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' It THE OMAHA DAILY BEE-SUESDA ? 1JOBTOTG MAY 174881. THE DAILY BEE. E. ROSEWATER. EDITOR : THAT "backbone" haunts Roscoe in his dreams. THE Bey of Tunis has acceded to the demands of the French. He knows when to O'Bev. THE"BEE'S new spring suit is un iversally > admired by our esteemed rural contemporaries. THE issue between the railroads and the people is narrowing down to "the railroads or the people. " f _ should give iy"at present to plans for making ir streets safe and passable. J BROOKS still liankers after the flesl pots in Dublin. By the way , 'Brooks is always doublin' on his record. f i f 'EW building enterprises are start ed daily in Omaha and , her old tinit rivals book on An silence at likjr rapi strides. f JIr was a railroad and democrat ! victoryT"'says , a Washington correspondent pendent speaking of Stanley Matthews' confirmation. AFTER all the howling of a. few brained women for a bliare in the state , the state of matrimony is the one they most do .hanker after. " STANLEY MATTHEWS' confirmation . Gould's railroad was a victory for Jay. lobby. Senator Edmunds lias threat- euetl wrs * > to-resign his place on the judi ciary committee. COMPLETE control of the Northern pacific .railroad.lias been obtained by the "Oregon Railway & Navigation company. It is understood that the Pugct Sound connection --will aiow be abandoned. * THE mention of Senator Conkling's name at the annual banqnet of the Chamber of Commerce in New York on Thursday , evoked , a "storm ja ( liibses. Lord Roscoe must .now look to other quarters thairhis own state , * , \ - iw- forfapplauBO. - * IF Goo. C. Gorham fails , to get that secretaroihip of the senate ho won't * . * Br < btSn"e fter all. For the past four yearaThe has been hiring the fence around Government square .in PJiila- delphiafor [ 'advertising purposes at 8TiJOOwayear and renting it for Or : This beats running a Conk- KANSAS is liavinghor first experience withrproliibition , and it can hardly be , called a success. Tlic opening day of thetnew order of things was signalized by a.vcr'y general debauch in all tlio hugOicitjes of J.ho state. Since- that time , all .the saloons have been in active operation , and beer and , vhisky.tjiave been sold in the usual * . { juan titics under such liariuleBs "iiamc3 > as "sprucebeer , " "ginger ale , " etc. The prohibitionists are talking of making a compromise , and 'permitting inalt liquors to be sold , if the law * asrigidly enforced in re spect to distilled liquors. Meantime , Leavenworth mourns over the depart ure to Kansas City of her large whole sale liquor house , and there is talk of a heavy tax'fo.makp up the deficiency caused by the no license law. Pro hibition as usual , fails to prohibit. 1 ' v THE CONTEST IN IOWA. The names of Gov. Gear and James F. Vil8011 jare > the most prominent in the senatorial contest in Iowa. The following of ex-Senator Harlan is a personal one , and the strength as yet developed by his name is not sufficient to make him a formidable antagonist. Gov. Gear has in his favor a record , which -on the whole , has gained him the confidence of the people. . He also possesses , thb advantage of high official position and-tho use of the party machinery. J < i4S generally understood that the ap pointment of Judge McDill was a move * owards strengthening Governor Gere's canvass. There are those , however , who assert that Senator McDill will be his own successor. The antagonism joxistingibetween the Gero and Wilson forces JIB such that no coalition is be lieved to bo impossible , and in case neither are to obtain the requisite numb'er of votes , a combination on Senator McDill is thought to be proba ble. . , ' . iv James JE. Wilson ispushing unactive canvass for the uenatorship and is al ready laying the wires for capturing the legislature. He will obtain the jiuidivided-BUppoit of the monopolies. His past record as a railroad attorney .and subservient tool of the corportions has gained him high favor in railway circles. The people of the state , out side of the railroads , are not , however , favorably disposed to Mr. Wilson , and jhis , homo paper , the Fairfield - field Ledger , recognizing this , fact , has recently come out in an elaborate defense of his "record asja railroad attorney , It asserts that 'in Mr'Wilson's argument before the -legislature in 187G he did not express his real sentiments , but simply those of the corporation bywhich hewas employed , andlnslsts that the would be cnator is .a firm believer in the | Bright of the people to regulate com mon carriers for the public good. It iswell argued that it "does riot matter whether Mr. Wilson affirmed or denied in 1870 the rights of the state to regulate the charges of railroads. What the people of Iowa desire to know is" how ho feels tt * " Jupon the'-questioii of the state exercis ing its rights. "The Siour City Jbur- 'nal is ably opposing Mr. Wilson a can didacy and closes a recent editorial as folio- . , * : "The point is that Jfc. Wil- * aon , wild Is a candidate for the senate of the United States , is in close sym- patby-with the railway-corporations of the country on the matter of state , regulation of lhe business of these i corporations ; that he is opposed to I the policy bf * Blato" control ; -"that luT finals nothing , cither in eminent domain , corporate organizations , or the employment of common 'carriers , vrliich.makes jailiray transportation * other than private "business , the same * a that of any other person not m the public Acrvice at least , so far as the power to determine the price for which the son-ice shall bo performed is con- A FALSE ASSUMPTION. The assertion so constantly made by , woman suffragists that the state lias for centuries held women in bondage , to the-detriment both of the body po litic and of woman herself , is the sheerest nonsense. Our laws are framed to grant to woman".the widest protection. By giving her the suffrage the state would make woman , not only the political equal of man , but his political master. For centuries , woman , as the weaker of the sexes , has been considered by the state as entitled to greater protection than man. On this account , aU laws , wherein the ngMs-of < 7man are at si ike , have been made with a view of giving her as much the advantage in their administration as will equalize man's natural strength and his rights under the same , circumstances com bined. These additional protection and immunities are 'not special priv eleges , but rights which the state con siders as born with women , and th state has always maintained that tin welfare offamilies is more de pendent upon sustaining these rights than upon any other condition. In the matter of an assault upon a woman , her oath is" considered equal to the oaths of three men of repute in divorce laws , everything is to th prejudice of the man.simply becausi the state considers that the sanctity o the family , itsfpurity , and the purity'o the mother , finds the best protector ii : the mother herself. Can it bo considered for a momen that society will be benefited by alter ing these laws , thereby bringing wo man down to the level of man ? Would society bo benefited by altering thi maxim tliat woman is the immediate natural protector of her own offspring If woman be given the power to vote , man will have the just right to de inand that all laws shall be so changed as to give to liim the same rights and privileges as woman. By taking up the ballot woman abdicates her time-honored position before the law , because she , too , becomes a law maker , and it would be an outrage on her oath as such law-maker , and upon common sense , that she should make and maintain laws to the disparagement of those who should at least birher equals , but are not. It would bo in direct violation of the plea by which she mainly obtained the right to vote the plea of equal rights. -But we dp not argue that because ivomanlias succeeded in obtaining the ballot , the interests of the family , and through the family , the mot sacred interests of society , should be outraged > r neglected. It would be just as much the duty of the. state to protect ; hese precincts as ever ; but , could it le done - with.any degree of consist- sncy ? Would not the female voter iihiat that her views on the subject vere just as worthy of "being made : aw as those that heretofore , had ov- ; rncd society in a healthful , consistent ipirit ? Would she not , now that she tad a voice in the matter , rcvolution- ze the whole structure ? As mother , vould she not carry the sympathies of , he children with her , thus destroy ing { hat"holy union , "the family ] The state , -withholding from woman the privilege to vote , weighs ill these matters , and something be sides. It considers that the good of . iociety is safe so lonjj as the unity of man and wife are inviolable. By giv ing to woman jthe ballot , , the state lelilrf > nitely' and criminally invites a iircach of this unity. It invites the ' iroman to withdraw .from the bosom ) f her husband , and beslime herself in ; he gutter of politics for the sake of nakjng. 'a bold display before the irorld of her newly acquired "free- Join. " Before granting woman ihe ballot , the state had no right to xmsider tliat this unity did not exist ; the presumption must be in favor of it. "Therefore , " the state will reason , "why give the ballot to the woman , for if she do not vote as docs her husband , shejiiay invite his displeasure. " Surely ; ho state would'be guilty of the great- jst of crimes by'knowingly adding to ihe manifold means of destroying the family harnionj" . The state lias nothing to gain what- jver by making a voter of women. By jo doing , iow ills are" showered upon society , the law lifts away that mystic shield which had hung over the head jf woman in her own right ; and , finally , and saddest of all , woman is brought down from that exalted pedes tal where she had stood Jhe embodi ment of peace and motherly blessings , to mingle with harlots and all manner tf men in the strife for political domi nance. THEannual supply of Vpital in the sast is indicated by the rapidity with tvliich new schemes for investment arc taken up. "Within the past month new loans amountinp'to tens of mil lions have been eagerly-snapped up by the investing public. The Pennsylva nia railroad has placed on the market the first four-and-a-half-per cent , rail , road loan ever offered in the world , ind it has been fifty per cent , over- lubscribed , and now , in advance of he issue of the bonds , is quoted -at a > remium of one per cent. A new tel- sgrapli company has liad offered to it , irior to the opening of"tho books , all the money for which it asked , and it Muld have got twice as much on the same terms. Half a dozen railroad companys liavo found ready purchasers for a new issue of bonds , and none ire now offered at alHvhicli dp not ap , pear to meet "with great favor from investors. LITERARY NOTES , Octave TTeuillet lias always been a Favorite among the public. His "Count de Cauiors" and 'Tho Amours of Philippe" have liad 'an immense success. "Bellah , " for which we propliesy even greater popularity , is a novel of a different type. The scene is laid in Brittany , a part of France : more full of picturesque legends than any oilier. The pesantry there have a character of their own : the women are noted for their beauty , the men for their patriotism. Feuillet has taken anincident'.ot the Vondcan war and interwoven with it a passionate Ibvc'lstory. Bellali ; the heroine is one-of-thosc women whose patriotism and spirit of self-sacrifice are such tliat they are ready to die for their king , their country , and those they love. She is of the stuff of which mar tyrs are made. The numerous touches in the book are worthy of Dickens. Alixc , the fair Breton maid , takes one back to the ages of. eliivalry , and Herve's pretty , capricious , fascinating little sister will win alLheartgt3.fou , Mary Neal Sherwood has the honor o : presenting the American public. Ii published by T. 3. Peterson & Brothers , in a square 12 mo. volume , paper cover , price 75 cents , in uniform style with Xenie's -Inheritance-7 "Dosia , " "Tho Princess Ogherof , ' "Gabriclle , " and "A Friend , " by Henry Greville , and will be found fo : sale by all booksellers andnows agents and all railroad trains , or copies wil be sent to any one , to any place , al once , on remitting 75 cents in a lette : to the publishers , T. B. Peterson Brothers , Philadelphia , Pa , Richard K. Fox , the enterprising New York publisher , has just issued a handsome book with an illustrated cover , entitled "The American Ath Icte ; or , the Regimen of Physica' Culture , " which contains valuable rules for training for all athletic con tests , and Is filled with portraits o : the leading atlilotes of America and Canada , who have followed the prin ciple ? of muscular development which the book describes. This book not only commends itself to sportsmen but to every one interested in phys ical culture. For sale at all newr stands or mailed to any address on re ceipt of 28c. "The American Ath lete" should bo read by every young man in America , Richard K. Fox publisher , 183 William street , Nev York. STATE JOTTINGS. Hardy is to have a now bank. Bicycling lias struck Kearney. Colfax coupty warrants areat par. A dentist is needed at Central City. The Howard Sentinel fhas expired. Bennett has organized a post of thi G. A. 11. A now bank has been started a Fairfield. Dog poisoners are working mischie : at Columbus. Ashland's bank building will soon be completed , York's Univcrsalist church will be dedicated Juno 1. St. Paul is to have a wagon bridge over the South Loup. The U. P. will shortly enlarge its yards at Central City. Kearney's now Presbyterian churcl will be occupied August 1. There is a great demand around Columbus for sheep shearers. Stromsburghas voted to have a new and commodious school-houEe. Red Cloud is agitating the question of building a new school house. A great demand for carpenters and day laborers exists at Schuyler. Ord boasts of a citizen who stands G feet 5J inches in his bare feet. Fremont's bridge across'the Platte is to be completed in ninety days. Hastings is making great prepara tions to celebrate Decoration Day. A Lancaster county fanner sold five "at hogs the other day for $95.77. Crop prospects -Merrick county ire said never to have boon better. Harlan county has sown more -wheat iy half this season than ever before. Six hundred dollars in prizes will be jiven at the Wahoo races on July 4th. Grazing in. the Republican valley is jetter now than at any time last sum- ncr. ncr.Geneva Geneva is to have a now mill of one mndred bushels capacity for grinding orn. orn.The The sample room of the De Roe louse , at Wahoo , was burglarized last reek , A largo numlwr pf building im- > rovements are in progress at Red Jloud. G. M. Cleveland , a lawyer of O'Neill 3ity , was arrested latt we k on aoljarge > f perjury. Lincoln's Knights of Pythias visit fopeka this week for purpose of com- > etjon drill. Five residents of Alexandria and .hree of Cheiter have been indictgdfor ilaying pool. T. P. Quick , chief of the Lincoln he department , is sick and not ex- > ected to liva. Ten thousand head of cattle will 'eed on the prairie north of Hardy the : oming summer. Dr. Van Dill , of Fairbury , has been icntenced { o fiyp years in the penitcn- iary for bigamy , A sorghum mill with a capacity n.f LOO gallons a day will be erected near 3eneva this fall , Ouer 1200 acres of broom corn wjll > o planted within eight miles of Re- ) ublican City this year. A new county bridge is soon to bo ) uilt across the Cascade just south of Weeping Water , Cfi § ? county. A Crete man offers to put in a good roll at Lincoln with a capacity of 1- , JOO.QOO gallons a day for $7,000. The Control City Ite.ni has ceased mblication and will wove 10 Omaha vliero it will be issued as The Omaha Sunday Item. The house of Mr. English , nine niles west of Ashland , was blown lown last Saturday by the storm. The > ccupanls escaped. The houeo of Win. Offenbach , six niles from West Point , was burned by in incendiary last week. The premi es were unoccupied. William Stanton , an old settler of Saline county , dropped dead in the ield a few days ago v hile dragging in rheat. Apoplexy js supposed to bo he cause. * Dr. Fitch , of St. Paul , was struck > y lightning last week , and nearly Billed. He ; , h&t was found about a od from where he fell intlj the crown orn to pieces. The commissioners of Holt county lave ralapd tjjo Jjcense for the sale of ! ntoxicating liquors from ono hundred o five hundred dollars , and placed the xmds at $1,000. The fourteenth annual convention if the 'Nebraska Sunday-school associ- ; tion will bo held at Hastings , com- ncncjng on the 14th of June and con- inuing three daya. Ono Comstock , living near York , is harged with incest and rape on his laughter and stop-daughter. A band if fifty men visited his house to lynch lim , but the brute was safe in jail at fork. fork.Mr. . Richard Mears , living near jilmorc , Sarpy county , attempted to loinmit suicide last week by blowing iut his brains. A flesh wound was he only result. Cause , a family quarrel. A young man from Pawnee City -isited the east , joined "a bogus detec- ive association , and on his return at- empted to levy blackmail on a num- ) er of business men. Ho did not iiicceed. Dakota City had a sensation in the ihapo of an attempted rape case , in vhich the complainant was a married Toman. The honor of thg injured ; msband was appeased by the payment if a hundred dollars , and the case was Iropped. The storm of Monday evening was jeneral through the whole length of he state. At Brady Island it was wrticularly severe. Lightning struck he station house at that place , par- ially unroofing it , and the wind blew lown a windmill and unroofed a water ank at Willow Island. During the storm of Monday night ightning struck the barn of Fred steibor , ljing tftree miles southwest * ) f Bennet , falling 8.ever4TTea4 } of logs , burning tjja jarn vd contents seven hoadTf ) horses , complete sot > f farm machinery , grain and hay , ragons , harness and everything within each of the barn. Loss , $1600 to ; 2000 , and no insurance. 1 The Adams county Sunday-school issociation will meet at Konesaw on : he evening of May 31 , and remain in > cssion during the next day. On Monday of last week the house > f J. C. Lafferty , in the Republican _ * m tl fn t was struck by a cyclone , which tore it all to pieces , killing Mrs. Lafferty and her poungest child. Saunders county land league meets on May 28th. Sarpy Centre Congregationalisms will at once begin the erection of a church. Niobrara , though having had three drenchings by the overflow of the Mis souri , is rapidly becoming dried up and gardens are being made and busi ness improving. The President's Position. Chicago Tribune. ' A dispatch from an apparently au thentic source reports that the presi dent , in conversation with a personal friend on the subject of the controver sy with Senator Conkling , said : "I presume there are a great many people ' doesn't the president ple who say : 'Why dent make some overtures to Senator Conkling and thereby bring about a solution of the now present difficul ties ? ' Now , if these people will stop to consider that this government consists of three great branches , the executive the judicial , and the legislative , they will see that Conkling is but a small fraction of the latter , whilst the executive is one-third of the whole. It should not , there fore , in my judgment , be expected , and I don't think the American people would expect the president to make overtures to so small a fraction as one senator out of seventy-six. " If this bo the real attitude of the president , there is no room to suspect that he will weaken by accepting the specious propositions of the Conkling faction to exchange Judge Robertson for Mr. Chandler or for any one else. There is but one course the presi dent can follow with honor , and that is to stand by his guns. If he is" going to weaken ho should never have made the issue. Ho has got so far into th fight that ho cannot withdraw now without disgracing himself , throwinj- discredit upon his office , and forfeit ing confidence of the people win are looking to him to assert the righ which the constitution givSB him , ante to maintain it , not only against Oonk ling , but against every other senator , and all of then ) combined. The issue involved is a vital ono , It is not Sen ator Conkling's likes op dislikes but it is the maintenance of clear and , undisputed con stitutional powers of the executive branch of -government. . The presi.- dent has eithet to * * contend for and maintain his prerogatives , as th people who elected liini expect him to do , or ho lias to allow them to be usurped by Senator CunUliijgrwljo was not elected by the people , and by seventy-five others of his associates , if the principle is once established , who were not elected by the people. It may be cljflicult for Senator Conkling to understand why tie ] government should not be run to suit his likes and disliker and to afford him personal gratification , but if ho were nearer to the people and if their will had had anything to do with his election he would have no difficulty in under standing it. The almost unsninipug voice of the people and the press should "convince the president that they look to him in this struggle , if it can bo dignified with llio name of fi struggle , lo make no bargains , effect no exchanged , ac cept no compromises. All ho.has to do is to wait and lot the senate act , ind not withdraw one inch from the position he has taken. If they re fuse tp confirm his nominations they must take the resf jn | blity. } If they dictate to him the names of officials' , lie must disregard them. If thuy ro * ject , ho can , send them in again , un less there is cause. If a nomination is impropgr. the president should not liave made it. If the nom'naliqn , on the other hand , is proper , the senate lias no right to reject it , because the ionstp fa iift ) tjip p5fcutjye power. The position tak-QH by aratqp Conkling , therefore , is simply an im pertinent one , and the president mould fight this out on his line if jt takes all summer without any care n'hothop lie nffftnd.9 S.onatpp Conkling ir not , or without the Bllgiitent regard is to what ho may like or dislike. The atter's reasons for rejecting Judge Robertson are both impu'dent and in- lecuit , and the sooner lie is rebuked , ind made to fool/and know , ana oc- jupyhis place , and keep himself with- n the line of his own duties , ind refrain from interference with the : onstitutional rights of the president , ; ho 8Q < t'wr tJiig email fraction of a imall pqrticm pf the legislative power rill keep within the bounds of deco- : unj and decency. In popular par- aiico , al } tJiaf tjjc president needs to mow is that jo ) fiag ' 'band in Jm | | , " ind wo beliexo ho hau jt , iujd will not jive up his rights to avoid offending Senator Conkling or any nther man. AMERICAN PORK. S'ational Associated I'resu. WASUIXOTON , May 1C. In view of the recent action taken by the French ind other European governments-in regard to American pork , aa well aa to bo able to correct by positive and per sonal evidence , the-exaggerated reports tdiich are published in Europe con- . : eniiiig hog-cholera and tricliinrej imong American. , swine , Secretary Blaine sent the ch.ief of the bureau of itatistics , of the department of state to Chicago and Cincinnati , to investl- jato the entire question of hog-raising ind pork-packing in the west in all its phases "from the farm to the ship. " In accpplaiice with the secretary's " instructions , tnls "gentleman viaited representative hog raisers , buyers , shippers , packing houses , stock yards , rendering cstablishuions , health ofli- : ers and funyarding agents ; and has low submitted his report which will > e immediately published by the de partment fpr circulation in Europe. The cflnglusjoji arrjyedat iii this re port , are as fpllrtwgj 1. That the SWJDO of America are of he beat and purest breads and are fed ind fattened for markota on corn. It s not believed that swine are thus fed n any other country. 2. That the reports published in Europe -concerning the death of Amer- can hogs from hog-choleia , are gross jxaggerations. 3. That the percentage of deaths imong American swine from disease a no greater than the percentage of leaths among European awino from similar diseases. 4. That American hogs which have iied or may die from cholera or from my cause whatever , can have no 'rela tion to the meat product , ( except to lecrease it ) as such animals cannot by my possibility pass the severe scruti ny and inspection to which hogs des- : ined for killing and curing are subject - ject Tliat , even if it were possible to sass such inspection , no art of the iurer could convert such animals into neat which could pass the inspection in the words of a leading curer , 'even of a blind man. " 5. ' That tp JeaRi'excited and fos tered in parte of .Europe b.y interested persons , tliat any portion pf hogs , ivhich have died or may die of chol era or from any other causp , U or 0411 be converted into merchantable lard , ire founded on Che grossest ignorance , "or merchantable lard cannot be pro duced from sucli dead animals. 6. That every pound of thn w"- 3uct rendered from diseased hogs except - : cept tliat part used as a fertilizer is plainly marked "brown grease , " "white grease , " or ' 'dead hogs' ' ijrpasp , " rn4 soli"ns such , largely , to soap manufacturers , and that jk color ind odor preclude it from being mis- ; akon for lard. > . 7. That the same care is taken in ! ho handling and manufacture of American lard which is taken in the landling and curing of American neats , and that , as the corn-fed imerican hog is the cleanest of its ipocies " anywhere , it is undeniable that "unorican lard is thp purest lard in vny market. 8. That the > an brwr. _ ; r percentage i.i _ . . . 11 though this question is thus far large- y one'of suppoaitio u"js in all proba bility , by" reason of the superiority .of the breed'and feed , much Jess than that among the hogs in any other country. 9. That the freedom from trichinosis of the two great pork-consuming centres of the west-Chicago and Cin cinnati-furnishes the strongest possible evidence of the purity of American pork. In Chicago for a series of years in which forty thousand deatlis were reported with their causes , only two cases of trichinosis were reported. In Cincinnati during the same period not one case was reported. 10. Tliat the reported cases of trichinosis have resulted from eating uncooked meat ; shown to bo inferior or rejected , and that thorough cook ing entirely destroys , this parasite and removes all danger , in this regard , from eating pork. 11. That the selection , inspection , and killing of American hogs , and the subsequent handling and curing of the meat , are not surpassed , ifat all equalled for care , precision , and understanding , by the packeraor meat curers ot any other country. 12. That , as a rule , the hogs select- ed.for foreign trade are in all respects equal to the very best disposed of in our homo market. 13. That the great exaggerations so industriously spread in regard to dis eased pork , have been aided by the different significations attached to the word "pig. " In Europe it is used as the synonym of hog , whereas iu Amer ica it means the young swine under six months , and generally refers to those only a few weeks old. The number of "pigs" that die from va * rious causes compared with the num bers of "hogs" that die , is very largo and grossly erroneous conclusions are formed by confounding the two words. IOWA BOILED DOWN. Manchester dealers shipped 103,910 pounds of butter in April. Twelve telephone wires are stretched between Clinton and Lyons. A § 43,000 , tax will be levied for the support of Dubuque schopla" the CQIH- fing year. There were 100 pupils in the state gpllego for tile blind during the month of April , The pupils at the Eldora Reform school lairing the past six months have averaged 200. , * . An * old soldiers' reunion , to be held at Cherokee , about July 1 , is be ing talked up. The Lettsvillo flouring mill was re cently destroyed by fiw , involving a loss of $5,000. Liscomb- Marshall county , has a creamery company , iust organized , with a capital of $2,500. It ijj estimated tliat" 70,000,000 , bushels of corn are jn crib a.t railroad stations throughout the state. Malcolm , Fowoshiek county , has a company organized to start a creamery with a capital stock of $10,000. Plans have been adopted' and ar- rangemenfs made for the erection of a hartosomo Horary building 41 Kptjkuk ; The firemen of Cedar Rapids have disbanded because the council refused to confirm a nomination made by their " ' " " chief.- The town council o'f Logaji has idopted an ordinance prohibiting the sale of wine or beer , or the keeping of billiard halls. Harry Hjnkfjon , son of a atock ; lealor Jjca.t Ulemjqud. , Mills county , " liaa absconded with § 2,000 of tFio people's money. Flax culture is having a boom , riiousands and thousands of acres of it wjll bo crown in the northwestern ; ountics tliis year. Ono of the late English arrivals in Plymouth county has purchased a half loqtiaq Q'lrmlJ qn.wlijcli he wjlj onset * § 10,000 residence. Work is commenced on the now building for the Western College , at Foledo. It is to bo of stone and brick , thijtpd | | cent , § 20.800. The canning establishment at Mar- ihalltown is paying so well that it is laid it is impossible to obtain stock in he concern at any price. . Foily n < H buldng8 } | lavq , bu n put ip in Aurelia since last fall , and still ho work goes bravely on. Town and lountry are both rapidly improving. A man was recently waylaid and ebbed of $2f ( , all { 10 hjuj , fcy s jflity > f thirteen nniiod'mch , riearDubuq'ue. Che party was afterward captured and ailed. The president of tl 9 St.-itg Afjrjaul : urat society wjll $ opii uiakc a'trjp'lp. Washington to secure the attgnda.ijcQ > f President Oaifidhl at the state fair icxt fall. Christopher Abrain , a Worth coun- y farmer , Was sfruck by lightding a ew evenings sjrtce ai)4 ) Instantly killed , lo was 33 yearsVd 'I'lli "paveg a wjfe md five children. Tljo Dajrtgnyjllc chpes.g and butter nanufaulijring company , o { liayton- illo , Washington county , has been ncorporated , with capital stock .mounting to $2,400. At Iowa City the other evening a oliceman Tas * himself arrested for ruelly beating a prisoner whom he rag taking to the lock-up. The police- nan was. vgjy ' The penitentiary at Fort Madison i cceived 20 now convicts and dis- ii liarged 11 during the month of i Lpril. There were 378 enrolled at the c ipening of the month of May. , of 0 , B. Millojt , it 'banker t West Side , was blown open on the light of thu 8th , but the burglars ould not force the money chest and had to abandon the job empty- The loan , and buildjng association of j tf uscatinp are " in a quandary. They iave S0006"qn hand which they can- iot loan according t the rtfes of the irganization because of the prevailing ow rates of interest , It Ja mportod fironi a .roliablo source G hat the wheat \acreago in western owa exceeds that ' -of last season fully' wenty per 'cent , fond the growing ; rain is fully as far advanced as it was it this time last year. Two elections. boi ! ) rried by largo imjorities , wore ' . JtAne 'n ' Grallt ndtho other iTJ' , n township , 'oik county. in fjnh tax for the refforson routk g nsionof the ) es Moinea & JScWWHRb road. A Constitutional Amcndmjnt Insti- ute will bo hold at Muacatipv on the .9th and 20th of May , undofUio aus- > ices of the Woman's ChP9t > aTern - _ > erance Union of Iowa , [ or the'.reful R epical study of the proposed "fMiibi- ' ory amendment. > The Des Moines Register \as tartcd a fund which it propose I ' " uake 81,000 for the benefit of MK T Jpright the Cornelia r..b.p w wutucua VL Iowa , \VlHi ] ; ave eleven of her sons to the Unions I ind who is now lying helpless and I lestitute St. tlje. gjf ( ? 6. - 's 'I'sffiftSffSwfc-ww ' 13 years , a daughter Qf arren Casey Jn WB j , trugglo the girl wa BovePdly jn Sroat excitement prevails , * " " "wan o reports there re 37CO books in the jmblic library at ) es Moines. During the past year ho number of books drawn out was 320 , new books.addetl 72 , periodicals ented 139 , books donated Ip , all save wq Ijejng reports from Washington. Robert McDowell , aged 30 years rhile shingling .the steeple , of the M. ' * . church at Krioxville , fell from the caffolding to the roof , a distance of X ) feet further , striking a paling fence nd breaking both legs , besides bruis- QS himself badly. He is in a critical ondihon , but strong hopes 'are cnler- uned of his recovery. A baby farm has been discovered in ) avenport An elderly lady has five nfante in _ her . . . charge and the mothers f11 ilr t. - .i . . i . . , Her jcharges are § 2per week , and the little ones are said "to get good care. Hereafter ihere will be two Catholic bishops fbr'thexstate instead of eno as heretofore. The pope has named for the new bishop the ReV. John Mc- Mullin , vicar general of Chicago. Crop reports from 500 localities in the state to the * secretary of the State Agricultural Society show tliat the late "spring will largely reduce the acreage of wheat. About § 4,000 have been subscribed 'in Iowa- Falls to improve the mineral springs there sufficient to make them a popular resort. Articles of incorporation for a eteam heating company have been filed at Davenport. Iowa City will soon have a new city hall , to cost § 10,000 , and a charter has been granted for a new street railway. The state association for the protec tion of game and fish meets at Cedar Rapids on the 14th day of June. A Hammock's Wild Way. Cleveland ( Ohio ) Herald : An Illi nois exchange feels called to thus de liver itself : "His hammock swung loose at the sport of the wind , " and tumbled the Hon. J. S. Irwin on his head , and but for the application of St. Jacob's Oil he might have gone "where the woodbine twineth. " Even so dear Beacon as many others have gene , who failing to use the Great Gorman Jtemedy in time , for their rheumatism and other dangerous dis eases , "have paid the debt of nature. " Rub is our motto. Almoit Crazy. How often do wo see the hardwork ing father straining every nerve and muscle , and doing his utmost to sup port his family. Imagine Ills feelings when returning homo from a hard day's" labor , to find his family prostrate with disease , conscious of unpaid doc tors' bills and debls on every hand. It nnat ; bo enough to drive ono almost crazy. All his unhappjness could bo avoided by using Electric Bitters , which oxpul every disoatjO from the syston ) , bringing joy and happiness to thousands. Sold at fifty cents a bottle tle by Ish & McMahon. (4) ( ) GREATEST REMEDY KNOWN. Dr. King's New Discovery for Con sumption is certainly , the greatest medical remedy ever placed within the reach of suffering humanity. Thou sands of once helpless sufferers , now loudly proclaim their praiao for this wonderful discovery to which they own their IJy , N.0t "only dflea ft posi. tively cure Consumption , but Coughs , Colds , Asthma , Bronchitis , Hay Fever , Hoarseness and all affections of the Throat , Chest and 'Lungs yields at once to its wonderful curative pow er 3 If by m ! giG' Wo dp nqt ak you to buy a largo oottlo unless you know what you aso getting. Wo therefore earnestly request you to call oir your Iruqgists , ISH & McMAirox , and get a trial bottle free of cost which wil ) con- \ Incc the most skeptical of its wonder ful merits and show what-a , you - regu lar onp dollar szo lnttlo ; will do. For sale by Ish & McMahqi ) . (4) ( ) Worthy of Prai , A ft rule wo do not recommend pa- : ent medicines , but when wo know of ) ne that really is a public benefactor , ind does positively cure , than we con- lider it our duty to impart that infor- uation to all. Electric hitters Are ruly a nQjt } ! valuable inediojne , n.nd iVJH" surely cure Biliousness , Fever md Ague , Stomach , Liver and Lidnoy iomplnints , even where all other rem- idies fail. Wo know whereof we ipeak , and can freely recommend to ill. [ Ex. Sold at 50 cents a bottle , ) y Ish & McMahon , (4) ( ) al FOR RHEUMATISM , , Sciatica , Lumbago , Swan f 9 otb * Cnest , Gouf , Quinsy , Sore Throat , Swell ings' and Sprains , Burns and * Z Scalds , General Bodily Pains , Tooth , Ear and Headache , Frosted Feat and Ears , and all other 0 ! Vc Frcpanllon on earth equali ST. Jicoai OIL t.afetnr , tlmpls and cheap Extern * ! 3tme < ljr. A trial ent&ili but the compantiTdj Xlllng outliy of 50 Cent c , and erery cca uffer- C with pain can bare cheap and pcltiT oroof * iti dtlmi. / . G Directions in Heyen language * . f f BI/DBTAILlWIGGiaTSAHDDEAIEBB / Gri IF MEDICINE. ri A.VOGELER&CO. , riv , U.8.M vTI 01KI < ! L IASOI Dentist lilNl KI . , , NlA : OFFICH Jacoha' Block , corner C pltol avenue I < 1 H'teCPttl ' Stolt , Oniaha Neb. E , M , STONE , M , D , , feneral Practitioner and Obstetrician. ' Office opposite . Posl Office , oer FMhoIm & rT. . . i. : Residence , 2107 Chi- csufo St. mlS-tf Any one Laving- dead aniraiU Iwill romaro cm free of charge. Leate orders southeast I mer of Uarney and Hth St. , second door. CHARLES SPLITT. Pri J. H. FL5EGEL , Succc&wr to J. If. Thiele , MERCHANT TAILOR No , Ko. 230 D.WSfea Sttcet , _ Onjaha , Keb. , ) .T. MOUNT , MAXCMCTCREr. ASD DBALZR IS ADDLES AND HARNESS. 1412 Farn. St. Omaha , Neb. 5ONCORDHARNESS am tie amD Two Medals and a Diploma of Honor , with the D ay highest award the Judges could bestow was rarded this harness at the Centennial Eihibl- The Oldest Established BANKING HID USE .IN NEBRASKA. CaJdwell , Hamilton ' & Co. , Business tranncied same as that ot an incor porated oank. Account * kept in currency or gold subject to sight chect without notice. Certificates of deponit issued jovable in three , six and tuehe months , bearing interest. Or on demand without intervet. Advanced made to customers on approred secu rities at market rates of interest. Buy and § ell gold , bllla of exchange , gorern- ment , state , count } and citj bond * . Draw eight drafts on England , Ireland , Scot land , and all feata of Europe. Sell European passage tickets. COLLECTIONS PROMPTLY MADE. United States Depository. DETHtST NationalBank OP OMAHA. Cor. 13th and Farnum Sta. OLDEST BANKING ESTABLISHMENT IS OMAHA. SUCCESSORS TO KOUNTZE BROTHERS. ) EST.IBLIIIIIXD 1SJ6. Organized as a National Bank August 20,1S63. CAPITAL AND PROFITS OVER - * 300,000 Specially authorized by the Secretary of Treas ury to receive subscriptions to the UNITED STATES 4 Per. Cent. Funded Loan. OPFICHM i.VD DIRECTOIS : HERKJUV KOCHTZX , President. Acsfari'S KOCNTZI , Vice Preeldent. H. W. YATHJ , Cashier. A. J. PorrLirox , Attorney. Jont A. CniuouTos. K. H. DATW , Awt. Cashier. This tank recelrea deposits without rgard to amounts. Issued time certificates bearing Intereat. Draws drafts on San Froncuco and principal cities of the United States , also London , Dublin , Edinburgh and the principal cities of th conti nent of Lurope. Sells passenger tickets for emigrants in the In- man line. mayldtf DeiterL-Tlioias&Bro. WILL BUT AND SELL JVD ALL TClNBlCTIOXg COXNBCTXD TIHHSTriTn. . * Pay Taxes , Rent .Houses , Etc. IT TOC WAXT TO BTT OH BUC.L Call at Office , Room 8 , Creighton Block , Omaha. api-dt/ If stash Land Agency DAVIS & SNYDER , 505 Farnham St. , . . . Omaha , Nebnuka. 3:00 , . 'iretully sclcctej land in Eastern Nebrwka for ale. Great Bargains in miprored farms , and ( mala city property. L A. DAVIS. WEBSTER S.VT0ER. L t Land Com'r U. P. R. B. 4p-feb7tf 3S RBED. 1IWU RKHJ. BYRON REED & CO. , OLDEST E8TABUBI1ZD Estate Agency IX NEBRASKA. Keep a complete abstract of title to all Real jtato in Omaha and DoiiRlaa county. mijltf \NDSTILLTHELION CONTIXUE8 TO Roar for Moores ( ) Harness AND Saddlery. I have adopted Die Lion n a-Trada il rk , nd I my xxU m ha STAUPKD V l h the LION idmvKAMEan ( ho untie. NO GOODS ) AHE UNUlNE WITHOUT THB ABOVE STAMP3. tie best material Ii used and the rncwt skilled orkmen art ) employed , and at thelo e t cash rice. Anyone wLihlnsr a price-list of goods will S infer a favor by sending for one. DAVID SMITH MOORE. Business College , GREAT WESTERN GEO. R. RATHBUN , Principal. Creighton Block , UAHA , - - NEBRASKA. XSTSend for Circular. novZOdiwU M. R. RISDOM , Eneral Insurance Agent. REPRESENTS : IffiNIX ASSURANCE CO , of Lon don , Clsh Assets * 3fl07IZT EbTCIIESTER , K. V. , Capital. . . .1,000,000 IE MERCHANTS , of Newwk , N , J. . 1,000,000 RARD KIRK. Philadelphia , Capital . 1,000,000 3UTIIVFSfKltN NATIONAL.Croital 800,000 REME.VH rUND , Califojnla. . . . 600,000 UTlSH AM ERICA ASSURANCE CO. 1,200.000 KWARK FIRE INS. CO. . Anset * . . . 800,000 UEjnCAN CENTRAL , As eta . . . 800.000 Southeast Coc. of Fifteenth and Douybu St. , OMAHA , NHB. J. G. RUSSELL , M. D. , [ : OMCBPATHIO PHYSICIAN. [ Ksoft.w.1 of Children and Charonlc Ducaso a cclalty. Office at Residence , 000 Cas * street , lurs 8 to 10 a. m. , 1 to 2 p. in. , and after 0 p. J. R. Mac key , Corner 15th and Douglas Eta , Omaha , Neb. ces Reasonable. op32r John G. Jacobs , ( Formerly o ( Glsh * Jacob * , ) JNDERT KER. . 1417 Farnham SI. , Old Stand of JicobGb. QrJera by TeleiTaph SolicittU. p7-ly -AS CAMP , M. D. K. L. Braauts , M. D. [ efal and Surgical 1 . reception'of p - atafor the TREATMEVr of ALLCHEONIC 1 SURGICAL DISE.V5S rs.'Van Caoip &r Siggins , ' Physicinna 3 ; Birgeons , ' PROPRIETOBS. ODD vs. r. _ * New York. Clothing House REM 1309 FARNHAM STREET , ( Max Meyer's Old St' ad , ) WHERE THBT SHALL KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND'AN IMMENSE.STOCK OF MEN'S , . , .BOW AND CHILDREN'S * r-s - * - - Clothing , Eats , CapsJ Gent's ' lurnisMng.Goods "PRICES ALWAYS THE LOWEST. 1309 Farnham Street , Omaha , Neb. More Popular than Ever. THE GENUINE New Family Sewing Machine. The popular demand for the OBNt'INE SI.VOKR In 1S70 exceeded that of previous the quarter of a century in which this "Old Reliable" Machine has be < m before any the public. y ir during In 1878 ws fold , . - - 350,422 Machine * In 1870 wo sold . . . . 431.107 Kxces * orer any previous year - 74,736 " OUR SALES LAST YEAR WERE AT THK RATR OF OVER 1400 SEWING MACHINES A DAY. -V For erery business day In the year. REMEMBER : THE " OLD RELIABLE" THAT EVERY REAL SINGER - SINGER SEWING MACHINE HAS THIS | > IS THE STRONGEST. SIMPLH J > TRADE MARK CAST INTO THE MOST'DURABLK SBWINO THK IRON STANB AND III- UACHINK EVKR YET CON BKDDED IX THE ARK OF STRUCTED. THE HACHINR THE SINGER MANUFACTURING GO. Principal Office , 34 Union Square , N. Y. South lf , < 00 Amorlctt. Subordinate OflHte , in the Unitnl Stated and Caruuli , and 3,000 offices In the OM World anj Pianos J. S. WRIGHT , -AGENT FOB THE GHIGKERING PIANOS. AND SOLE AGENT FOR HaJlet , Davis &Co. , James & , Holmstrom , and J & C. Fischer's Pianos ; also Sole Agent for the Estey , Burdett and t e Fort Wayne Organ Co.'s Organs. I DEAL IN PIANOS AND ORGANS EXCLUSIVELY. HAVE HAD YEARS RXPRRIKKCK HIE BUSINESS , AND 1IANDLK ONLY THE BEbT. Sixteenth St. , City Sail Building , Omak \ HAT.SEY V. FITCH , : : : Tuner. POWER AND HAND Steam Pumps , Engine Trimmings , 1ISINO MACHINERT , I5ELTING , HOSE , RRASS AND IRON FITTINGS , PIPE. STEAM ' , I'AOKINU AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. 1ALLADAY WIND-MILLS , CHURCH AND SCHOOL BELLS. A. L. STRANG , 205 Farnam St. , Omaha. J. A. . . WAEEFIELD , WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN Lath , Shingles , Pickets , iASH , DOORS , BLINDS , MOLDINGS , LIME , CEMENT , I AGENT FOR MILWAUKEE CEMENT COMPANY" . fear Union Pacific Depot , - - - OMAHA , NEB. * J. B. Betwiler's CARPET STORE. "he Largest Stock and MostCom- plete Assortment in The West. TQ Keep Everything in the Line of Carpets , Oil cloths , Matting , Window-shades , Fixtures and Lace Curtains. HAVE GOODS TO PLEASE EVERYBODY. .313 Farnham St. , Omaha. . OB.SOTS ) ECORATIVE PAINTER BEST- DESIGNS , LATEST STYLES. ARTIP" " owjrrn8cat8Bnx ) 20iiDBii' < a woat w' 3IQM8 , PAPER HANQINa PtAIM PAIHTINQ OF OFOmaha , Neb.