THE DAILY BEE.
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IT Is snggested that the sUr rontea
are the reorganized fast lines to the
penitentiary.
ST. Louis paregraphera who thought
the rite in the upper Missouri excru
ciatingly funny are now leaching for
their rubber boots and fiatboats.
ITALY will take the cansus on De
cember 31st. It is unfortunate for
Italy that ehe has no Dlllonville
tramps This oversight trill compel &
reduction of .thousands In the number
of people listed by the enumerators.
WHILE Immigration "of the poor is
pourlsg Into the country , emigration
of rich is going on with a good deal of
gust Five hundred cabin passengers
with nearly two thourand Saratoga
trunks sailed by Europe last Saturday
from New York.
It is difficult to find out whether
the Herald Is worse informed upon
current events or past hittory. The
announcement that Lieut. Schwatzka
discovered the remains of Sir John
Franklin will doubtless be news to
that Intrepid explorer.
A KUMBEK of citizens of Council
Blnfia have applied for an injunction
to restrain the American Construction
Company from building water works
In that city. The grounds upon which
the Injunction Is aaked are In general
the same upon which leading citizens
of Omaha asked an injunction rgainst
the Holly Company. The- same ays-
tern of direct pressure was applied
over there upon Councilmen and
newspaper ! by the water sharks.
Neb. , May 2 , 188L
To th Editor of Tui Bit
Will you please decide a bet throngh
your columns : The population of
Chicago ; the population of New York
City and suburbs ; the population of
Brooklyn , N. Y. , in 1880 by United
States census returns ; and oblige sub
scriber. U. P.
The population of Chicago under
the last census w 503,304 , St. Louis
350,522.
The pupulation o ! New York City
on Jane 1st , 1880 , was 1,206J690.
This Includes only tha city proper.
When thesnburba are taken into con
sideration Brooklyn with 566,689 , Jer
sey City with 120,628 and the adjacent
towns in Long Island and Westchoster
county with some 75,000 population
additional must be added , making a
grand total oil 1,969,000 inhabitants.
In round numbers New York and
surburba are , credited with ft popula
tion of 2,000,000.
The population of Brooklyn has
been given.
SOME POINTS IN POSTAL REFORM
Postmaster-General James is doing
a noble wotk in reorganizing and puri
fying the postoffioe department , and
no section of country Is better dis
posed to recognize hie valuable ser
vices than Omaha and the west. We
cannot , however , approve of the order
respecting the railway mall service
recently issued by the department and
whbh , if enforced , will work the
gravest injustice to one of the hardest
working class of public servants in
the postofHce department.
Under the operation of this order ,
the pay of three quarters of the malj
clerks will be very seriously re
duced. Out of sixteen men running
on the Union Pacific from Omaha to
Kearneyfour , will receive 51,303 per
annum , and twelve , who formerly
earned $1,150 , 'will bo reduced to
$900. This reduction In pay , more
over , Is made with no consequent re
duction in the hears of labor , and is
apparently directed only to those
clerks who handle the mail on the
eastern end of the overland routo.
On the Union Pacific there arc only
four clerks who draw the maximum
pay of $ i800 ; yearly. On the Cen
tral Pacific , which handles t.
much smaller amount of mail
than the Union Pacific , there
are thirteen head clerks drawing the
tame salary. When comparison Is
made with the B. & M. railroad in
our state the injuitica is even more
apparent On that road the amount
of mail matter is a trifle wheu com
pared with that which passes over the
overland route , and yet with only two
clerks on a car one mail agent on the
B. M. receives § 1,300 per annum
and the other ? 1,150.
It Is unfair to the highest degree
that the Increased oflhiency and skill
of mail agents who have been years
In the employ of the postal
railway service should be discounted
In this manner. Within thelaat three
years the amount of mall matter han
dled by the overland postal clerks has
Increased from 10,000 pounds dally to
over 30,000 pounds , and to work this
enormous amount of mail , three less
men are employed than three years
. In 1875 three
ago. local agents were
employed at the transfer at -salary
of § 1,200 each to handle mail. Since
that tl o the amount of mail has
trebled and yet under the late order
of the postoffice department the pay
for the same number of men it $900
each.
each.This
This is not true economy. In-
created officloaey In employes should
bo met by increased rather than di
minished wages , aud all the more so
when new and mre laborious duties
are constantly added. The whole
country is intonated in Ike-overland
postal service , and were the facts
known we feel sure that the protest
against this proposed change would
ring out with no uncertain sound from
every leading journal in the land.
Senator Van Wyck has interested
himself greatly Jn the matter and
states that he will nso every exertion
on his return to Washington to lay the
roil state of affairs befsra the depart
ment. He considers the order un
just to a class of public servants
whose labors have hitherto been too
little recognized , and if personal in
terest and active endeavors at the
capital can accomplish it , he hopes to
ee the salaries of the railway mall
clerks restored to their former figures , 1
SENATOR VAN WYCK.
OMAHA extends a cordial welcome
to Gen. Van Wyck , who is In our city
for the first time tinea hia election as
United States senator. The senator
is visiting Omaha for tha express pur-
poee of acquainting himself with the
wants and needs of the city and with
especial reference to tha question of
protection to our river front. No
subject Is of more vital importance
to Omaha , and when the barge line
is established none will be of more
importance to the whole ttate of Ne
braska than the permanent protection
ofthebanksof the Missouri rifer. The
fate disastrous flood , which destroyed
that portion of the riprap constructed
by the government engineers above
the smelting worksrenders , immediate
action necessary in order to prevent
the wrecking of the important estab
lishments that are now exposed
to the action of the water.
Senator Van Wyck'a presanca in
Omaha Is very opportune and Mayor
Boyd as president of the Omaha board
of trade has very properly issued a
call for a meeting of the board this
evening at which the necessities of
the situation will bo discussed and
placed before the senator. We hope
that our merchants and manufactur
ers will manifest an active interest by
their presence this evening and that
there will be a full meeting.
ANTI-SUFFRAGE.
Beatrice Express
The few newspapers ot the state that
have seen fit to raise their voice
asrainst the proposed woman suffrage
amendment , are either very short of
ammunition or else are saving it for
the final charge. Argument against it
is something that has not appeared in
a Nebraska newspaper , yet we notice a
squib seml-occasionally that looks and
sounds as though intended to bo funny
or sarcastic. But for something real
downright funny , that would cause a
corpse to laugh or a bronze
image to grin , THE OMAHA BEE has
bit it. THE BEE refers to woman
suffragists ( without the usa of quota
tion marks ) as long haired men and
short haired women. This remarka
ble fannicism Is followed by a quarter
column of trhat we suppose was in
tended for argument , but in which wo
find nothing for any champion of the
cause of woman suffrage to answer ;
and after reading the extract , we are
sure our readers will wonder that
Providence permits a lunatic , to edit
a leading dally paper. Says THE BEE :
"Why d n't they put all our young men
who are over the age of eighteen and be
low twenty-one on a r rfect equality with
women ? A woman is of legal age when
eighteen , a man is an infant in law until
Le in twenty-one. _ A woman may inherit
and own property in her own name when
she ii eighteen. A man cannot _ inheiit ,
owu or dispose of property until lie ii
twenty-one. A woman controls her
earnings after she reaches the age of eigh
teen. A man's earnimg's belongs to his
parents up to 'the age of twentj-one. A
woman may give herself away ia rm-n-vtro
at the age of eighteen without consu.c..g
anybody. A man under twenty-one can
not legally marry unless he has the consent
of hii parents or guardians. A man is
subject to military duty from the
age of eighteen. A woman can stay
at home all her lifetime and let the war
rage. When a man dressed in female ap
parel appears on the streets ot a city he is
dragged before the magistrate , fined and
pat in jail ; while we see women every day
on our streets wearing men's hats , sport
ing breeches , rubber boots , ulsters and
short nair without being interfered with.
When will these barbarous impositions on
.man cease ? How long are men to submit
to such oppressive and unjust discrimina
tion ? Will the gallant defenders of wo
man's rights please tell ? "
These latter questions of THE BEE
are easily answered. Those "imposl
tlcns , " sarcastically so-called , will
exist only until the fool-killer gets
around ; and as they exist only in the
mind of. THE BEE man , we advise him
to take legal steps at once to have the
fool-killer aforesaid bound over to
keep the peace lest ho should be hurt
before he can get in out of the wet ,
The long-haired men and short
haired women who want to abolish all
distinctions between the sexes have a
very happy faculty of clinching an
argument. Whenever an editor dares
to express dissent from their views he
is at once branded a lunatic , a fool era
a whisky toper. When THE BEE
called attention to the fact that our
laws recognize the difference In BOX by
according to women special privileges
and exemptions by reason of
their earlier development , the
editor is politely informed that he is
a fool and a lunatic.
Now , we ask , In all seriousness , if
all political distinctions are to bo abol-
fabed between the sexes , why should
young nun over eightean be rated as
minors , subject to the control of pa-
rants and guardians , while women
over eighteen are free agents aud be
yond the control of anybody ? If this
discrimination ic. favor of women is
just and proper , because a woman at
18 is as mature in body and mind as a
man at 21 , would it not
naturally follow that women
above the ago of 18 should have the
right to vote , whlie men cannot vote
until they reach the age of 21. Our
aim , In calling attention to the
recognition of the physical and
mental difference between the
sexes by our present laws
was simply to show the utter
Inconsistency of the long-haired men
and short-haired women in clamoring
for the abolition of all legal and polit
ical differences between men and
women. If every man who refuses to
join in the effort to nullify the laws
of God and nature is a fool , a lunatic
or a whisky toper , the men in potti-
coata and women In breeches will
have to create a new world of their
own.
THE international monetary confer
ence will accomplish nothing decisive.
It's members are so thoroughly tied
up with instructions that very little
power is granted them for final nego
tiations without further conference
with their governments. Nowadays
an ambassador is '
little else than' a
clerk at the end of a telegraph wire.
CONGRESS has expanded millions of
dollars for the improvement of the
Mississippi-river. Perhaps the late
floods may induce the M. O.'a at
Washington to bestow a little ICES at
tention on Squedunk creek and more
on one of the great arteries of trade
which taps the richest agricultural
country on the globe.
Effect of the Rise In Wages and Prices
Chicago Tribune.
The general advance in wages now
demanded In all pirts of the country
should not bo accepted as an unmixed
evidence of the prosperity it indicates ,
becauseit lacks thatpernunency which
alone assures r/al prosperity.
That community enjoys the highest
degree of prosperity whose labor
places within the resch of the greatest
number of persons the possession of
the greatest amount of the commodities
contributing to the wants and comforts
of the human family. This degree of
prosperity is not to be measured by
rates of wages , because wagea are but
the mere agents for which other
things are exchanged. The nearer
the whole population can come to the
enjoyment of the greatest abundance
of the world's goods , the nearer they
are to the greatest prosperity.
Tha rise in wages is not of itself
cvidencQ of an increase of prosperity ;
thus , when wages advance 10 per cent ,
and tha cost of living advances 20 per
cent , ( as the middle men mark up
their goods , ) the means of purchasing
are seriously reduced. During the
last sixty days the demand for in
creased wagea has bean general. In
many employments there was un
doubtedly a disproportion of the wages
paid to those dependant on their daily
earnings , and to the extent that this
Insufficiency has been corrected no
moro than justice has been done.
While waes , are largely to be measured
by the cost of living , it must also and
always be remembered that the great
factor In making up the cost of liv
ing is this item of W RCS. Wherever
there ia a gee oral advance in the coat
of labor , which is properly the coat of
production , the cost of living neces
sarily advances in fnll proportion. In
point of fact , therefore , the purchas
ing power of wages , after a general
and substantial advancement , falls to
keep on an equality with the increased
coat of living resulting from that ad
vance. It is , moreover , attended with
serious drawbacks. Any increaee in
the cost of production is attended with
a reduction in the demand for con
sumption on the part of the great ag
ricultural class , and consequently a
reduction in the amount of labor em
ployed to produce sooda.
It should be berne in mind that the
tillers of the soil constitute one-half
of the American people. The amount
of domestic manufactures and Import
ed goads they can buy is is determined
by the cost. They get a certain
amount for their products , whose
price is fixed by the foreign-market
quotations. When mechanics and
laborers in the cities are farcing up
wages by strikes the farmers are an-
ablj to work up the price of crops.
Hence , as fast as town-made goods
and wares are forced up in price by
strikes the powerof the farmers to pur
chase those goeds falls off in the same
proportloa , for they have so much
money to spend and uo
more The dearer the
goods tha less the farmers can
purchase. Therefore the town-strik
ers are cutting off their market for
their manufactures by artificially en
hancing the cost of producing them.
But man do not usually stop to reason
on consequences. Their rule is to
grasp at a dime near their nosea al
though they may lose a dollar at their
arms' length.
It IB possible , then , that the cost of
living and the cost of production may
be so sdvancsd by a general rise of
wages that the purchasing power of
the advanced wages may be less than
it was before the rise , and that the
amount of labor employed may be re
duced as a consequence. This is just
what is now happening.
In viewing this matter as an evi
dence of prosperity the fact must not
be overlooked that there have been
since January , and are now , an aver
age of 2,000 workmen landing on our
shores every day ; that , allowing ono-
half of these seek homes in the coun
try , there are ac least one 1,000 men
daily thrown into the cities and towns
seeking werk. These men come here
with limited means ; they must find
work or perisb , and that they will
find work at the best wages they can
obtain is a practical necessity. They
have to support themselves and fami
lies , and SO , 000 of these labor-seekers
are added to our city population every
month , who are thus becoming com
petitors with the present population.
How long can the rise In wages con
tinue in the presence of this stream
of competitive labor , which soon must
accept employment at whatever wages
it can obtain 1 Tha tide of immigra
tion now pouring into the country is
not limited to unskilled labor ; it in
cludes mechanics of every branch of
trade aud of every industry. These
men are at our doors ; they arc asking
for work , and asking for work that
they may have bread.
The inevitable consequence of every
general advance in wages , is to so in
crease the cost of all American manu
factures that the country is flooded at
once with foreign goods. The de
mand being reduced , and the supply
being far in excess , production must
cease , and the goods on band must bo
sold af a sacrifice. That is a story
that has become familiar by its fre
quent repetition. It has not been
more than a year since it was most
painfully and expensively repealed in
this ceuntry. Two years ago there
was a general advance in prices and
in wages ; then came tha inflow
of foreign goods ; then the
stoppage of American production , the
discharge of labor , and the reduction
of wages. The boom had been
calamitous , instead of being beneficial.
Wages had returned to their ordinary
level , and industry and production
were resumed , and now comes another
general demand all along the line for
an advance in prices from 20 to 25 per
cent. This rise ia demanded in the
face of the fact that between Jnlv
1.J.880 , and July 1 , 1881 , no less
than 100,000 able-bodied workmen
have came into the country and are
now and will beseekingemployiuentas
a necessity for bread , and at whatever
wages they can Ret. > The oft-repeated
story will follow. The general ad
vance in wages will necessitate a re
duction of employment ; the increase
in the cost of living will Icava The in
creased wages l ss remunerative than
before ; foreign goods will pour in
from foreign workshops , and Ameri
can goods will ceaae to be exported.
The boom will be succeeded by a de
cline. A decline In employment , a
great decline in wages , and the seem-
Ingprosperlty of the labor will close
with a prostration that will continuo
until prices go back to their natural
condition.
Now we are in a season of strikes ,
which are avoided by submission ; but
sixty days honca wages will have less
purchasing power than now , and then
will follow strikes which will be met
by suspensions of employment , lock
outs , discharge of workmen , and a
period of time and production lost.
In this fitful , spasmodic , thoughtleES
tampering with prices there is an im
mensity of evil. The thoughtful man
will search them in vain for any pros
pective abundance they offer to any
one. High prices and reduced pro
duction are the opposite of prosperi
ty , and any and all efforts to benefit
mankind otherwise than by Increasing
the material abundance which can be
obtained for lab r must always prove
abortive and disastrous.
Scandinavians 10 the West.
From an interview witb Bjornjen.
In what condition do you find those
of your countrymen who have im
migrated to the United States } "
"I have no hesitation in saying that
the change they have undergone has
been decidedly for the batter. Many
of them who left the fatharland nearly
pennileui ara almost wealthy at pre
sent , and certainly none of them are
want. I shall recommend emigration
to our poorer peasants when 1 return
home.
"After remalnirg three months in
Boston I set out for the west , in the
terrible winter , for ihe sole purpose of
viiiting my countrymen settled there.
I found the Norwegian population ol
Minnesota , Wisconsin , Dakota and
Nebraska to aggregate ( irrespective oi
Danes and Swedes ) over 600,000
souls. With such a strong represen
tation one might expsct that these
people w.ould take a part ii
politics , and would bo important
factors , for instance , in opposing
and killing such ridiculous , narrow-
minded measures as tba anti-traatlnc
bill. But here the whole mlachiel
lies. Although of all Scandinavians ,
the Norwegians are the most enter
prising , pushing out into unknown
regions and braving all dangers , they
are unfortunately still a prieat-
ridden people. The Norwegian
church synod in the west , com
posed of 175 pastors , controls the
consciences of almost allouremigranta ,
and for fear the latter may lese faith
in their rigid Cslvlnlstic creed , they
are forbidden even to attend the
American public schools. Thus they
grow up in Ignorance , Ignore politics
and the great social questions of the
day , and are only good for manual
labor. I have always opposed and
shall always combat this narrow-
minded , uumodern spirit wherever 1
meet it. "
INDUSTRIAL NOTES.
Bangor , Me. , is to have a new cot
ton factory , with a capital of § 1,000-
000.
000.Two
Two new knitting mills are to be
erected at Schenectady , N. Y. , this
spring.
The Everett Mills , Lawrence ,
Mais. , have put np a 30-lamp Brush
electric light.
A new yarn mill , of brick , three
stories high and 350 feet long , is to
be erected at once , at Taunton ,
Mass.
A now cotton mill is to bo built al
Cahls , Me. , to contain 30,000 spin
dies , employ about 500 hands and cost
about $500,000.
Buffalo , N. Y. , has twenty-eight
elevators , with an aggregate capacity
of 8,802,000 bushels. Three have a
capacity of 600,000 bnahela each , two
650,000 each , and one that will store
1,000,000.
The building of the Portland ( Me. )
smelting and reduction works"an
nearly completed , and operations will
begin In a few days. The most im
portant industry it Is supposed will be
the extraction of sulphur from cop
per ores.
The men employed in Krupp'o im
raenae manufactory are working nighl
and day in supplying orders for large
guns from abroad. Itournania baa er-
dered 100 ; Greece , 700 ; Sweden , 50 ;
Holland , 110 , and Italy , 400. This
does not look much as though tha
reign of peace has actually com1
menced , or is very near.
The weavers of Bohemia are in
great destitution. In upper Silesia ,
Prussia , there la no improvement In
the impoverished condition of the
peasantry. Their situation Is summed
up thus : "No grain , no potatoes , no
food for cattle , no seed for sowing.
Snow and cold without , hunger and
sickness within. " Soup houaca and
public kitchens have been started in
seventeen villages.
A new flouring mill la to be erected
in Minneapolla which will ba the
largest in tha world. The building
will bo a ? much as 250 feet square and
six stories high , betides a atorao ele
vator with room for half a million
bushels of wheat. It will turn ont 5i
barrel * of flour per minute , 333 bar'
rels par hour , 8000 per day , 2,400,000
barrels per year.(300 ( days ) . It will re
quire 10,000,000 buahela of wheat per
year to supply it , and the value of its
annual product will be at least 814 ,
000,000.
There were packed in Chicago , dnr
Ing the year ended March 1 , 1881 ,
an aggregate of 5,752,191 hogs , by
far the largest number of hogi ever
packed in any city in the world In one
year. The receipts of live hoga dur
ing the year were 7,059,355 and ship
ments 1,304,690. There were made
during tha year 316,884 tierces ol
lard , 269,070 barrels of pork , 23"-
757,603 pounds of green meats , 38-
165,035 of green and dry salted , 11-
372,895 pounds of Cumberlanda , 60- ,
642,845 pounds of short ribs , 38,109-
906 pounds of short clears , and 52 , '
579,140 pounds of long clears.
Pleaa for the Railroads.
New York Times.
Statements of some of the railroad
magnates have lately been published ,
in which they reply vaguely to charge :
made against the management of
transportation interests , and Mr.
Albert Fink , pool commissioner of the
trunk lines , appears in one of the or
gans of corporate monopoly aa the defender -
fender of the railroads against the at
tacks of those who advocate tboirregu
lation by law. Neither the remarks at
tributed to Mr. Gould and Mr. Van-
derbllt or the letters of Mr. Fink
meet the real case at all , bnt
they seem to be Intended to divert
attention and to give the Impression
that all the railroads need Is to be let
alone. The great operators scent
the idea that they or any combination
of men can exercise control over the
transportation interests of the country
or give the character of monopoly to
any part of the railroad system. They
declare that competition and the prin
ciples of trade enter into the business
to such an 'extent aa to bring it ia
substantial accord with the general
interests of the community. They
cannot maintain ratal above a certain
normal standard , nor command pa
tronage except by doing justice to
their customers. Mr. Fink devotes
his efforts to showing that certain
charges against railroads are wildly
exaggerated , and that though there
may ba cases of extortion and of un
just discrimination , they do not con
stitute the general methods and prac
tices of the companies.
All general pleas of this kind are
apart from the purpose of controversy.
There ia no doubt that both the wealth
and the power of individual railway
magnates is popularly exaggerated.
There ia unqueatlonably a tendency to
accept flagrant Instances of wrongdoing -
doing as characteristic of railroad man
agement , when they are In reality ex
ceptional. But it does not satisfy the
public to bo told that the power of
wrong-doing ia not constantly and
universally exercised. It may com
mit its outrages only sometimes or in
certain places , or when it suits its
purpose to do so , bnt those who are
liable to be its victims have a right to
claim that it shall not be allowed to
disregard the mandates of justice at all.
If anybody pretended that railroad
business was itself a monopoly , that
all managers could maintain their
charges at any figure they ple'ased ,
and tax the industries of the country
at will , it would ba something of an '
answer to show how many millions
had been sunk in transportation en
terprises ; how many companies had
gone Into bankruptcy , and what a
moderate percentage on the entire
capital involved was represented In
the aggregate of dividends paid. Bat
the argument in favor of criminal
>
legislation is not that all men are
thieves and all human dealing rob
bery ; bnt that the community should
be protected against exceptional
crime , aud that no instance
should be permitted to pass
with impunity. There can be no
denial of the injury and ini'ostice that
have been donu in certain cases by
thoae practices of railroad corporattons
which are subject to condemuation.
Men have been ruined , enterprises
have been wrecked , places have been
rendered desolate , in order that other
men might flourish , other enterprises
succeed , and other places ba built np
because railroada would for the tlm <
profit by the wrong. The evils oi
special ratei , of discriminations , anc
of unregulated charges and methods
have been too fully shown np , and the
consequences too plainly exhibited lor
any one to make denial of their exist
enca or of their injustice.
Neither Mr. Fink nor the other de >
fenders of railroad methods can deny
the specific facts , and they do not at
tempt it , but they make broad anc
sweeping statements about the whole
transportation business which do nol
meet the case at all. Railroads have
done muh for the development of in
dustry and commerce. They have
become absolutely essential to the ma
terlal prosperity ofthe community.
They are in & general way subject to
the laws and influences that dominate
trade. They share in depression anc
prosperity ; they ara subject to rivalry
and competition , they muat conform
to the requirements of their situation
to succeed. And yet it ia true thai
many lines can , within certain limits
exercise a power over the interests oi
citizans and communities that it ia
not aafo to leave without regulation.
If railroads do not generally practice
extortion and have no desire to do so ,
there can be no possible Harm to then :
in legislation for its prevention. I
they do not , as a rule , practice dis
crimination or pursue a policy by
which their customers suffer Injustice ,
or if they have no desire to do any
thing of the kind , why do they objocl
to measures for the prevention o :
theae things ? If there are cases in
which considerations of sound policy
in management , and of wide public
interests as well , require & departure
from rigid rnlcs , such aa could be laid
down by legislation , why object to a
tribunal which shall examine the re
quirements of the situation end act as
arbiter between tha roads and the
public ? Ia short , can railroad inana
gcrs who have no desire to do wrong
or to enjoy Illegitimate advantsgea
but are anxious that public Interests
should be subserved and the rights o
all equally maintained , give any reason
son for opposing legislature whcsa sol
purpose is to prevent wrong , oven In
exceptional case ? , and to secure , at & 1
times and in all places , the juat right
of all parties.
Kenaminff and Extension of Streets
OJUHA , May 3,1881.
To the Editor of The Ceo.
Any person who will take the trou
ble to examine the plat of Omaha wil
find that many ttreots already lal <
out and built to in the different addl
tiona arc on the same line but havi
different names although extenaioni
apparently of the original streets 01
streets of other additions.
Asnggeation presents itself that thi
city council ought to give ono name to
all streets on the same Una and discan
the several other names thereto attach
ed and compel the proprietors of ad
ditions hereafter to conform thereto.
Take for example Phil. Sheridan
Twenty-sixth , Centra and Oampbel
streets , on same line and at right an
glea therewith. Leavenwettb , Plum
and Cobnrn streets and many others
are in the same conditlen. Where a
street is not exactly on the same line
but takes the travel mostly from the
extenaion nearest its ending , it migh
ba well to give it the name of the
streat of whioh it might be 'consider
cd as an extenaion. It proprietors ol
additions do not want ao many streets
aa in the original plat , let Uern make
what streets they do lay out conform
to those with which they join.
By following this arrangement the
house numbers will bo regulated by
the streets which have regular anc
lengthy extensions to the limits of the
city , although there may be some
short streets intervening , and will an
swer the same purpose of correction
lines in surveys. To follow this plan
will inj are no one , produce more uni
formity , be more satisfactory to our
residents and more easily understood
byBlr ngera. It will coat nothing
now , but If every proprietor of land ii
permitted to lay out his ground anc
obstruct streets there will be millions
In It in the future , as we already no-
tica persons erecting fine and coatly
edifices , immediately in the line ol
streets which probably may at some
future time be forced throngh at great
expense and considerable annoyance
and detriment to the owners.
Such a course of proceedure will
produce more uniferaity , make a
batter Impression , appear more regu-
kr on the m pi and avoid much un
pleasant confusion among our own
citizens and others. The various
names for the ssma street will bo
fouud very annoying Tand unsatisfac
tory to visitors and among onr people
generally , but more particularly with
thoae who reside in the additions
where the greatest diearrangamants
will be found , not only as to name of
streets , bat more particularly to num
bers. ALF. D. JONES.
The Champion Swimmer of the World.
The world-famed swimmer , Capt.
Paul Boytcn , thus closes a lengthy
article commending the remedy ; I do
not see how I could get along without
St. Jacobs Oil.
Worthy of Praise.
As a rule we do not tecommond pat
ent medicines , but when wa know of
ono that really is a public benefactor ,
and does positively cure , then we con
sider it our duty to impart that in
formation to all. Electric Bitters are
truly a most vcluable medicine , and
it ill 'suroly cure Billlousnesa , Fever
and Ague , Stomach , Liver and Kidney
Complaints , evou where all other rem
edies fail. Wo know whereof we
speak , and can freely recommend them
to all. [ Ex. Sold . .at 50 cents a bottle
tle , by 1th & McMahon. (4) ( )
G. J. BUSSELL , M. D , ,
Homeopathic Physician.
Diseases cf Children and Chronic Diseases a
Specialty. Office at Residence , 2000 Ca-s St.
Honn , 8 to 10 a. m. , 1 to 2 p. m. and after 6
. tn. ap5d3m
fraweek J12a diy at homo easily imde ; cash
If outfit ( r > . * d d rn T no * Cn.Pnrtlni.V ]
J. R.
. . Mackey ,
DENTIST.
Corner 15th and Douglas Sta. ,
Omaha ,
Prices HeJSenible. aj32-2w
ICTOTZOE.
Any ono jhariog dead animals I will remove
hem free of chirge. Leave orders southeas
corn r of Barney and Hth St , second door.
CHARLES SPLITT.
TWO DOLLARS WILL SEOURB
THE WEEKLY BEE
For One Tear.
i
T3BC33
Great German
REMEDY
FOR
RHE1AV
NEURALGIA ,
SCIATICA ,
LUMBAGO ,
BACKACHE ,
GOUT ,
SORENESS
onus
CHEST ,
*
n SORE THROAT ,
QUINSY ,
SWELLINGS
UlUlI
SPRAETS ,
FROSTED FEET
4 > D
EARS.
SCALDS ,
GENEBAL
i
TOOTH , EAR
4MD
HEADACHE ,
iSD
All other Fain ;
1ND
ACHES.
No Preparation on earth equals Sr. JACOBS OIL u
a sire , SCBE , SIMPLE and ciicir External Remedy.
A trial entails tut the comparatirely trifling outlay of
SO CKitrs. and every one suffering with pam can have
cheap and positive proof of its cliims.
UIKECTICm I.V LET S LANGUAGES.
SOID BY ALL DBUQDISTS AND DEALERS IN MEDICINE.
A. VOGELER & GO.
Jlaltimorcjlftt. , U.S.A *
D.
Manufacturer and Dealer in
SADDLES AND HARNESS ,
1412 Parn. St.
Omaha Neb.
Agent for the
Celebrated Concord Harness !
Two Medilsand a Diploma cf Honor With the
Very Hlcheit Award the Judges Could Boatow
was Awarded thla Harness at the Centennial
Exhibition.
Common also , Ranchmen's and Landle's Sad
dles. Wo keep the largest stock In tbo West ,
and invite all who cannot examlno to send for
prices. _ ap9-tf
AST IND
MANUFACTURERS
HAMBURG - MAGDEBURG
Fire Insurance Company ,
HAMBURG , GERMANY.
Ca h Cipital , fally paid up $ 2J,00 0
Rcicrre for all Liabilities , including
re-insurance , ftj C2S030
Tot l Assets , Jan. 1st , ISaO , Homo
OIHce . S-S7.S030
OF ins-
United States Basinesa , Jan. 1 , 1881
ASSEST.
United States Bond ] depoaitid in
United Slat s . $270COOC' '
And in hands of Tnuteea . 102U)0 (
Market Value 3:17,105 OC
Ca h in banks , and under control of
Trustees 4D.C03SC
Premium * in courw of collectioj. . . . 22,4354"
Interest due and accrued 110 "
Total Unobjcctionni As < : olq S4S9.315 9
LIABILITIES.
Unearned Premium Fund S15V93 6
Unpaid LUECS 303103 *
Other Liabilities 010 GC
Total Liabilities ? 1S2C31 , 5
Surplus § 303C3J 4 *
Thi Company was oreanired by the Magdeburg
Fire Insurance Co. , when that Company pnvo
up Us entiri Trinp-AtlantIc direct burico i , ard
transferred the field to the Ilamburg-Magdeburg
the latter Company en its part agreeing t > do n <
European business except at Himbur ? am
vicinity , the Ma debur , howcrer.to bo interest
cd by means of rc-incurancc , in the buaintt !
taken by the Hamburir-MngdoDnr ! : direct. The
Matdebur ; maintain ! the rcost intimate busin-s
relations with the IJaidebure Ilt-Insurance Co. ,
and the Ha deburg Qineral Injnrrnc Co. , com'
Plisinr jointly a capital of
G. H. KOCH , Manager.
8 No3. 101 & 103 L Sille St. , Chicago , III.
MURPHY & LOVETT , AzecU , Omahi , Neb
STATE OF NEBRASKA.
INSURAXCE DEPARTMENT.
AUDITOR'S Orncr. , \
IITCOLS , February 1st , 1SS1.j
It IB hereby cirtifleJ that Murphy & Lovctt
of Omaha , In the County of Douglas , S'ate ol
Nebra.Ut , ii hereby duly authorized to transact
the buslnn-a of Firi Insornnce for Ite currenl
year In sold County , u Aecta of the Uimhurj-
Magdebur ; Fire Insurance Company , of Himbur
la th Empire ot 'Germany , subject to all
the restrictions and HmitatloQS ot the law req
atlnj Fire lasurance Compinieiia tbis Slate.
In Trstinnny Whereof , I hive hariunto nt my
band % nd tae > eal of tht Auditor ol I'ublie A -
counti , tht day and year absT nritt-n.
JOHN WALL1CHS ,
Auiitor of Pullic. AccouaU.
In Chinre of Iniu/ancaXM rtmant ,
RHEUMATIC CURE
War ranted a Safe , Certain and Speedy Cure for
Rheumatism In all its forms , Neuralgia , Lame
Bict , Pain in tha Breast and Side , Pain In the
Stomach and KiJnojs , ic. It Is an Interim ,
remedy , a Tonic and Blood Purifier , and whileit
removes the Dlscass it improves tbe genera
health.
SMITH , BLf CK & CO. , PROPRIETORS ,
PlATTSMOUl H. NEBRASKA.
C. F. n n , general 'az ha
LEGAL NOTICE.
_ _ _ -
Chirles Q. Let , non-res'd-nt defcndint :
Ycuarc hereby notiCel th t on April 16t
1SS1 , a petition aa ? filed n * lie I islriet Court
vithin and for Douglas C. u ty , fcebmkj , by
san : Edif-infa. plaintiff , ajionn you , a $ defend
ant , the objtct and praytr < f hi h petition U
hat an account may bs taken .f the amount due
on certain notoj , and a mcrt < i.e executed and
delivered on April Hth 1F7S , by tajl Charles O.
! ot to one Theodore L V Doni.'and by the
Old Van Dora duly ii i.ucJ tsaid plaintiff ,
and tint in defiullif ILC p yroent of anc i
amouat so to hfutind due , with in erest , costs
ltd attorney's fee , with a s"jcr time to bj fixed
by said court tie prcto'-s s described in said
moitga etoit : a uth 24 feet of north 11
eet , part of lot oie ( I ) , block 72. in the City of
) m\b * , ia d C unty and State , rozether wlta
he anpnrteninces may be ordered to bg sal < J ,
and the proceeds applied to the pajment oi the
tmount so foqnd due to sajd plaintiff , together
With interestcosts and i rrtsoLabla turn which Ij
> rayed to be awarded as anattortney's fee herein ,
ind that you may be fore er excluded from all
if : lit , interest and equity of redompfon in cr to
laid premis s or any pan I hereof , nd for gener
al reTef you are required to answer cold ptitlon
n the 30th day of May , 1SSL
ISAAC EDWARDS ,
aplQes&Ut . Plaintiff ,
BAHXIHG HOUSES.
THE OLDEST ESTABLISHED.
IN NEBRASKA.
GALD WELL , H AMI LTONICO
Bsslacea transacted aaffie as that o an Incor
porated Bank.
Account * kept In Currency or gold enbjact to
tight check without notice.
Certificates of deposit lasuoj payable In thrw ,
Six and twelve months , bearing Interest , or OD
demand without Interest.
Advances made to customers on approved o-
cnritloq at market rates of Interest
Buy andlell gold , tlllaot exchange OcTein-
mcut , StateCounty and City Bond * .
Draw Sight Drafts on Enclind , Ireland , Scot
land , and all parts'of Europe.
Sell Enrcpcan Passage TlckeW.
COLLECTIONS PROMPTLY MADE.
Mlgldt
U. 8. DEPOSITOEY.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Of OMAHA.
Cor. 18tb and Farnnam Stroeta ,
OLDEST BANKING ESTABLISHMENT
IN OMAHA.
( SUCCESSORS TO KOUKTZE BROS.
asTABLianiD is 186 ? ,
Ozganlz d M a National Bank. Angtat 29,15 S ;
Capital and Profits Over$800,000
Specially i.uthorlzad by the Secretary or Treasury
to rscelTe Bcbectrptlcn to the
U.3.4 PER CENT. FUNDED LOAN.
OFFICERS AND DJE3CTGHS
HEUUX Keravzs , President.
AnausTDS KOUKTZI , Vlco Ficcldaui.
U. W. Tina. Cuhler.
A. J. POPPLEIOH , Attorney.
Jontt A. CEUiaHTOa.
T. H. DATIB , A 't Oahler.
Till tini i&cclroj deposit withoat regard to
aaotinis.
lima time certificates bearing Intertit.
Draws dnf U en San JPrancIsco and principal
cities of the United Etatea. alsj London , Dublin ,
Edinburgh and the principal eltico of tha conti
nent of Europe.
Sells fcsaije tlokaU tor Emigrants In the Ic.
nun ne. muyldtf
HOTELS-
THE JRIGINAIj.
Oor. Randolph St. & 5th Ave , ,
OHIOAGO ILL.
PRICES REBDCED TO
S2.00 AND $2.50 PER IMY
Located In the business centre , convenlon
to place * of amusement. Elegantly furnished
containing all modern Improvements , passenze
eleralor , &e. J. U. CUMMINOS , Proprietor.
ocl6tf
J
Ccr. MARKETS ? . < & BEOADWA.
Council Bluffs. Iowa :
On line o Street Railway , Omnibus to and Jrc _
all trains. RATES Parlor floor $3.00 per day ;
eocond Roor. $2.50 per day ; third floor , $2.00.
The boat furnished and moat commodious honse
In the city. QEO. T. PHELPS Prop
F
LaramioWyoming. .
Tha miner'a resort , goad accommodations ,
urge Dim pi o room , charprca reosorabls. fc'pecUl
atiaztion given to traveling men.
11-U H. O H1LLHKD Proprietor.
INTER-OCEAN HOTEL ,
Cheyenne , Wyoming.
Flrat-cbss , Fine arzo Stunpta Rooms , oaa
block from depot. Train ? etop from 0 minutes
to 2 hours for dinner. Free Bus to snd from
Depot. Itatcs $2.00 , 31 to act ! $2 Off , according
to room ; 8-nle meal 75 cents.
A. D. BALC01I , Proprietor.
W BORDEN , Cnief Clerk. mlO-t
AOENTS WANTED FOR OUIl NEW BOOK ,
"Bible for the Younjr , "
Bein the story cf the Scriptures by Rov. deo.
Alexander Crook , D. D. . In simple and attrac
tive language for old and jounfr. Profusely
Illustrate. ! , making a most interesting aud Im
pressive youth's instructor. Every parent will
secure this work. Pre-iciors , jou should cir-
culatelt. Price ? 300.
Send for circulars with extr erma.
J. U. CHAMBERS & CO..J St. Louis , Mo
AND STILL THE LION
Continues to
Soar for Moores ( )
HARNESS & SADDLERY ,
2 !
I hare adopted the Lion as a Trade
Mark , and all my Goods will be stamp
ed with the Lion and my Name on
the came. No Gooda are genuine
without the above stamps. The beat
material la used and the moat skilled
workmen are employed , and at the
lowest cash price. Anyone wishing
a price Hat ot gooda will confer a favor
by sending for one.
DAVID SMITH MOOKE.
I. Vis CAMP , M. D. K. L. SIOOI58 , U. D.
NEBRASKA
IEDICAL AND SURGICAL
INSTITUTE.
PRIVATE" HOSPITAL ?
Now open for the iece lion cf M ! * nta tot tba
CBEATMBNT OK ALL CANDSUEQI
JAL DISEASf.3.
RS. VA.V CA3IP & SIGGINS ,
Physicians & Surgeonat
Proprietors.
COD EUOY/S BLOCK- CORNER IdTH
IOOCE iTS. , OMAHA. NEB-
A. V. NiSOft
3D X S T ,
Jaeob' n ck , corner Ciplto A.T ,
\th Street , Omii ; <
BID I
/i
THE NEW YORK CLOTHING HOUSE
Eas Eemoved to
1309 FARNHAM STREET ,
( Max Meyer's Old Stand. )
Where They Shall Keep Constantly on Hand an Immense
Stock of
MEN'S , BOYS' AND CHILDREN'S CLOTfiLYC ! ,
HATS , CAPS AXD GENT'S FURNISHING GOODS.
PEICES ALWAYS THE LOWEST.
. Call and Examine Goods and Prices.-
HI. IMI. 4 HYL" . TPT ± ] _ A _ v
_ 1309 Farpliam Street , Omaha , Kcb.
MORE POPULAR THAN EVER"
The Genuine
SINGER NEW FAMILY SEWING MACHINE.
Tha popular demand for the GENUINE SINGER in 1879 exceeded that of
any previous year during the Quarter of a Century in which this "Old
lleliablo" Machine has been before the public.
In 1878 we sold 356,422 Machines. In 1879we sold 431 167
Machines. Excess over any previous year 74,735 Machines.
Our sales last year were at the rate of over
1400 Sewing Machines a Day I
For every business d v In tbc year ,
x&xmxaoaoExszaxs. The "Old Keliab'e"
That Every REAL Singer is the Strongest ,
Singer Sewing Ma- '
. . _ tne Simplest , the Most
chme has thio Trade y -t"uau
Mark cast into the Durable Sewing Ma-
Iron Stand and em- chine ever yet Con-
bedded in the Arm of
stracted.
the Machine.
THES ! STORING GO.
Principal Office : 4 "Union Square , New York.
1,500 Subordinate Offices , in tha t/nitcd States and Canada , and 3,000 Offices in the Old
World and South America. seplC-d&ivtf
ORGANS.
cr. s.
AGENT FOR O PIAN
And Sole Agent for
Hallet Davis & Go , , James & HolmstromandJ.&C.
Fischer's Pianos , also Sole Agent for the Estey ,
Burdett , and the B > rt Wayne Organ
Go's. Organs ,
Ijdeal in Pianos and Organs exclusively. Have had yeara
experience in the Business , and handle only the Best.
21816th Street , City Hall Building , Omaha , Neb.
HALSEY V. FITOH. Tuner.
DOUBLE AOT ) SINGLE
A
M MHfiJ girt HI y ri
Steam PnmpB , Engine Trimmings , Mining Machinery-
BELTING H085 , BRASS AHD IP.GH FITTINGS , FiPc , STEAM PACKIHC
AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
HALLADAY WlHB-IKiS , CHURCH AHD SCHOOL BELLS
& . L. STEANG. 205 Fnrnbam Strsat Omaha. Neb
J. A W A K E F I E L D.
WHOLESALE ASD RETAIL DEALER IN
LUMBER , LATH , SHINGLES ,
Pickets , Sash , Doors , Blinds , Mouldings , Lime ,
Cement , Plaster , &c.
STATE AGENT FOR MILWAUKEE CEMENT CO. ,
Fear Union Pacific Depot. OMAHA , NEB.
CARPETS. CARPETS. CARPETS.
TWILE
THE CARPET MAN ,
Is now prepared to promptly fill
all orders at his
NEW AND ELEGANT STORE ,
1318 Fu Street ,
In Variety of Design , Beauty and Elegance of
Material and Finish , and in Quality and Quantity to
elect from , Mr. D offers inducements to purchasers \
inequalled before or since the flood. Vi