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THE OMASA. DAILY BEETHURSDAY" . MOEtSmsra MAT 191881
THE DAILY BEE.
E. ROSEWATER , EDITOR :
MR. Coi KLiifG has committed politi
cal hari-kari.
SKCUETAKY "Wixoosi's cxtcndci
sixes already bear a premium of 1 :
percent.
YORK has lost her
Fair , * b"ut she has a sensation -vrhid
discounts it a hundred per cent. *
THE state central committee of
York have endorsed Conkling. Inas
much as the committee vras a portioi
of tho-machine , this is hardly tob
vronderedTit. -
TIIE state department has success
fully exploded the lies concerninj
American pork and Chicago agaii
hoists her banner with the pig ram
pant.
AJTD now let the New York legisla
ture send " \Vm. H. Robertson to tin
senate in the place of Plattc , and re
turn Conkling a wiser and a sadde
man.
THE senate will adjourn this wcel
and tho-great principlesfor which thesi
wisacres have been contending hav <
been lost sight of and apparently aban
doned.
MR. SAUNDEKS will not forget t
vote for Hobertaon'a confirmation
12 vcn his most ardcntadmircr , Brooks
who is very much shocked over Hob
crtson and the spoils can't induce hin
to stay away from that executive sess
ioru-
Ax exchange announces that 40OOC ,
of "Bricks "WithoutStraw" have been
sold in the last six months. One hun
dred limes that amount of brick , wither
or without straw , could be sold to-day
in Omaha if those intending to buiid
could only Liy their hand on. them. *
THE census office reports 9G2 daily
papers which are published in the
United States. These , 9C2 journals
have an aggregate daily-circulation of
3,581,187. To sustain them the people
ple of the United States-jay annually
$26,250,000. The average price per
annum is 87.33 or 2J cents per copy.
The average retail price per copy is
4i cents , the Largest average being in
thn state of Nevada , where it > is 12
c < mUand the lowest in Delaware ,
whore the average charge Is l
cents per copy. The , , leading
newspaper state is New York , -which
hasfllo dailies , 44 of the'm being morn
ing and 70 evening papers and 1 pub
lished at noon , and having an aggre
gate circulation of 991,020. Pennsyl
vania comes second in journalistic
prominence with 93 dailiba. Like New
York , 44 morning papers'.indone noon
paper , but only 50 evening papers ,
throe of which are afternoon , cd-
tionsof morning papers. The ag
gregate circulatioa is 597,419. Illinois
has 73 dailies , 29 of which are - morning -
* * *
ing papers. The total circulation of
the 'dailies Is 268,333.
BLEEDING Kansas IB receiving the
attention of the press" throughout th6
country over her now prohibition law
which evidently doesn't work as its
friends intended it should.The
Springfield Republican makes the
following timely remarks on the ques
tion : "The iron-bound prohibitory
law in Kansas went into eflect on the
1st , and though the drinkers can
hardly be supposed to ha\o yet
exhausted the extra *
wholly sup
plies then laid hi , there is already
talk of a compromise. Thoold difficulty
of enforcing the law is said to
bo B clearly recognized
that the temperance people
are willing to come to an illegal "un
derstanding" to let the selling of beer
go by default , at Lcavenworth at
least'if the saloon-keepers on their
part will abstain from selling spirits
and will .keep their places religiously
closed on Sundays. This of course
makes a nice tiling for the saloons
which Twill Isell without molestation
and are spared the expense of high-
priced licenses ; but it is a question if
tliis is not after all a very good tem
perance compromise , leaving out Ihe
morality question of making , laws
which" cannot bo enforced. With only
one week's experience .it has become
evident that the prohibitory law can
not be enforced. Kansas people are
bound to drink something whisky
perhaps more than anything eke ; they
would naturally drink still more of
that under a prohibitory law , and it is
a sensible arrangement which will rule
that out and substitute the less harm
ful lager.
THE BKE will please cast Hosewa
ters eyes over the following , which we
take from a dispatch in Monday's Li
ter-Ocean : "It has been developed
that under a misapprehension about
his pair Senator Saunders , of Nebras
ka , who would have voted for he con
firmation of Stanley Matthews a
justice of the United States su
preme court , refrained from voting
ing , and thus Matthews
lost a vote. " And so The Republican
was in error , in j > oint of literal fact
when It called THE BEE'S attention to
the circumstance that Senator Saun
ders voted- for Stanley Matthews'
* confirmation. Ho did not so vote ,
but ho would have so voted , had he
voted. THE BEE will have to take
the will for the deed , if it is .anxious
to recognize the deed. [ Republican.
Senator-Saunders.will .probably feel
very grateful to his newly acquired
political backers -advertising him
to the fanner ? of .the state as an ad
mirer and supporter of Stanley Mat
thews , who was notoriously the cham
pion of the grant monopolies in
the United States senate. "We have
boon aware for some time that the
senior senator from Nebraska had in
tended to vote lor the confirmation of
Stanley Matthews , hence it would not
liave-BurpriBed-us in the least had Ids
\-otoieen BO Tccorde\L \ In tins , aa in
his endorsement of Hitchcock as con
sul general to Paris , and his vote
against the Thurman bill , Senator
Saundor's course did 3iot inect
our approval , but the sen
ator special friends of the Omaha
Jlcpullicaii who have no more love for
Mr. Saunders nowtlia\theyhad before
he was elected , seem to delight in
rading the BenattftV weakestactssnd
blunders liefore 3iis-constituents- -
the while playing the hypocrite and
pretending to be his warai supporterau-j
They treat the senator ; as if ho Jiad
gone'into second chUdhbocl and could
not comprehend that every "word in
favor of & public man by the monopoly
ely organ drirep s aail into his political
eoflbi , .
* *
WE vrerejiot at surprised at , ffi <
article hi last-evening's bolter's qigai
on tho'N'e'nYork imbroglio. * Th <
fact is Judge Robprtson receives liL
retvard for the one let.us . say " "in
consistent , " while others call it "dis
honorable" act of his lifcj.an act o :
the same. Kind thatTRosewater liai
committed dozens of times in this
county. Our Douglas county boltei
hopes that a national precedent \nl
be established , whereby bolters anc
TcTckers shall be sure of their reward
[ Republican.
The national republican committal
111 its call for the Chicago conventioi
requested Hie appointment oftlou :
delegates at large from each slat
in the Union and two delegate
from each congressional district
The congressional district whicl
selected Jndgo , Robertson as it
representative in the national convcn
tion was overwhelmingly in favor o
James G. Blame for the presidency
The district congressional convcntioi
was the body to which Judge Robert
son was directly responsible for hi
acts as a delegate , and the nationa
convention so ruled when it absolve !
delegates from the operations of th
unit rule which packed state convcn
turns , had adopted under the , whip .o
Conkling , Cameron and Logan. Th
New York convention tliat in
structcd the delegates of tha
state to vote as a unit fo
General Grant had no right to issui
such instructions except to the dele
gates at large. If these delegates w en
representatives of a constituency the
were in honor and duty bound to vet <
according to the known and expressec
choice of the congressional district
Judge Robertson and others , Vho wer <
elected as he was by congressional dis
trict conventions were not traitors anc
bolters but gentlemen whoso .moral
ourago in refusing to , obey the impe
rious dictum of the boss of bosses ,
stamped them as fearless and honcsl
representatives. Judge Robertson is
not appointed collector of New Yorl
as a reward for his services to General
Garfield , but as a representative of a
large and influential element in the
republican party. It has been the aim
of General Garfield to recognize and
honor allThe-elcmcnts of the party ,
but the "bosses of the Conkling and
Cameron ] order , insist that "allegiance
to their personal fortunes is
more binding than allegiance to
party. For years they have tram
pled under foot the rights * of cvery-
[ jne of their opponents in the party
Mid have driven thousands out of the
party who left. , in sheer despair and
iisgust over the intrigues and close
: orporation tyranny w hich has been
emorselessly exorcised in the Empire
itate. Upon this class of men the
lame bolter-falls , harmless. Their
ittachment to republican principles
las been demonstrated time and
igain. They were republicans
vhen the great body of patronage
iliarks , spoil hunters and j6bbers , who
bllojred the wake * of the great "boss
vere over in. the democratic ranks.
Chcywcre republicans on the battle
ields of the Union -when some of the
oud-mouthcd heroes vih ( ? now make
10 much noise over their party fealty
K-cre-staying at home or "doing their
ighting through substitutes. They
iverc republicans when Andrew John-
ion's political treason had a host of
rollowers among the present stalwarts ,
knd they are republicans now -from
principle and. not from patronage.
Sonera ! Garficld , who was raised in
, he hot beds > vai abolitionism , in the
Western Reserve , where John Brown
; ot Ids recruits , knows enough to
know a real republican-from a sham
republican , and that is why he has se
lected a man of Judge Robertson's
stamp to fill , such an important , posi
tion as the collectorship of customs in
New York.
ALT , this may be fun for- Blaine ,
Conkling , and Garfield , but it is death
to the republican party..Republican. .
The republican party is not so weak
ened in public confidences to depend
for'its existence upon the favor arfd
good grace Of one man. For eight
years past Senator Conkling has repre
sented an clement in the party which
has been a constant dead weight to
its progress' and a most fruitful source
of trouble and discontent. That
element has furnished the campaign
ammunition for its enemies and has
drawn upon the party a continuous
fusilado from its friends. Bossism
has received a death blow , Taut the *
republican party will be strengthened
by the settling of the questions hcther
one senator can dictate terms to both
president and party. t ,
ONLY six republican senators have
the boldness to brave the possible loss
jf patronage.
' Garfield and Conkling.
Jurat Halstcod in Cincinnati Commercial. -
In Cliicatjo , after the nomination of
Sarfield , the pre-eminent New York
eiiator contrived notio sec lum.
Ohio men ran after the pre-eminent
ind nominated Arthur to please him ,
> ut ho was not in the least concili
ated.
ated.General
General Garfield presently visited
iVashington and wrote a letter to Sen-
itor Conkling , telling him that he
lad called ai his hotel in Chicago , but
here wasJiojesponse.
Two awful tilings had happened
Jharlie Foster had spoken _ at Fort
Vayne , about hailing from Ohio and
'his name isGencral _ G. , " ami Gar-
ield had put himself in.tlie power of
3arl Schurz on wheels for half a mile.
Conkling's friends thought ho might
nd should be saved from nervous
irostration by an interview with the
andidate , and the .Fifth avenue con-
Erenco was held ; and-yet "Conkling
ouldnotbe-scen. p. . /
Garficld was assured that if lie would
iip off to Coney Island he.could meet
lonklihg , but he drew the line at
kmey Island.
Then , after time enough for a fish-
ig spell , it became evident that the
ipublican party was in a winning
osition , and Senator Conkling made
great speech , bestowing upon the
uididato for the presidency , the thin-
est possible common-place.
nd the New Yorker's utterance rela-
iyc to the candidate was an irritating
isappointment. It was so cool and
areful as to bo contemptuous , almost
*
LisdainfuL , ?
Simon "Cameron , General Grant
nd General Logan managed to coerce
Jonkling to jnake. a * call at .Mentor ,
> ut there Yrasjn.cttagleam of cordiali-
y in it ? "TRepublicans m.-ule the best
f It , however "It waVplcasing that
ho New York senator had at last con-
entcd to apeak to theif candidate. ;
-Npwwe-have Jlr. Gorikling's own
ersion of his call at Mentor , on the
residcnlHslect , and wo venture the _ ,
bservation thai -meaner "exhibition
fflf"never madotjf human nature.
The president-elect was informed in
is own house that his hospitality was
eclined. There wjss nd hotel there-
D 'outside accornmodations for the
ranger ; tea was ready , and Ihe Sonar -
> r declined to take tea , though he
Jiad to wait for the midnight train
Did you ever hear of a case of cussed
ness exceeding this ?
* It was , we suppose , paralleled-whei
the senator told , the president hi
.could hold his nose in case of the ap
pointmcnt to office of opp6nents-of thi
third term.
- That is , the president , is case h <
recognized those who had made hi :
own election possible , was to regard i
as a complacency on the part of thi
primate if he would give his consen
by holding his nose.
Andwhsn the president spoke o
the jcollcctorship , Gonkling assunx
him there was nothing to say of tha
present "We" hadn't given it at
tcntion.
At this point the stock of presi
dential patience gave way , and tin
Robertson appointment was sent t <
the senate.
Upon this the senator organized hi
"courtesy" and the abject caucus sa
like a squad of old hens on thei :
spoiled eggs in awe of the a\\fu
rooster.
The only popular objection to tin
President is that ho did not fight thi
vulgar an preposterous pretensions o
Mr. Conkling soon enough ; and not
every blow w ell aimed at the Primac ]
of impudence will bo applaudec
throughout the land.
The republican party will not suffe :
from this warfare. The one thinj
needful for the party is that'the plethora
era of the bosses be reduced , ant
that there shall be no pre-eminen
selfishness in any quarter.
If the end of the party must com <
when one rather tliin pair of legs giv <
out , the time hns come to die.
Senator Conkling has already los
his grip in the state of New York.am
if Tie does not give his best work t <
the party organization he will bi
crushed out and go to the politica
dust-heap.
New York has seen stronger mei
than he is , and a breath has unmadi
them as a breath has made.
POLITIOAL.
Seven former governors of Tcxai
are still living. *
Senator Anthony of Rhode Island
openly defends "the courtesy of thi
senate , " but Gen. Burnsido is inclined
to rebel against it
It is said that Gen. J. B.Veavei
has canceled liis eastern engagements
to address greenback meetings , plead
ing other engagements elsewhere.
Mathematically speaking , Mr.
Conkling is one seventy-sixtli of one-
half of one-third , or one four hun
dred ; ujd fifty-sixth of the United
States government
North Carolina colored republicans
will follow the example of their Mary
land brethren , and , at their state con
vention in Raleigh on the 19th , will
demand more government patronage.
Ex-Governor Fairchild , minister to
Spain , has tendered his resignation-
rvnd will return to his home in Wis
consin as soon as his successor is ap
pointed and arrives in Madrid. Gov.
Fairchild should have taken this ac
tion before the senatorial elections
List winter. However , ho would
make a good head for a soldiers' state
ticket this fall.
In his speech at the chamber of
jommerce dinner , Mr. Chauncey M.
Oepew , w ho is a regulation post-pran-
lial talker , said : "I will close with
> ne single word , 'monopoly. ' Give
Sew York a monopoly of trade and
) liio may have a monopoly of prcsi-
lents. " Well , Ohio , it would appear ,
s to have the presidents.
The Texas legislature recently passed
i law granting a land certificate for
L,280 acres to aid persons who have
jcen permanently disabled by reason
) f wounds received while in the ser-
rice of the state or the confederate
states. The certificate is to bo locat-
jd on the unreserved public domain
if Texas , the locator is also to lo-
: ate a like amount for the benefit of
the permanent school fund Vvefora
sithcr shall be patented. Texas is the
3nly statu possessed of a public do
main , and we uo not know how they
could make a better use of it than
thus allotting it to disabled confeder
ate soldiers.
Secretary ol the Navy Hunt is turn
ing out some of Dick Thompson's
favorites. , Capt. RichardL. Laws , of
Indiana' chief of the bureau of yards
and docks , has had to go , and will be
succeeded by Admiral .Nichols. Pay
master Stevenson , who has held the
favorite place , the New York office ,
for years , has been succeeded by Pay
master Caswell of Massachusetts. Pay
Inspector Joseph A. Smith expects to
succeed _ Pa3Tiiaster-General Cutter ,
H ho will be retired August 1.
The Electric Exposition.
The nineteenth century may fitting
ly be termed the century of steam and
electricity. The progress made in
the construction of steam machinery
was splendidly illustrated at the Phi
ladelphia exhibition. During the
coming fall an exhibition will take
place at Paris , where all the nations
of , the earth will be represented by
their inventions in the field of electri
city. Thccreat hall of the Industrial
Palace at Paris will bo filled Vith
these wohdcrs of the world. In the
ccntre-of the hall there is to bo found
a small lake , on which a diminutive
steamer will Lay a submarine cable ac
cording to the Kolas system. In the
rooms under the hall the visitors
can witness the 'manufacture
of all sorts of telegraph wire *
Hid all electric apparatus known ;
ilso tholnanufacture of isolators , tel-
jgraph posts , and all other pampher-
lalia incident to theltelegraphy. Over
: he hall a lighthouse is to be con
structed and operated'accordingto the
Jerrin system. Telegraphers will be
it work at all the different instru-
nents , and during the evening the
vhole exposition building will be illu-
ninated with electric lights. All the
liflercnt systems of eleciric light will
> c tested. A dynamo-electric-engine
if 1,500 horse-power will serve as gen-
rator. In another pavillion the fire
nd police telegraph will be xhibito 1 ,
Iso the electric signals and brakes
ised by railroads- furthermore , all
lie electric apparatus registering the
peed of railroad-trains and the-amout
f steam used in propelling them. In
he upper hallsbf the palace the tele-
hone will be on exhibition , several
f which are to be located in separate
wins and , brought in "connection with
lie Grand Opera'houso and the The-
tre Fruicais , so 'that music , song ,
ad declamation' may bo heard by the
isitors. In another room the tele-
hone system of Herz will bo exhibit-
i to the public- where they can talk
er telephone to then-friends in Lyons ,
'rleans ' , etc. Li a series of eight
x > ms , arranged according ; to Paris
ousehold fashion , everything -will
edone with the aid of electricityr
hey will be illuminated by clec-
icity the cooking will bo done
rer electric lamps , and electricity
illheafiron plates , tokeep meals
arm as long as desired. .Any of the
imps can be ignited by simply press-
ig ajittle button. The meals from
10 kiUlien below are sent , up 1-y a
urab waiterfc moved by electricity ,
nd the friends , physicians , servants ,
tc. , are summoned by the electric
Jephones.r Li the parlor are clocks ,
lectriclcandeljbras , figures , and other
bythings moved by electricity. . Jii
'
ie billiard'room the game is marked
v an , electric indicator , la the music
> om a piano is played by electricity ,
id electric , hair brushes are to bo
mnd in the .sleeping _ apartments ,
he door.bell is rung by the aid of an
! ectric..ni32hiuo , and' if an un-
elcomo visitor , , .pulls the bell-
neb a * second time he is admon-
hed by an electric shock , the stremjth
f wliich can be controlled , to desist
om'further attempts at disturbance ,
i other rooms will be exhibited many
ectric playthings , too numerous to
ention , such as dolls .marching about
f clectricity , magic lanterns , etc. On
ie 1st of August -the exhibition will
3 openedfand visitors tan take a.rido'
i aa electric-elovrtpd railroad on the
Siemens system ( whiclrhas just beej
successfully introduced to Berlin pub
lie ) from Marly to the pakwo of exhi
bition. The First Commissioner o
the exhibition is Mr. Berger , assistec
by Commissioners CocT eryParrost
Herg , Sadi- Carrot , Hebrard , TJaps
and Ton Reinach.
' - PERSONALITIES.
Charles A. Dana wears a golipig ai
a watch chain charm.
Gov. Smith , of Wisconsin , and staff
will attend the Yorktowii centennia
celebration. * "
Ben Butler's oblique eye has beer
straightened by a New York oculist
at a cost of one thousand dollars.
Gen. Hancock is getting fatter am
rosier. His mint-julips are getting
famous with Ms visitors to Governor'i
island.
"I am glad to notice that Johr
Sherman and Eliza Pinkston are noi
involved in the star route scandal. "
S. J. Tilden.
Star-route Brady's friends say ho is
a very able man , not at all a fool or ar
easy-going person , but wide-awake ant
sharp what is called a first-rate busi
ness man.
On one star route in New Mexicc
the cost to the government for th <
carrying of a single letter was $700 ,
The rate is high , but a grateful coun
try must take care of its Dorseys.
John W. Forney , Daniel E. Sickle ;
and John Kelley appeared on one lea
ture platform , upholding political re'
form. They are supposed to represenl
the world , the flesh and the devil.
Henry Watterson remarks in a doU'
ble leaded manner that there is not r
finer girl in the country than Marj
Anderson. Louisville young ladie :
are now forming anti-Watterson socie
ties.
Charles O'Conor is not quite satis
fied with Nantuckct as a permanent
residence , and proposes to pass his
summers there and his winters ir
Bermuda.
In going over to England on a pro
fessional trip , Emmet was but carry
ing coals to Newcastle. They can
Ket as drunk there as he can ; where
fore his performance is no novelty.
Ambro said she had lost § 78,000 in
cash on her operatic venture , besides
her time and sen-ices. It is a good
thing that Ambro went to Europe im
mediately after making this statement
because it was calculated to make our
home liars feel small.
Uncle Rufus Hatch asserts that
Bermuda onions eaten raw morning
and evening are a sure antidote to
malaria and sewer-gas. Uncle Rufus
is undoubtedly correct. A healthy
Betmuda onion well masticated would
drive away a swarm of Ipcusts from
Southern Asia.
Professor Tico , the St. Louis weath
er prophet , damns with faint praise
his Canadian rival. He says that Ven-
nor has made some good guesses , but
that is about all ho deserves credit for.
Tice , on the other hand , can hit an
earthquake every -time , and strike a
cyclone right where it lives without
lialf trying.
The Decline of England.
Clet eland Leader.
It is a very easy matter for writers
to predict the approaching fall of great
nations , but it is seldom that such
predictions are verified by future
avents. The only way by which the
fluctuations of a nation's power can
be correctly stated is from actual ob
servations of the present. From
such a standpoint there are cogent
reasons for believing that Great
Britain is on the broad road to national
iccadenco. Facts have been given
in these columns , time and again ,
proving that this country is wrest
ing from Great Britian her commercial
ind industrial supremacy. Well
nuthenticated reports now prove that
the English agricultural interests are
also urcatly on the decline. Trust
worthy information , coveiing about
Dnd-half of the agricultural area of
the kingdom , demonstrates that the
value of arable land has materiallj"
depreciated within the lasfc few
years. Good land in Lincon-
shire w hich formerly rented at from
six to eight dollars per acre now only
brings from three to five dollars. The
eastern and midland counties are still
worse off. In Leicestershire land
brings just one-half what it did five
years ago. In some districts there
arc Large estates deserted by tenants
and covered with weeds. The cause
of this agricultural trouble is the com
petition of American products , the
worn-out condition of the soil in Eng
land and a scries of bad harvests.
The war footing of England is dc -
scribed in a recent article in The
Nineteenth Century as simply do
plorablo. Her navy , though the
strongest in the world , is Regarded as
weak considering the calls that maybe
bo made upon it for service in miard-
ing a vast expanse of seacoast , pro
tecting the road to India by way of
the Mediterranean , and defending vast
maritime interests distributed all over
the world. The writer calculates that
it is possible at almost any time to
land fifty thousand foreign soldiers'
within three days march of London ,
ind that only 47,787 English soldiers
: ould be put in the field against them.
Chore arc three hundred thousand
nilitiamon and volunteers in Eng-
and , but the writer thinks that they
: ould bo of but little service against
ho well-disciplined and well-armed
roops of any Euronean nation.
The Power f of Monopoly.
HeiclAnd Leader.
In various parts of the country
larticularly in the eastern and western
ections , there is a growing spirit of
esistanco to the usurpations , extor
ionate exactions and tyrannical im-
ositions of the great railway corpora
ions. The opposition is assuming
he form of organization , and the best
nd ablest citizens in various localities
re giving themselves to the work ,
'or example , the anti-monopoly
jagucs of Jersey City , although but
ecently organized , now number more
lian 3,500 active members , the great
lass of them being property owners
rho suffer from burdens imposed by
( ie corporations having a terminus at
hat point. By means which corpora-
ions always know how to organize ,
lie great railways running tx > the
[ udson river have managed to secure
ith the exception of a single wharf ,
lie entire water froi t stretching from
tergen Point to Biul'i Ferry , a dis-
wice of ten miles. Not satisfied with
liis possession they have extended
lieu- yards far inland , closing
treetfl , and covering valuable
locks of ground both in Jersey
! ity andHoboken. The value of this
roperty is variously estimated at
rom $35,000,000 to § 60,000,000 , all of
rhich receives municipal protection ,
nd yet is practically freed from mu-
icipal taxation. As a result the bur-
'ens of the people are enormously in-
reased. Private property is.mada. to
ay the taxes of overgrown , money-
jaking corporations. Against this the
eople rebel , and are looking to ariti-
ipnopoly agitation as a means of ob-
lining some sort of redress in the fu-
are. This , however , can only come
irpughachangein the state consti-
ition , providing a way by which the
ttraordinary privileges of the cor-
oraf ions may be extinguished.
Jersey City furnishes only a sample
vsc of the growing tyranny of rail-
ays and the burdens they impose ,
here arc other ways and methods
irough which they impose upon the
ublicand damage private interests.
Tithin a day or two past it was shown
; a meeting of the New York board
i trade and transportation that the
alicy of the great trunk lines was
Ding serioOs damage to the commerce
: that city. It was said that these
unk lines , running east and west are
rmly bound by a contract to pool
icir freights.at suchxatea as the pool
immissioner may fix , and that as a
suit the .rates .ore almost prohibitory
ipccially so with reference to grain.
ho rate per bushel for
'barges-from St. Louis tolfew Orlean
is five cents.while the pool rate b ;
rail from St. Louis to New York ;
less distance is twenty cents "pe
bushel. The rate of. freight fron
New Orleansto- Liverpool is about Ci
perJrashel , from New York" to Liver
LpooF4id. It therefore appears tha
"gram is'caried from St. Louis to Liv
erpool , via New- Orleans , forseventeei
cents per bushel , while it costs via Ne\
York tw enty-nino and one-half cents
From St. PaulMinn.the ratethroug ]
to Liverpool via New Orleans is twon
ty-Beven cents per bushel , while ii
New York it is forty-two and one-hal
cents. As a result of all this , grail
carrying vessels are lying idle in thi
port of New York , or otherwise ar
obliged to proceed in ballast to Nev
Orleans to obtain European' cargoes
The board charges that there is a con
certed movement to damage the com
mcrce of New York andlays the blami
at the door oj the trunk lines.
Barb-Wire Extortions.
TraerIowa ) Clipper.
The great dailies of the country an
going , one after another , into the con
trol of railroad millionaires. Sevei
New York dailies comprise the associ
ated press. It is said that Jay Gouli
only lacks one of controlling the dis
patches. The Inter-Ocean seems t (
be in the pay of the barbed wire com
bination , so fhe press is sliding int <
senility. The Inter-Oocan supplant
ed The New York Tribune in Iowa
when Horace Grceley turned his po
litical sommersault The Iowa farmei
can spew out The Inter-Ocean , anc
will if it gives us much more trucu
lency to any interest but legitimate
fair dealing industry.
A Talk With a Nihilist Prince.
Manchester Examiner.
When Alexander II emancipate !
the serfs , the prince , then a youii {
man , though he had large possessions
w elcomed the measure with all the en
thusiasm of youth , for his love of lib
erty and sympathy , with hisoppressec
fellow countrymen rendered him as in
different to merely pecuniary consider
ation as he was to the fancied inter
ests of the order to which ho belong
ed. But the czar influenced by evi
advisers , and haunted by a forebodinj
that if ho advanced further on the
path of reform the fate that befql
Louis X"VI would befall Mm , with
drew his hand from the work he
had begun. The press was agair
muzzled , freedom of speech forbid
den , and the agitation oi
representative institutions and at
amelioration of the lot of the peas
ants , which at one time had been tac
itly tolerated , if not openly encour
aged , sternly suppressed. At one
stroke reformers were converted intc
conspirators. The prince , who hail
taken an active part in the movement ,
and many others were arrested and
cast into prison. After being kept in
solitary confinement , without trial ,
for two and a half years , and so badly
treated and fed that he became a vic
tim to scurvy , from which ho still suf
fers , he succeeded , with the help of
his political friends , in making
his escape. Shortly before this
event , one of his brothers , in writing
to a friend in London , liappened to
mention the fact of the prince's im
prisonment , and expressed a natural
indignation at the treatment ho had
received. This letter was opened at
the postoffico and handed to the po
lice , whereupon the brother was
seized and without any sort of trial ,
was deported to Siberia. This was in
1875 , and he is in Siberia yet. After
the prince got away , one of his sisters ,
who had visited him a few times in
prison , was arrested on a
charge of having connived
it his escape , a charge un
supported by the slightest shadow of
proof. When her innocence had been
established and acknowledged in
private a friend of the family called
an the chief of police to ask why she
ivas not set at liberty. "That is un
fortunately impossible,1' observed the
man. "You ace wo told the cx.tr Hint
the princess was an accomplice , and it
reould not bo pleasant to have to tell
! iim we were mistaken. " So to save
the credit of the police with the
jmperor , the unfortunate lady was
kept in prison.
"At this moment , " said the prince ,
"there are thousands of men and
ivomen perishing in Russian prisons
uul wearing out their lives in Siberia
moil" and w omen who have never
been tried , whoso solo offense is ask
ing for a little freedom , or who are
simply suspected of holding liberal
apinions. And that is not the worst.
Look here ( laying on the table a group
of photographic portraits , inscribed
"fighters and martyrs' ) ; this is the
likeness of a young man of 19. He
ivas hanged for affixing a so-called
revolutionary placard it only asked
'or a constitution - to a wall. , This one
nras hanged for distributing revolution-
try pamphlets. Hero is a portrait of a
young girl 20 she was ; they sent her
to Sibqra for a similar crime , and she
lied there in prison. Imprisonment
in Russia for a state offence is almost
: ertain death. The allowance for
food is lid. a day , and even a part of
; his is purloined by the officials. Af
ter a. few months or a few years of
mch treatment , according to the
strength of their constitution , prison-
srs dies of scurvy or dysentery. Do
r-ou think people of education , or people
ple who know right from wrong , people
ple who are passionately yearning for
t little freedom , will tamely submit to
mch brutal tyranny as tliis , or that it
'ails to kindle in thousands of hearts
L hatred that can only be extinguished
n blood ? Violence betjets violence.
Killed 'by a. Catapult.
Elizabeth Power , known to circus-
died in the
; oers as Elizabeth Devanc ,
tfew York hospital on Friday morning-
She was 21 years old. On the after-
loon of May 3 , in Wilkesbarre , in the
ourse of the performance in Barnum's
ircus , she was shot from a catapult ,
ihe turned in the air as she had beei
ccustomed to do in the feat , but for
ome reason she fell upon the netting
i such a way as to wrench her neck.
Ihe straightened out upon the netting
nd asked in a low voice for assist-
nce , saying : "I cannot move either
andor foot. " She was assisted to
er dressing room , and , though a phy-
ician discovered that she was paral-
zed in her limbs , it was expected
iiat she would recover. She was
roughfr to this city. _ The spirio was
ol fractured , but it was supposed by
10 physicians that a pressure was cx"-
rted upon the spinal marrow. The
Sect of this would be to'cause paraly-
a of the limbs. Subsequently rheu-
latism set in. Miss Power was one
E the French Davene troupe of gym-
asts , consisting of Mr. Davene , his
ife , his daughter and herself. She
as Mrs. Davene's sister. They were
rganized originally in London , but
icy have visited nearly every part of
10 world. In this city they * had
layed in Niblo's garden , Tony Pas-
> r's theatre and elsewhere. The Sn-
: rument from which she was pro-
ailed into the air is intended to rep-
: sent an ancient Roman catapult ,
at it is in reality constructed difier-
itly , Cumulative force is given by
icana of a series cf rubber springs ,
he instrument continued to be used
i the circus , Miss JDaveno taking the
ace of Miss Power.
MUSIC HATH CHARMS , ETC.
St Louis Western Watchman : One
the great manufacturing interests
Boston , is the Emerson Piano com-
iny , whose pianos are used with high
ipreciatiorr and satisfaction through-
it the world. In a recent'conversa-
m with Mr. Jos. Cramer , one of the
oprietors , that gentleman remarked :
have used that splendid remedy ,
; . Jacobs Oil , in my family , and
und it to be so beneficial that I will
sverbe without it. It has. cured me
a severe case of rheumatism , after
her remedies had failed.
Almost C azy.
How often do we'see the hardwork-
g father straininc every nerve and
' - -
uscle ,
port his family. Imagine his feeling
when TcturningHomo from a han
day's labor , to firidhis _ family prpstratx
with disease , , conscious of unpaid doc
tors' bills-and debts'on every _ hand
It must be enough to drive bno almos
crazy ; All his unhappiness could bi
t
avoided by using Electric Bitters
which expel every disease from thi
system , bringing joy and happiness t <
thousands ! Sold at fifty cents a hot
tie by Ish & McMahon. (4) ( ) .
GREATEST REJIEDY KNOWN.
Dr. King's New Discovery for Con
sumption is certainly the greatcs
medical remedy ever placed within thi
reach of suffering humanity. Thou
sands of once helpless sufferers , noy
loudly proclaim their praise for thi :
wonderful discovery to which the ]
owe their lives. Not only does it posi
tively cure Consumption , but Coughs
Colds , Asthma , Bronchitis , Ha }
Feer , Hoarseness and all affections o :
the Throat , Chest and Lungs yield !
at once to its wonderful curative pow
er as if by magic. We do not ask yoi
to buy a largo bottle unless you knov
what you aso getting. Wo thorefon
earnestly request you to call on youi
druggists , ISH & McMAnov , and get :
trial oottle free of cost which will con
nce the most skeptical of its wonder
ful merits , and show you what a regu
lar one dollar size bottle will do. Foi
sale by Ish & McMahon. (4) ( )
Worthy of Praise.
As a rule wo do not recommend pa
tent medicines , but when wo know ol
one that really is a public benefactor ,
and docs positively cure , than we consider
sidor it our duty to impart that information
mation to nil. Electric bitters an
truly a most valuable medicine , anc
will surely cure "Biliousness , Fovei
and Ague , Stomach , Liver and Lidnej
complaints , oven where all other rem
edies fail. We know whereof wi
speak , and can freely recommend t (
all. [ Ex. Sold at 50 cents a bottle :
by Ish & McM&hon. (4) ( )
lira. Beutlcr , 73 Delaware Place , Buffalo , N. Y.
sajs : I ha\o used Dr. Thomas * Kclectric Oil fo
Neuralgia and fomicl permanent relict from it
use.
Great German
REMEDY
FOR
NEURALGIA ,
SCIATICA ,
LUMBAGO ,
BACKACHE ,
GOUT ,
SORENESS
orru *
CHEST ,
SORE THROAT
QUINSY ,
SWELLINGS
jaD
SPRAINS ,
FROSTED FEET
jmo
EARS ,
AXD
SCALDS ,
GENERAL
TOOTH , EAR
iXD
HEADACHE ,
AND
411 other Fains
jsn
ACHES.
No Frsrcratlun on eirth eali ST. JACOBS OIL u
a Sir * , sine , BIKFLE and ciiEAr Kxtcrnal Rsmedj.
A trial entails but the comparative/ ! trifling ontlaj of
10 Ci.MJ.and oterycae juffenn ? mth ram can L T
cheap and positive proofof its elainu.
D1KECTIOAS IJ.EYM LlKCClGd.
SGID BY All DSaaOISTS AND DEALERS IN MEDICINE.
A. VOGCLER & CO.
Jlaltimorc. ltd. , V. S.A.
A. f. MSON , Dentist.
OrncB Jieobs' niock , comer Capitol avenue
and Fifteenth street , Omaha Ntb.
R M STONE I B
, , , , , ,
General Fiactitioner and Obstetrician.
Office opposite Post Office , orcr Edholm &
Enckson's. Hcaidcnec , 307 Chi-
cai-o St. m3 tf
An } one lianng dead animals I will remove
them frco of charge. Lca\c orders southeast
corner of Haniey and 14th St , second door.
CHAHLES SPLIT1.
J. H. FLIEGEL ,
Successor to J. H. Thlclo ,
MERCHANT TAILOR
No. 230 Douglas Street , Omaha , Neb.
D.T. MOUNT
. . ,
SADDLES AND HARNESS
1412 Farn. St.
Omaha , Neb
AOKXT FOR Til3 CELEBRATED
3ONCORD HARNESS
T o Medals and a Diploma of Honor , with the
cry highest award the Judges could bestow WTL
.warded . this harness at the Centennial Eihibi
ion. -
Common , also Ranchmen's and Ladies' SAD
) LES. We keep the largest stock in the n cst
nd imite all who cannot examine to send for
.rices. . ap9tf
KENNEDY'S
EAST - INDIA
TEES
HJER & CO. ,
iole Manufacturers , QM A TT A
fo Nervous Sufferers.
THE GREAT EUROPEAN REMEDY.
) r. J. B. Simpson's Specific
It la a positi ecnre for Spermatorrhea , Seminal
'coknesVImpotancj- all diseases resulting
om Self-Abuse , as Mental Anxiety , Loss of
exntry. Pains in the Rack or Side , and diseases
U t lead to
Consumption
Insanity and
an early grave
! ' The Specific
Medicine is
ben used
with wonder
ful success.
_ _ . Pamphlets
nt free to all. Write for them and get full par-
rulars.
Price , Specific , $1.00 per package , or six paclc-
cs for 95.00. Address all orders to
IL SIMSON MEDICINE CO.
Nos. 1 < H and 100 Main St. Buffalo , N. Y.
Bold in Omahm by C. F. Goodman , J. W. Bell ,
K , Ish , and all dniggista orerywher * .
The Oldest Established
BANKING fltiUSI
IN NEBRASKA.
Caldwell , Hamilton & Co.
BuDncsa transected same aa that of an Incoi
Iterated oanL.
Accounts kept In currency or gold subject t
sight check without notice.
Certificates of deposit issued payable In threi
slz and tncho months , bearing interest , era
demand without interest.
Advances made to customers on approved sect
ntics at market rates of interest.
Duy and sell gold , bills of exchange , goTcn
mcnt , state , county and city bonds.
.Draw sight drafts on England , Ireland , Sco1
land , and all parts of Europe.
Sell European passage tickets.
COLLECTIONS PROMPTLY MADE.
an ldt
United States Depository
Jb'JlJfc&SJ
NationalBanfc
OF OMAHA.
Cor. 13th and Farnum Sts.
OLDEST BANKING ESTABLISHMENT E
OMAHA. '
SUCCESSORS TO KOUNTZE BROTHERS.
KBT\BLisurD ISSd.
Organized aa a National Bank August 20,166
CAPITAL AND PROFITS OVEIl - * 300,00 (
Specially authorized by the Secretary of Trees
ury to receive subscriptions to the
UNITED STATES
4 Per Cent. Funded Loan
OmCBRS ASD DIRECTORS :
HZKMAS KotvrzK , President.
AIOCST18 KOVXTZX , Vice President.
H. W. YATIH , Cashier.
A. J. PompToy , Attornsy.
Join A..CREiairrov.
K. II. DA\I , Asst. Cashlci
This bank receives depoeite without regard t
amounts.
Issues time certificates bearing interest.
Draws drafts on San Frqncisco and prlncln
cities of the United State * , also LondonJ3ubln
Edinburgh and the principal citlea of the cent
nent of Lurppe.
Sells passenger tickets for emi0'ranta In the Ir
man line. majldtt
BeiterL.Tliomas&Bro
Wlli BUY AND SELL
COtMRCTXD TIIREHWITII.
Pay Taxes , Reni Houses , Etc
\t TOU WANT T < J BW OB SILIi
Call at Office , Room 8 , Crclghton. Block , Omaha
_ ap3-dtf
Nebraska Laid Agencj
DAVIS & SHYDER ,
1505 Farnham St. , . . . Omaha ,
400 ,
Carefully selected land In Eastern Nebraska fo
ealc. Great Bargains in Improved forms , m
Omaha city property.
O. A. DAVIS. WEBSTER SNYDER
Late Land Com'r U. P. B R. 4p-fcb7tf
BYRON BRED. LSWI3 EBRD
BYRON REED & CO. ,
OLDEST ESTABLISHED
Eeal Estate Agencj
IN NEBRASKA.
Keep a complete abstract of title to all Rra
Estate in Omaha and Douglas county. may It
AND STILL THE LION
CONTINUES TO
Roar for Moores ( )
Harness
AND Saddlery.
I hare adopted the Lion an a Trade Mark , and
nil my goods will be STAMPED nith the LION
and my NAME on the same. NO GOODS ARE
GENUINE WITHOUT Tim A1JOVE STAMPS.
The best material is used and the most skilled
workmen are cmplojcd , and at the lowest cash
price. Anjone wishing a price list of goods will
confer a fat or h > sending for one.
DAVID SMITH MOORE.
Business College ,
THE GREAT WESTERN
OEO. R. RATHBUfJ. Principal.
Creighton 'Block ' ,
OMAHA , . . . NEBRASKA.
jt3"Scnd for Circular. nov20dAwtf
M. R. RISDOM , -
General Insurance Agent
REPRESENTS :
flKENIX ASSURANCE CO , of I/n-
don , CIsh Assets Sin07.127
, VESTCHESTEU. N. Y. , Capital 1,000000
HIE MERCHANTS , of 'Neuaak. N. J. . 1 000 000
3IRARD FIRE , Philadelphia , Capital 1 000 000
fORTmVEfaTERN NATIONALC pital 900 000
FIREMEN'S FUND. California. . . . . . . . 800000
1RITISH AMERICA ASSURANCE CO. 1 200000
SEWAHK. FIRE INS. CO. , Aweta . . . . 600000
VMERICAN CENTRAL , Asseta. . . * . . . SOO'oOO
Southeast Coc. of Fifteenth and Douglas St
OMAIfA , NEB.
J. G. RUSSELL M. D.
. . , . . ,
IOMCEPATHJC PHYSICIAN.
Diseases of Children and Charonic Diseases &
ipccialty. Office at Residence , 2000 Caw street ,
lours 8 to 10 a. m. , 1 to 2 p. m. , and after 0 p.
J. R. Mackey ,
DENTIST ,
Corner loth and Douglas Sts , Omaha , Neb.
'rices ' lUasonable. p32-2ir
John G. Jacobs ,
( Formerly of CLih & Jacobs , )
JNDERTAKER.
'o. 1117 Farnham St. , Old Stand of Jacob Ola.
Telegraph Solicited. ap27-l y
Vi5 CAJIP , M. D. E. L. Sioctsg , M. D.
Mpal and Surgical
INSTITUTE.
TiVJVrp ! JO-ObUltdi rior "P0 Ior the
- TC-xptfon of
pa-
sits for the TOEATMESP of ALLCHHONIC
d SURGICAL DISLE13B
Irs. Van Caoip & Siggins ,
Physicifins 2 ; Sirgeons ,
PROPRIETOBS.
B. Urn JT > nn-yi Br " OITlSh3.
* -
.
New. York * Clothing House
HAS RE1I VEU TO
J309 FARM HAM STREET , ,
( Max Meyer's Old Stand , )
WHERE.THET SIIALL KEEP COSSTASTLY-ON HAXDAX IMMENSE STOCK OF MEN'S *
BOYS' AND CHILDREN'S
ulotMngr Hats , Caps & Gent's Fnrnislmg Goods
PRICES ALWAYS THE LOWEST.
Ttrr a raj 6-1 O3-OO2DC5
1309 'Farnham Street , Omaha , Neb.
More Popularthan Ever.
THE GENUINE
New Family Sewing Machine.
The popular demand for the GENUINE SINGER in 1879 exceeded that of any preioui vcar dunuij
the quarter of century In which this "Old Reliable" Machine has be j before the public.
. . ' . . . * . . ,
In 1878 we sold - 350,422 Machines.
. . . . . . . .
In 1879 ire sold 431,167 "
. . . . .
Excesa over any prcuoua year 74,735 "
OUR SALES LAST KEAR WERE AT THE RATE OF
OVER 1400 SEWING MACHINES A DAY.
For every business day In the ymr. '
REMEMBER : THE
11 OLD RELIABLE" =
THAT 2VERY REAL SINGER I "SINGER
SEWING MACHINE HAS THIS
f IS THE STRONGEST , SIMPLE 8
TRADE - MARK CAST INTO
' THE MOST DURABLE SEWING
THE IRON STAND AND IMBEDDED
MACHINE EVER YET COS
BEDDED IS THE ARM OF
STRUCTED.
THE MACHINE.
THE SINGER MANUFACTURING GO.
Principal Office , 34 Union Square , N. Y.
1,500 Subordinate Offices , in the United States and Coctda , and 3,000 offices In the Old World and
South America. gepl < Jd4 U
PianosajidOrgans
J. S. WRIGHT ,
-AGENT FOU
THE GHIGKERING PiANOS.
AND SOLE AGENT FOR
Hallet , Davis &Co. , James &HoImstrom , and
J & O. 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 EXPERIENCE"
THE BUSINESS , AND HANDLE ONLY THE BEST.
218 Sixteenth St. , City lall Mldiflg , Omak \
TTAT.SEY V. FITCH , : : : Tuner.
POWER AND HAND
Steam Pumps.Engine Trimmings ,
MINING MACHINERY , BELTING , HOSE. BRASS AND IRON FITTINGS , PIPE. STEAM
PACKING , AT WHOLESALE RETAIL.
HALLADAY WIND-MILLS , CHURCH AND SCHOOL BELLS.
A. L. STRANG , 205 Farnam St. , Omaha.
J. A.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN
Lath , Shingles , Pickets ,
SASH , DOORS , BLINDS , MOLDINGS , LIME , CEMENT ,
rarsTATE AGENT FOR MILWAUKEE CEMENT COMPANY.
Near Union Pacific Depot , OMAHA , NEB.
* *
J. B. Detwiler's
CARPET STORE.
The Largest Stock and 'Most Com
plete Assortment in-i.
'
The West. .
< * > r
We Keep Everything in the Line of Carpets , Oilcloths -
cloths , Matting , Window-shades , Fixtures-
and Lace Curtains.
VE HAVE GOODS TO PLEASE EVERYBODY.
O3E3
[ 313 Farnham St. , Omaha.
DECORATIVE PAINTER.
BEST DESIGNS. LATEST STYLES. AUTISTIC WORK.
an XT riacsa tsrasa osotono vex * maxwnia * .
8JQN8 , PAPER HANDING , PLAIN PAINTING OF ALL KINDS , at REASONABLE RATES.
1318 Barney Street , OmaSa , Neb.