest' well as one of the most profitable piecas of railway property ia America , narrow gauge roads pcsaecn ell the advantages claimed for them. It ia claimed that the cost of construction for a road of. three feet gauge , ES com pared ! with teat of 4 feet 8 inches , the standard grujje , Is 30 per cent. lew over the same route ; that by the roll ing stock being lighter , a very consid erable saving is effected in the weight rails used ; that the narrow road can operated aud maintained for fully per cent , less than tha standard gauge < , while the capacity of the for mer for traffic is but little , , if any , jn- ferior to that of the latter. All'these claims are supported by the opinions leiditg engineers. If th y ara cor rect In their estimates the 'narrow f guage roads will work a very great COnt changa in the railway system of the new ot countryand perhaps solve the problem 01 cheap transportation. in Brief Study o ! the Census. Itesrtr Republican. The census bulletin showing the total number of inhabitants of the United States by counties , and giving Wo. the proportion between males and fe 01 males , is out. The exact population placed at 50,152,866 The males predominate to the number of almost Ca miUionthere being 25.520,582 male * IS asd 24,632,284 females. The table do does not form an uninteresting study. vt ' We observe , what one living in Cen ter ttoul'd never fiiispeb ; to bo the cade , that there are almost twice ai many males .in , Colorado as .females , there being ,129,471 , persons of the masculine gender In the atat'o. In other we t ern elates and tt&tijotles , fet l ! ; known reaaons he-malo eleraeni < pre4 'dominates largely. ' Montana falls 4thi 'lowest in the scalef { "showing only about 39,000 females tolpOOGO males' Arizona shows a. . rateof ,49jO ° Qe ? rjaales to. the 100,00 $ males' , ' evad 48,000 , Wyoming 4T..OOO , Dakota 04 , 000 , Idaho 49,000 , Utah 93000 ; n New Mexico 86,000. In the tetritor ies which have been settled entire ! ] independent of speoial * influences ! such as Mprmonlsm in Utah and Hex .Icanism in New Mexico , wo fim ratio of women , increasing with railroad facilities. Thus there are ho geodnstnralreasonsKTTby/.thQ.number. of women in proporlioiTto the rium bor of men should be greater in Wyoming than in Montana ; but when remember . that the Union Pacific railroad traverse * Wyoming we havi the presence of an unexpected number uf females explained. Da skpta has also had railroad advantages , so that families have soon followed or accompanied the 'head thereof to a new home in the western -wild. The railroad Haea 1 which are now extending into Mon tana , Idaho and Arizona will in the couioe of another decade alter this proportion materially. In Utah wo find the special institution of polyg amy operating to increase the proportion tion of. females over that of other ter ritories. There is alao to be found another cause in the custom of the Mormons who are-not polyganons , o having their families about them. Jr New Mexico , we find , a long aettlec country where the family regulation has been long sustained , so that the proportion of the sexes Is not materi ally different from that observed in eastern states. We , however , traca in thiar skeleton chatt evidences of the graduatnntroduction of the American element of which the pioneers are males. Whore there are 86,000 females males to the 100,000 males , or tha proportion , there were in 1870 , 05 , 000. In Utah the same observation ii applicable , though the change has baen less marked , the ratio of'70 showing 97,000 females to every 100,000 males Tbe reader will hardly be prepared to hear that the proportion of females tc ' males'in Colorado was larger in 187' ' than in 1880 , there being then GOOOC of the feminine gender to every 100 , 000 masculines , and now only f > 0,000 This fact is of course duo to our racea mineral discoveries , which have fillec the country .with single men , or mar ried men who have left their wives be hind , to .wait for "tho strike ; " Going eut from Colorado we find the "east ern" western states gradually ap preaching a-normal social condition such states , as. Kansas , Nebraska Michigan and Minnesota giving ui 'from 80,000 to 90,000 females to 100 , 000 males. .Such states as Illinois Indiana and Iowa approach stil nearer an equal' division. On the Atlantic ; coast there is generalj ! a preponderance of 'famales ' , Massa chusetta and Rhode Island cech furnishing almost 108 females'to every 100 males. The District of Columbli gives 112& females to each 100 males In the Southern States , as a whole we find the males and females show Ing pretty evenly. However , in such states' as Alabama , Georgia , Norih and South Carolina and Virginia , we find a preponderance of females , ant upon closer inspection we find that in the ps3tten < years thiapreponderance , though still maintained , has decreased For instance , there are now 102J fe males in Virginia to every 100 males when in 1870 there were 105 . Thia h explained by the war. These , states supplied the larger parb of the Con federate army with men for daughter Aa time goes on they are gradually regaining their equilibrium. Thus one.may learn sevem thing * about the tendencies , habits ccd misfortunes o his race bysimply scanning a skeleton census table of his county's popula tion. _ PEAISE .THE BRIDGE THAT CARRIES YOU" Though the people vote it tlghtthal those "living in glass houses should not throw' stones , " it is eminently proper that , those working' ' in glass bouses should say a ' 'good word" 'tor anything of especial benefit to them selves. Jn this connection , Mr. laaao Correy , manager of 'the ' Sal.m , N. J. , glass works , re marks : ' 'I am pleased to say that I have used the great rem edy'St. .Jacobs Oil , for rheumatism with'excellent ' results ; other members of my family hare alao been greatly benofitted , by its uso. " i . .A.Great'Chicago Enterprise. f The Laboratory for the manufacture of Electric Bitters is oue of Chicago's greatest - enterprises , givig employ ment to a large number of hands , The extensive sale already attained for this wonderful remedy is astonish ing. Wherever once introduced and becomes known , it is almost impossl ile to supply the demand , because of their trne merit curing where all .others fail and at a reasonable price 'fifty cents ) SxeJi. Sold * by all druggista. (3) ( ) EAST INDIA B BITTER ILER & vv.y riOLB MANUFACTURERS , OMAHA. Neb. .CHARLES RIEWE , UNDERTAKER ! Metallc CMCSCoffins , , Caskets , Shrouds , etc. Faro mStrce . Oth and llth , Omaha , Neb. Tel traohU orders promptly attended to. I THE MERCHANT TAILOR , Has just received his Spring Stock , and has 250 patler/nto select from. Call early and get your choice. Cleaningand repairing : of all kinds. On * Door WeaCOmlckehank's. . ep01y NEW HARNESS SHOP. Theundenijneil bnrini : b d nne i r * ex perience -with' Q. H" * J. 3Collinr , and twenty- onrj ears of practical harness mxllE ? , las now commen ed business for himself In the large shop 1 door south of the southeast corner Mth nnd Harnej Bt * . He * i employ a large orce of skill * ! workmen and will fill nil orders his pllne promptly "and'eheaply. yRAMJI * K. BUKOICK. UNO. G. JACOBS , CTornuTly of Qb ! Jacobs ) UNDERTAKER . 1117 Farnham St. , Old Stand of Jacob Oil ORDSES Br TKLKORAPB SOLICITS nV7.1v S. Q. STEySNSON & CO. Carpenters nd BcTMers , have removed to No. 1863Dodja Street , where they e prepartd to H Idndh ot irork In their line on short notice [ itnisoiublentw. * ' * . . drlil I REMEDY I 'SCIATIC/C / JLUMBAGO , \ BJlcKAGHEj GOUT , SORENESS ortiic CHEST , SORB THROAT , QUINSY , -SWELLINGS FROSTED FEET ' i D EARS. 1HD SCALDS , OEKEXAL BODILY PIS ; TOOTH , EAR A3D HEADACHE , AtD All other Piins A3D _ ACHES. No Preparation pu etrth , cquil ST. Jicqiu OIL is a SjirE , sent , smrtc and cuEir ExfcrnU Ibocdr. A trill nUUi bat tha camparatiTcl ; trifling ontl T of W CISTS , nd erer/on. netting with j ! n eta hit. cbeip ' ndj > oiiUTO proof of 1U clilmj. DiiizcTioxa IK rums LISCCAOES. SOLO BY All DRDOQISTJ AID OEAIUS M'HIBICffll. A. VOGELER * CO. Maltlmorr , Md. , Geo. P. Bemis REAL ESTATE AGENCY. 15th & Deugloi Slt.t OmoAa , Neb. This agency doaa BIRIOILT broktn ; * * > mA ncsn. Docs not speculate , ud therefore any ! at- galna on Its books are Insured to It ] patronc In gtcad of being Robbltd np by the agent BOGGS & HILL. REAL ESTATE BROKERS No liOS-Fornham Strut OMAHA - ; NEBBAJBKA. Office North Side opp. Grand Central Hotel. Nebraska Land Agency. DAVIS & SHYDER , ; 1505 Jarnhom St. OmoAo , Nebr. 100.000 AORE3 carefully selectedUad to Ka * i Hebraika for rale. i Ore * V Bargains In InaproTtd farm * , aadOssni . _ _ _ O. F. , DAVIS. WEBSTER BHTDZB , tate Land ConVr D. P. R. R. 4)ntobTtf ) BTROR RUB. HVU RMO. Byron Reed & Co. , j oiounMTUUs-ro > REAL ESTATE AGENCY IN NEBRASKA. \ Keep a complete abstract of title to all Real EatatolnOnataandDouglagConnty. mayltf ( DQH ( day at borne , bamp ca 0' U)6U frae. Address Btlnion ] 0 PorUind. Uo D. T. ( MOUNT , Manufacturer andpealer In SADDLES " : ; and , HARNESS , Agents for JAMES R. HICL L . . & CO. , Celebrated CQNC0RI ) HARNESS. ' /HTThe / Best In The Worldfa " ' / A- ' 1412 Faniham St. , ' Omaha , Neb. $2,250,666 if ROYAL HAVANA LOTTERY. EXTRAOBpINARtf DRAWING , APRIL IZtlt 15000 TICKETS ONLY , 7 2 PRIZES. SMALLEST PRIZE , $1.000. 1 Hrirj.81.OfO.0-W 1 Prize S2oXyi ( , 1 Prize 200.0TO 8Pr res,8IO , 00 each .80,000 1 Pr.ze 100,000 8 Prizes , 6,000ca-h. 10,000" 1 Prize 0,000. 722 Prizes am't'g to $2,260,000 " Whole Ticket ? , $1CO ; Halves , $30 ; Qnarters.&O ; Tenths , SIS ; Twentieths , $3Fortieths , $ ( . Little Havana is governed entirely by the above drawin j. 1 Prize , $0,000 722 Prizes , $16,119. Wholci , S2. llalTCB , $1. ROMAN & CO , Snccesso.s to TAYLOR & Co. , New York. Direct , all ccminunkatlons and money to ROMAN ft CO. , General Agents , 333 Chiel [ Street ) , Hew Haven , onn. mHIm | BUSINESS COLLEGE ; THE dREAT WESTERN i Gco.R. Kathban , Principal * Oreighton Block , - OMAHA Send for Circular. " Machine Works. J. Batomond , Prqp. 4 ; Tnft io tttchlna Stop * indfoundrf In thesute. d Oisllnjs c ( 'ferp tlesortptlon muiu ( > cted. i. Engines , Pumps Mid v ry Ui J of machinery made to order. order.pedal attention given to Well AiiRurs , Pulleys , Hangers , ShaftingjBridKc IronsCccr Cutting , etc a Plans tor now Machlnery.ileachanlcal Draught ng , Models , ct : . , neatly executed. 68 Harnev St. . Bet. 14t& nnd 15th. IK. R. KISDON , T. General Insurance Agent , PHC3KIX ASaOtwv. - . . J Lon. don , Cash Assets . 15,107,151 ffESTCneSTEK. K. Y. . Capital . 1,000,003 THE MERCUAN tS , of Nearlc. . N. J. , 1,000,00 GIRAJID FIKEPhlladeipliUCapltal. . l.OOt.OOO NORTHWKSTKBK NATIONALCap. Ital. . . . . . . BOC.OOli FIREMEN'S FUND , California . 800 ( XX BKI.TISH AMERICA ASSORANCBCo 1,200,000 NEVVA .IKTFIRE IKS. CO , Assets. . . . 800,000 AMEUICAF CENTRAL , Aasets . 300 600 ? sst Cor. n ( Fifteenth & Domtlas St OMAHA. KKB PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION LINE BBTWKBI * - OMAHA AND FORT OMAHA Connects With Street Cars Comer of SAUNDERS and HAMILTON STREETS. ( End of Red Line as ( illom : LEAVE OMAHA : 620 , 8:17and'l:19a : m ,3:03,5:37 nd7:23p.m. LEATB JORT OMAHA : 7:15 a. m. , 9:16 a. m. , and 12:45 p. m. 4:00,6:15 and 8U5 p. m. The 8:17 : a. m run , Icavin/ omaha , and the :00'p. m run , leaving Fort Omaha , are usually oadcdtofult capacity with rezaUr passengers. The e:17-a. m. raa will be made from th e post * office , corner of Dodge and 15th inrhU. Tickets can be procured from street cardriT- en , or from drivers of hacks. n FARE. S3 CENTS. INCLUDING STBK CAR nCJ JD AGENTS WANTED FOB CREATIVE SCIENCE and Sexual Philosophy. rofuaely Illnstrated. The most Important in D ( test book published. Erery family wants Sxtraoidlnary inducements offered AgenWv Address Aaron * Puxunaro Co. St.Losis.Ua. 3CC a it term your own town , lenasud > DQ outfit tree. Address H. Hallett * Ccv , 01 Portia Kt. , - Mil RIM HHSES. THE OLDEST ESTABLISHED. BANKING HOUSE IN NEBRASKA. CALDWELLHAMILTOHlCO ' : * Uaslntss transacted same M that d an In cor- poratJJJUik. - Accounts kept In Ctirrecfcy ot gold ( abject to sight check without notice. Certificates of deposit toned parable In thf M , six and twelve months , .bearing interest , or oa demand without Interest. Advances made to easterners on approvcJ se- enrttlM at market rates of Interest Boy and sell ( fold , bills ot exchange meut , State , County anil City Bonds. Draw Sight Dratta on England , Ireland , Scotland - . " ' ' * " - " - land ; and all-parti of Europe. - Stll European Passage Tickets. COLLEOTIOHS PROMPTLY MADE. anjldt = . U. S. DEPOSITOBY , FIRST NATIONAL BANK Of OMAHA * Cor. IStfo ana ITaranam. Streets , OLDEST BANKING ESTABLISHMENT IN OMAHA. ( SUCCESSORS TO K00HTZE BROS. , ) isrmisniD ra 1859 , Of janlzed M a National Bank. AUfnst 281883. . Capital and Profits OrerSSOO.OOO . Specially authorized by the Secretary or Treasury to rscetre Subscription to the U.S.4 PER CENT. FUNDED LOAN. OmCIBS AND DIBICTORJ Hnutui Kemmi , President. AofltJSTCS Kouirrii , Vice President. H. TT. Tins. Cashier. A. J. Formica , Attorney. JOB * A. CMI9HTOJL F. H. DaTis , Ajs-t OathlM. Till bank receives deposit wlthont regard to anunmtt. lames time ctrUfleateibea/ln ; Interest. Drawi dratta on San Irancisco and principal cities of the United Btatoa. alj London , Dublin , Edlnbnricb and the principal dtta of the contl * ntnt ol Europe. Sells passage tickets ' for Emigrants In the In. man ue. ntlyldtf HOTELS THE JRIOINAL. BRIGGS HOUSE I Oor. Randolph St. & 5th Are. , CHICAGO ILL. PRICES BEDDCED TO $2.00 AND $2.50 PER DAY Located In the business centre , convenient to place * of amusement. Elegantly furalabed , .containing all tnodcra Improvanente , piascnper elerator , ic J H. CUMUHIQS , Proprietor. ocl6U OGDEN HOUSE , 'Cor. MARKET ST. & BROADWAY Council Bluffs , lowas On line o Street Railway , Omclbui to and from all train * . RATES Parlor floor , $3.00 per day ; second floor , 12.50 per day ; third floor , $2.00. The beat furnished and most commodious honse In the city. OEp.T.PnELPS Prop FRONTIER HOTEL , Laramie , Wyoming. The miner's resort , good accommodations , arge earn pie room , charges reasonable. Special attention given to t ravelin IT men. . 11-U H. 0 HILLIiRD Proprietor. INTER-OCEAN HOTEL , Cheyenne , Wyoming. Flnt'diss , Fine arge Eampl * Booms , oae block from depot. Trains stop from 20 minutes to 2 honra for dinner. Free Baa to and from Depot. Kates 9Z80.t2.CO and $3.00 , according to room ; sngle meal 75 cents. A. 1) . BALCOM.'Proprielor. TT BORDEN , Cnlef Clerk. mlO-t AGENTS WANTED FOR OOR NEW BOOS , ' 'Bible for the Young , " B in ? the story ol the Scriptures by Rev. Goo. Alexander Crook , D. D. . in simple aud attrac tive , language for old and young. Profusely lllajtratil , making a molt interesting and 1m- preajlve youth's Instructor. Every parent'will secure ttils work. Pieacherg , vou sbonld clr- cnl.tfl' . Price $100. BenC for drcnlan with extr erms. J. U. CHAMBEB3 & CO. , ) St. Louis , Mo AND STILL THE LION Continues to KoarforMoores , ( ) HARNESS it SADDLE III , e I hi. ' " , adopt"rf thft Lion < * Trui * Mhrk , nd fcll mo flood * , "jiilbasi&mp- ad . * rith the Lion and tnj Nama on the some.No Goods era ganuino without the above stamps. The best material is used and the most skilled workmen are employed , and at the lowest cash price. Anyone wishing price Hat ot goods will confer a favor by sending for one. DAVID SMITH MQOEE. . VAS CAXI * , if. D. K. L. SiaoiM , M. D. NEBRASKA MEDICAL AND SURGICAL INSTITUTE , PRIVATE HOSPITAL. Now open for the reception of nv'Unts for the TBEATMENT OF ALL CHRONIC AND SUBQI CAL DISEASES. DBS. VAN CAilIP & SIGGINS , Physicians & Surgeons , Proprietors. - ODD OMAHA.CK. . CORNER I4TH DODGE STS. , OMAHA. A. W. NASON. : E > IE : ET a ? i s a ? , QJTKK JuoVsB clcco &MGtpil9 Art. ud UthBtmt , Cant * ' si ) ' . BID ! THE NEW YORK CLOTHING HOUSE - * - Has fiemoved tel l 0 | FARNHAM STREET , * * & ( Max Meyers Old Stand. ) ! fr. - . - Where They Shall Keep Constantly on Hand an. Immense' ' Stock of MEN'S , BOYS'AXD CHILDREN'S CLOTHING , HATS , CAPS AND GENT'S FURNISHING GOODS , . ABIDES ALWAYS THE LOWEST. E2rOall and Examine Goods and Prices.- " HIHVL A3VC. IPIELA. V 13t9 Farnham Street , Omaha , Nel > . MORE "POPULAR THAN EVER. The Genuine SINGER NEW FAMILY SEWING MACHINE. ' The'popular demand for the GENUINE SINGER In 1879 exceeded that of any previous year daring the Quarter of a Century In which this "Old Eellable" JIachine 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 salea last year were at the rate of over 1400 Sewing Machines a Day I For every basinets day In tbe year. The "Old Eeliabie" That Every REAL is Singer the Strongest , Singer Sewing Machine the Simplest , the Most chine has thia Trade Mark cast into the Durable Sewing Ma Iron Stand , and embedded - , chine ever yet Con- bedded in the Arm of \ strnoted. ) the Machine. , THE SINGER MANUFACTURINi Principal Office : 1:4 : "Onion Sauare , New York. 1,500 Subordinate.Offices , in tha li nit d States and Canada , and 3,000 0 cs.ia.t ; heOld ! World and-Sonth America. seplWiiwtf PIANOS i ORGANS. J" . S. ACEHF5R CHIGKERING PIA , lad Sele Agent for Hallet Davis & Co , , James & Holmstrom , and J > & 0- Fischer's Pianos , also Sole Agent for the Estsy , Burdett , and tie Tort Wayne Organ Go's. Organs , Ij deal in. Kanoa and Organs exclusively. Have had years experience in the BusineBSj and handle only the Beat. J. S. WRIGHT , 218 16th Street , City Hall Building , Omaha , HALSBT V. FITOH. Tuner. J. F. SHEELY & CO. , BEEF PAGKEi Wholesae { and Retail in FEESH 3TEATS& PROVISIONS , GAME , POULTRY , FISH , ETC. CITY AND COUNTY ORDERS SOLICITED. OFFICE OITY MARKET 1415 Douglas St. Packing Honse , Opposite Omaha Stock Yards , U. P. R. R. DOTJBLE AND SINGLE ACTING POWER AND HAND PUiFS Steam Pnmpe , Engine DMmmingB , Mining Maohinory , IELT1NC HOSE , BRASS AM IRIH'nniHCS , PIPE , STEAM PACKING AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. HALLADAY WIND-MILLS , CHURCH AND SCHOOL BELLS A. I ; STBAUG , 205 Faraham Street Omaha , nb "V f i J. B. DETWIL cl i * 9- THE CARPET MAN , Has Removed From His Old Stand on Douglas St to His NEW AND ELEGANT STORE , -A. * > 1313 Barnham Street , , , f Where He Will be Pleased to Meet all Eis OWi , S Fatreue. , * ,