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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 20, 1881)
THE BEE. E. ROSEWATER. EDITOR : TEE contractors in Omaha are be ginning to understand how -water works. PosiJtABTEB , JAMES denies that he haa been backing ROBCOO Conkling in fo fcghT < jrTUie adiiunistration , and ays fieln too busy vtth working up 3wthfl.poBtpffice epartmont to meddle ' politics. f'th . THK"telegraph announces that General - oral Sheridan is visiting the place of hia birth. The general would"have to have an anchor hanging to his coast tf nlr * ' % * - W * as he was born on the high seas. MARK HoPKE.T&estate.has jusl been appraised 82,060,000 : * Mark was one of those poor but honest railroad kings who built the Central Pacific road 'for the benefit of a suffering people. : S&ahoWoffor Rosewater - : water a $1,200 clerkship in the audi tor's office or a place on aTJ. P. paper in Montana. Possibly 'ho could be t induced * to Joave" THE BEE on short notice and embarrass the publishers of that sheet/ > r LIVES of Btatwmen all remind us We can make our lives sublime , And resigning lea\e behind us Ear marks on the sands of time. { Prom Poems of the Senate , by Roecoe fcCcolding. C.THK bar'l is on the way. It k'nt Tilden's bar'l , but the bar'l that Dr. Miller is importing through his deooy'ducks. .It is a barrel full of pennys and two cent coppers for general circulation among our retail trade. This -will be a God send to the picayune Omahog. With five cents in jeopjjers he can buy a pennys worth of pina and needles , two cents worth of salt , and a pennys worth of ginger bread. What a glorious harvest that will bo for he Omaha retailer. UTHE IOWA SENATORSHEP. C THE OiiAHA. UEE has undertaken the task of selecting a United States senator for Iowa. Wo are entirely willing- should try its hand in the matter. If when the contest is over * it hasn't a better appreciation of its * insignificance nnd of the greatness of ilowaMt-wlll be * because it is not in a condition to take cognizance of patent fact * . -Besides , the efforts of THE BEE in behalf of a given candidate are a great help to the other fellow. [ Nonpareil. ff 5HB ? OMAHA BEE is a paper of gen eral circulation. It count * its sub scribers in every state of the Union. It circulates a greater number of pa pers in Western Jowa outside of Coun cil Tjlufis than docs the Nonpareil 'any orothor Western Iowa pa- * por.It circulates largely also in "other sections of Iowa and therefore it is expected by its Iowa patrons that it will have an opinion toexpress on the senatorial issue in the Hawkeyc state * juit M it always has an opinion to ex press on every other question of national importance. We- remember very distinctly that theJfonparcil had a very Qocided opinion on the late senatorial contest in Nebraska and THE BEE did not resent it as an in trusion into Nebraska politics , al though * our - CouncilBluffs contemporary - porary has jiio circulation , that wo know of , on this side of the river. Scnatorsof the United States are not merely local reprcsenatives , acting xsxchisirely' as agenls of their own constituents. They are national { representatives making laws for all the people of the United States , and in i.cocjunction with the chief executive . having a voice and vote upon federal officials ia.evcry state in the Union. ArfJmdvocatoTolithe mghts of the jpogletto regulate railway ; transporta- tionY and to protect the 'patrons of public highways against abuses and extortions , this paper takes An active interest in the choice of congressmen ( and senators , not oijy in its ownstatc , but wherever its influence can be , felt. . While the states have the right to regulate ibog local railway traffic , Congress lone is empowered to regulate inter state commerce , and'define the bound aries within which the great trunk line * shall operate. " ThliT "paper Is 'the "champion of no eandidato"forthe United States sena tor-ship from Jbwa. but it advises and urges the people of that state to elect a man to that position whose record' ] in be % paetis tainted byjno suspicion - - ofaeoHtipts collusion with" monopolies , , . . " rv X - ' i i > ana'whose sympathies always have Mid are nowwith the producers against 'the monopolies. Being outside of .all factional lines and having no interest whatever in any spoils that may be at the disposal of any Iowa senator , our views are strictly disinterested andour motive cannot _ be successfully 'impugned. Our out spoken and uncompromising opposi tion to James F. Wilson as'n candidate for.the IJnited StaUS oenate is found ed on 310 personal hostility to the man. .Wejopposc him simply upon the grgpuuLTthat his career as a congrcss- BM jywid as government -director of theJJaion Pacific railroad , like that of JJUalej Matthews , has been notor- consistently in the interests L monopolies , Credit iMobilier .and land sharks. Whatever pbe Mr. Wilson's professions now , jsjas a public man , entirely be- If-the Nonpareil has taken t to deliver "Western Iowa the Union atral.Pacific "monopolies in and Congress , and who was the lob- the railroads against the Tnll , to compel * the Pacific gy to pay the interest on their i engaging in an undertaking iJLfiuccesafulj hand every man in the cchi hi who con- hid d < every avenue While the machine ' "connected with the Non- 6arcil doubtless wwleLconsiderablo in- thCl t " * ° jjt & j fluence in pafekmg caucusses , they Cl nndwntcxtbe gcatimcnf among the coSwoa JeJoplo if. they expect to lia % o * * * s * " * j + f r * i y- , , T .I ft walk-away in packing the Iowa legis W ! lature in the interest of Mr. Wilson. se . r * . 5 > jMQVfSm T > - * As to the inSeonco ef TAB BEE in helping tbe OtherJ ody know thai J&Httki ; Ei BEE lias never . . failed to bury the man it opnosth * - \ f d and both Nebraska senators newT ' " Tereclected "through tho- "BEB 'upon the co\ \ made against monopolies and ire f-1 , < ' -3 - at STALWARTS OF Aud-iiow the memberJ of-thelislatuNMare 'falling \ of joiningMtlt'tiw Cmoaife-'tbJelect"1 two anti-lJjnltB senatorailfffiGp righteous souls of.jliie EotJcrtepnV rtfr publicans are vexed ai tlie"ideaifigo-J f * . , " " . " , . . - ! i * r ? n-riTi r I l&urbon'coalitidli&has no terrors for them. Well , such a step would be-itf entire keeping with the political rec ord of their chief. He has never acted with the republican party , except -when nis-per8onalTntercsts"led'finrto do so. Kepublican. The "righteous soul" of the Ne- . jc- - - > f rn J4 K * * ? " * 1 T jcr7 nMgeyjy braska stalwart of the stalwarts is shocked a ! the prospect of a coalition witli.the'bourb6ns. . . rwas ever thus , you know , even way back in 1867 , when the same stalwart of stalwarts stirred in their righteous souls and be came open'aTIibT of "Ihe Nebraska " * " "bourbons 7orSTe1sake"of their patron saint and martyr , Andy Johnson. < As we look back oyerlthe long vista of-years and soettHe great stalwart Hitchcock installed surveyor-general' by the grace of Andy Johnson and JTost , United States Marshal and Pad- ( dockrunmng "at-large" on.a. bourbon righteous souls are stirred with patri otic indignation at the political treason of Eobertson in refusing to bow to Conkling. And then when Grant became presi dent in 18C8 and kicked'tlipso same Nebraska ' ' * * * 'stalwarts 'out ofoffice we well remember how those t same stalwarts never spoke of Gen eral Grant sxcept as a "dam bastard.1 ' Our righteous soul was stirred again to its utmost depth in 1871 , when those patriotic Nebraska stalwarts bolted th'e regular -republican picket and went into coalition with the boui bens to defeat Gen. John M. Thayer1 , a gallant soldier who y had fought through the entire "war from 'Donald son to Appommatox , while the } ' were bravely staying at home and Ji\-- ing on government , papl It was by this coalition between the democrats and the republican kickers and bolters that that model stalwart , Hitchcock , became United States sen ator from Nebraska. Again in 187G and 1877.our "nght eous soul" was stirred when the model stalwart of Nebraska made , a coalition ' " with Samuel J. Tilden. "Mule" Barnum , chairman of the Democratic Ufational committee , wrote a iettcr requesting - , questing the Democratic members of the legislature to support , the candidate of the. Omaha ' Re publican , stalwart of < stalwarts , because he had given n pledge to sup port the claims of Tilden against Hayes if he was reelected senator. That was stalwartism "on "the half shell" as served up in Nebraska. During the four years that have passed since , our Nebraska stalwarts have devoted their time to coalitions with bourbons , to defeat republicans nominated by Hayes , to denunciation of the president and vomiting out all the scurrilous and mean things they could say about the republi can administration. At the natiional capital these same * stalwarts were hob-nobbing" .uitli'Dan "Vborheos , J. Sterling Morton , Bill Eaton and other bourbon bushwhack ers of the republican administration. And "now "those'stalwart of stalwarts are tearingiheir hair out by the hand ful ahd'covering themselves with sack cloth and ashes over the awful catas trophe that has been precipitated by Garfield. For pure stalpartism if .you want your righteous soul stirred to its depths you must come to Omaha and get around among the fellows who are running the Omaha Kfjnillieaii. KANSAS dry has a novelty in the shape of "Herdics" a now style of carriage much l > etter and more con venient than an omnibus or street . car. Omaha" ould be content ifgshe could only havetreet car7nccommoda- - * t. * - - " * % lions for working < people "wfio"go their shops before"7 aTm. , and foTbusincss men who are detained . in their stores * sf.fc after 10 p. m. Those accommodations we1 should have and the City Cotincil onghtto exercise their power to compel Mr. Marsh to change his runs to ac commodate his patrons. AXcadville pioneer , in town a few flays ago , when he heard of the latest move in the Robertson contest , said thatTloscoe Conkling" played like a man putting up on four aces. Denver Tribune. But when the hand was' thrown down it was discovered that Roscoe was bluffing on a bobtail flusk DK. MII.LEK always was so tender toward the workingmau. Outrofpuro sympathy ho has setuptliree"work'ing. men who werestarving"inJFiiK BEE affico on wages ranging from SCO to B110 a month , ' ina lucrative- usi- less. n HAS , lhc Union Pacific- any more j ) ffers of lucrative employment for em- i iloyes of THE BEE. Don't be back i \ yard about your generous offers , 9 [ "here are still several pressmen , n few ompositors and a printer's devil opener or engagement. Mr. Strahurn please all or send some trusty emissary. DATUS "BROOKS is taking deep iiiter- st in the Irish land question. Datus rants to land on Irish soil somewhere ti the neighborhood uf that Dublin onsiUafe , THE BEE always employs the very icst journalistic talent. Any man rained in this office is sure of the > lost extravagant endorsements from iie monopoly organs as soon as he saves. THE actors at a recenfplay in Har- txjd college spoke in Greek. If icir representation had < beeu given in > e ffcrald's English the play- would live been equally understood. & ai 01 THOSE sewer bonds will save their i rr , . i ist in a single year. "The value of imian life cannot be estimated in dlars. cire - * AIL that Omalia needs to make har re reP1 loroughly metropolitan fs sixteen -P1 linosc laundries and two cent pieces , i , ) ( I re - " . T - JOSHUA R. GIDDINCS - ColbaiKO will trdc fw > -V ut a long time for that western re- dc - ' - Ith rve vindication. J m oTrifirmed by \-iva in -IS e president -will now be in order. democratic papers all "over tie fal distressed the recent mtry are over th asonable utterance of Jeff Davis , th the ' th * " - -son statue. The IcadLng organ of the Missouri democracy .jSays , something ought to ; bedm3 tf | vwr ivYes , he oug 'tobe'tnuzdodnntil tha rebel brigadiers 'Capture the "White House. Then the "Bourbon organs won't object if he.shouts , . himself * - 1 " " ' 4 'hoarse for the lost cause and , the : con federacy. isn't -carried in Conkling's breeches pocket. Xe York Times. The most interesting and important phase of. the tranaportatjon'question just now , considered merely from , a commercial point of view , is to be found in the rivalry of' water and rail lines. At the last meeting bf the board of trade and .transportation of tliis city a very suggestive , report was made by Mr.J. . J. White on his recent , cent obervafions in the Mississippi 'valley. From this it appears that the current of traffic "down that great tream , made up of the'bulky products 5bf * Jtho 'agricultural regions of s the northwest and destinea for foreign markets , is increasing , jn volume with remarkable rapidity.Of5 course , -the , great staples of those regions , for export "Sro _ corn _ and wheat and there "mealI " ritTi flour made from theniny.Forrthe , year ending August ,31 * 187J ) , * .tho export of corn from New Orleans'was something over four and a half million bushels , "pnd that of wheat considerably' lessthan _ _ two" million . For "the twelvemonTh succeeding the export of. corn had risen to nearly ten million- bushels ? and thatof wheat to more than five and a T quarter. * mil lion. The rate"of increasecontinues , and the figures of the last eight months are nearly double thoseof _ _ the corresponding ' pending period Twelve months back. ' The more this current of traffic down thj ) Mississippi s wells the'mbre will that lo the east dwindle. The effect is ali- ready felt at the port of New York. The reason for the change which seems to TJO taking place in the direction of the currents which carry the products of the great west to the markets of Europe is not hard to find. Let any one attentively study the map of the United States with refer ence to lines of transportation. Two things will be likely to impress him somewhat strongly , the enormous 'ex tent to which the Mississippi River and its navigable tributaries traverse the vast stretch of productive territo- rytbetween tho-Appalachain and the Kocky Monntian system , and the co lossal network of railways that cov- cfs-the face of the country between the Mississippi and the Atlantic Oc ean. The water-ways afford the nat ural channels for commerce from the interior to the cean. The fact that the old settlements were on the At lantic coast , and that the conquering course of industry has been to the westward , has given the railroads their advantage in thepast They have been built by the accumulated capital of the- cast , and have followed the pioneers into the wilderness , assiduously taking to themselves the business of bringing the products of the great west to the sea-board and earring back needed supplies. It was lohg before capital accumulated in the -west and enter- "prise betook itself to-the , streams as nature's highways for traffic. More over slavery , among its other curses , wrought a virtual embargo upon the mighty stream whose outlet was with in its domain. But the west and south are finding out the value of their heritage in the branching water courses lhat converge from the broad expance of the -great interior valley -and pour their titanic drainage into Ijie gulf. That a large vblume'of traffic-will-go down these streams , and that .New-Orleans will become a great e'mporium of irade jfl the agricultural products of their wide valleys , is "do- creed by nature.herself. The cost _ of carrying wheat from St. Louis to New Orleans by water is one-quarter of that of bringing it , , to New York by raiL The entire freight charge forjijbushel of wheat from St. "Louis to Liverpool , by way of New Orleans , is 17 cents-against 2J ) cents by way of New York. From St. Paul to Liverpool , by-way of- New Orleans , the rate is 27 cents ; by way of New York , 42 cents. That differ ence , if maintained , will determine the road to market for western _ pro I ducts in the time to come. A * further glance at the. map' will-reveal another path * my by water from the interior of the continent to the ocean. It is by way of the great hikes and the St. Lawrence river , past the fine wharves of Montreal. Canada appreciates the advantages of awater joute , and " has spenT imllions in over i coming the obstructions between Lake Erie and Ontario , and along the upper stream of the St. Lawrence. Soon they will be practically removed. What , then , are the advantages of New York for retaining her share , in the international traffic in the country's natural products ? The Hud son cleaves the ridge of the Appal achian mountain system , rand opens a gateway to its western side , but it is only a local stream , with no natural connection with the water system of the interior. The Erie canal , with its " scant seven feet of water , ite constantly ' breaking banks , its sluggish boats , its antiquated towpath - path , and plodding mules , is the link that unites the Hudson River and New-York's imperial harbor with the lakes. How is it to fill its place in the competition that is com- mrfThe West and South , with their growing preponderance of votes , will tap the national Treasury for the im provement of navigation on. the Mis sissippi and its tributaries. Canada will open the way forfships of goodly burden from Duluthjfand Chicago to Montreal and the openJsea. JIean- Thile the petty legislators of the Era rire State pottcr in their childish way nth the question of maintaining tolls Lud-mules and antiquated locks on the Me Canal. / - , ' ; " " * 7 ' An d what of tnejrival of the water ways , the huge iron Jnotw6rk that is ; istoned upon thojbo8om of the untry like a coat of mail ? Its1 ! trands tend mainly to New York , but' ' aui it compete-with nature's water ines supplemented and completed by he enterprise ofman ? If the rail- oadsTbf "New York- fight against-the mprovcment of the canals they will > estow their labor for the benefit of. ew Orleans and Montreal , and help o strangle the traffic whereby they ive. There" ' is butone pos- lible way for- them to carry n a genuine rivalry with the water ines , jind that is to endeavor to do heir work as cheaply , or so near the tandard of cost by water carriage liat the advantage of speed will cover lie difference. They will not do it by ooling arrangements and by cast-iron ombinations for maintaining their ites. They may throttle competition n their own tracks , but the streams- ill flow on taking every man's craft , nd will draw to themselves the bulk F traffic for the seaports unless the ulroads shall come down to a genuine nd honest competition. orman Falsehoods' Relative to America. cvcluid Leader. It is only a short time ago that Eu- ipeans endeavored to cripple our ex- > rt trade by publishing and circulat- ai aiL C gross falsehoods relative to our L > rk product. For the time being the 01 suit was damaging to American 01C adc , and it was not until the state C 'partmcnt took the matter in hand VI at the misapprehension of foreign VIT nsumers was at all allayed. In like icvr anncr an attempt is being made to vr terfere with European emigration , to IU e United States. A Prussian"news- iper recently published a letter pur- 'rtinc ' ± o be _ .written , IJJT the ' crman consul general m New 'York , B > rk , in which most'outrageous in tsehoxjcU .are _ told.T > According , to inm iflinendicious { publication-traoo'in > m e Unilcd States isMmost prostrate' , j fr e country is on thb very JBVO of a 8 ( " = * * * - * .janicl lie number of failurs ; * tm- df/Trork scai i-aadr | precendent * - _ . / * i .f ii _ _ -iii.-b ii. _ flies * : } \ fer the m5stfnghtful witittltipD after , ; landing in this country. I [ lies cotild"l > e . BtirSag together and ' ' " crowded intS'thesame hinder the _ German . . TTnited StatesT There"are' lee manyr Germans uiv'the countryi' 'M re thoroughtly Ecquaihte'd'iwith'i s'pros- p'eiouF-'conailion , ffid lney are-coivf stantiy communication yithrtheir friends ttOhomei IrT. O Germany furnished 43,531 emigrants to the United States , and 134,040 in188d. .This year the. tideZhaa increased , abdj bids fair to exceed tnat of . ny former year. Fot-ihis there' , , exists the best of reasons. JTradein the Father- ; , hind is in a depressed con- ditionj Jwagos ( arelowj Ctaxes are.whea\-y , Awhile" ( the c lenbrmous military establishment is. eating out the very 'life Uf the nation. These things continue to drive the Germans to America , and -in coming" they do not faiTtogreatly benefit , themselves and the conntry ofwhiclL they , become citizens. It is dheVtoT'the 'German consul general to say 'thai JIB "denies all knowledge of tho'lettor to' jvhich we4 have alluded. - ECe is "vouclied for .as gentleman ofTugh.characiierf and above making such gwss' misrepresen tations concerning this country. "The falsehoods then , were manufactured in Germany , and as our .readers" will un derstand , from the "whole cloUL" ' JiAY , .ON , Cheering ords 'From , a "Ham- Democrat,1' j" HUMBOJ or , NEB. , * ilay 17 , 188L ' To'the Editor of TniBis. I have been a reader of THE BBE for severaL years backhand 'although a , lif ejong democrat , I cannot withhold ray * admiration for the fearless , - determined termined right you hare made , and are making against the accursed mo nopolies engaged in .eating1 out the very vitals of -fanning interesta of Nebraska. Wo all hope thafjou'may long be spared to wield that pen that first had the nerve and indomitable will to continue a fight in behalf of the people , and against this , monster of iniquity , and in the .face of .such overwhelming influences. % We say to you , go on with the right , you. are in the right and the people mil you. "Lay. on McDuff , And damned be he who first cries : HoldTenoughr" The people ( I mean the producers ) ' are just waking up , to the all , impor tant principals you have so long vin dicated. The people of this > country * are aroused and terribly in earnest against monpolies and their miserable impositions , which have hung ; over them like a dark pall , while system atic .robbery . year after year was de priving them of their' industry. . } But you have "PUT THE BALL IN MOTION" * and our people begin to comprehend the great wrong that has bccm and is still being done "them , and they will never rest until the last of these plunderers are wiped" out j or brought under such control that the farmer will have a fair show. All along the Jine of , Ihe" A , & N. Railroad at most of the towns , monopolies are being organized for the .purpose of getting some advantage of the farmer. 'At this place it is notorious ; and that it is encouraged and fostered "by the more powerful head ( the railroad company ) there is not a doubt bul all arranged.and manipulated' to swindle the poor fanner. There -is al this place a depot ring , an offshoot " of the great railroad ring , aj riju "within a ring. The great ring subsidises the lit e ring , which in _ turn subsidises little men , such men as can bo used to their purpose. We all. very well know that gold watches and 'railroad tickets are not given without a pur- .poso " Now when a man raises his voice against thoc nefarious schemes to swindle the hard-worked' fanner they come at 'him with the besom of destruction' , destroy. " Jiis ' credibilify if they can'andr cover his name with odious crime and' then say ) heis unworthy , of belief. Dr. " It , L. Gandry of Ihis'place and others"Have entered the " fight determined ' . to expose this blood sucking ring , Jin ibe- half of the.people . , and jit is 1amusing to see how they plunder an'd ' .squirm , all the little subsidise'd pups "from , 'big A down to' little "a ! " "The Sentinel" has to take a hand and pitches into tho' , .Doctor . inlhe. mostt.virulent spirit , to destroy , ilppa- siblo , his innuciico against them. I would like".much to ask "TKe Sen tinel" if the same reason that induc ed it to refuse the County "Alliance to republish Judge Black's speech , indue- ed it to take ground against the far mers , and in favor " of the , monopoly ring. ? * * - * - ' f > JtSTlCR. Hatpin * Mabone. r- - - - - - ' * * i SUr , Saturday- Thursday , afternoon ) * aa is'goneralljj known , Senator Mahone left the senate chamber b'eforo a vote was reached on the Matthews case. Pass * ing out of the eastern door ; ofthe " senate wing , on tHe" portico , he was met by several colored politicians ] , ' from Virginia , evidently , by'th'eir conversation. Eaeh : 'one " shook ] hands cordially with the sena tor , and the apparent leader in quired , "Senator , how's Jwo gittin' allong ? " "Oh ! wo are working , working - * ing along quietly , " responded the Senator. "We' helpin' you all wo kin , " said the colored politician , and with a wave of his hand ho included the other colored men who'stood near him. The Senator expressed his be lief that his.colored friends were doing their best and encouraged them to ; continue. The colored spokesman1 then put in a plea for office on. the ground of the ' - holpin'he was doing , , xnd right there he proved that he.was i politician. _ - _ l l lMMVaVHHHi * r A STRONG CONQUERER. . Milwaukee .Evening Wisconsin : , Ac- , rding to an Illinois exchange-our lays of Rheumatism , are well nigh lumbered. St. Jacobs 'Oil'cnten a heumatic territory and conquers every ubject That's right We believe nit. Atmott Onuy. How often do wo eeo'tho hardwork- ng father straining ( every nerve "and ausclo , and doing his utmost to sup- tort his family. Imagine his feelings rhen returning home from a hard ay's labor , to find his familyj > rpstrate rith disease , conscious of unpaid doc- Drs' bills and debts on every hand , E t must bo enough to drive one almost razy. All his unhappincss could Be voided by using Electric Bitters , rhich expel every disease from the jrstem , bringing joy and happiness to tumsanda. Sold at fifty cents a bot- le by Ish & McMahon. ' (4) ( ) iN HONEST MEDICINE FREE OF COST. Of all medicines advertised to cure tiy affection of the Throat , Chest or lungs , wo know of none we can rec- mmend so highly as DR. Kmo'sNEW IISCOVBRY for Consumption , iCoughs ; olds , Asthma , Bronchitis Hay Je- ar , Hoarseness , Tickluigr.in-"the hroat , loss of voice , etc. This med- ine does positively cure , and : that here everytiiing else haarfailed ; v. No edicino can show one-half Botamany xsitive and permanent cures as. have ready been effected , by this , truly onderful remedy. For Asthhii and ronchitisit is"-a perfect -specifio'cur- g the very worst casei in. the short- it tune possible. .Wo say by all cans give it & trial Trial .b"ottloa ee. Regulir mize 8LOO. Forsaleby lly ) IsgfcMcMAaoyf Omiha. { ) Shaft to" George Correspondence of ' WASHnfdroKMay 16,1881. Some ago THE"B"BE expressed dissatis- * { action , 'that1no , progress . . . wasj > eing , * * * " 1. J * fc + * * trHffjLf ± f fi * i. - + - made on the monument to Washing ton. Whether to that , or such a cause as plenty of funds , there is no ques- ttion that-new ; the shaft is fast piercing the empyrean. This morning * I as cended td swhere the work is in pro gress andtwas rewarded by a fine birds- eyTfew of , the city and its surround ings. . The present height of the struc- 'fure is * IJJo feet ! To look down from 'that elevSion takes good nerve. When carried j&X ) , Jeet higher few will be ableto take a downward glance with- outieeling that all support has passed from beneath them and that , as'in a nightmare , they are falling , fall ing , falling fete , , depths un- fa omabler Around" the walls a netting oft1 stouFtarred rope is spread , to.catch any poorrfejlows' wKo jmight by aqcidenfrfall'n.thejw/0rk / gosonj the net rises'so as "at""all tunes afford the same.assurance of'safety. ' A few days ago-- one * 6f the 'workmep was swept off by a derrick , that swung againit "him. The 'fact eavfid him from a-drop which would hare left us semb'lance' ' of humanity in his form. I tried to fancy myself in hissituation , and I think with only a few meshes of rope .between mo and the "hard sur face of the" earth 195 feet below , I should npf have dared to ' 'move a muscle towards extricating myself ; but must have waited for the strong hook of the derrick to lift me up and land me.J , T , The work is being done well. The foundations have been strengthened and some'of ' the errors of the first builders are avoided. For instance they drossbd the massive marble blocks so true and square to the very edges that when the pressure began to tell , the blocks chipjjedal the joints , and. gave the impression that under the , tremendous weight 600 feet of piled up marble and granite , the base must inevitably crumble into powder. To avoid this , between each 'round ' , small pieces bf lead an inch square and three-eights of an inch thick , are placed , which receive the pressure and keep the edges of the blocks a certain distance apart1. The walls of the monument are fifteen feet thick at thetbasbat ; the extreme elevation to which- they will boJ carried , they will be Ifrinches'only. The taper is about one inch to four feet in height. It will be the highest building of the kind ' inthe world , and it is to be hope'd will , provo safe * against all he convulsions of nature es long as this nation endures , or a patriot survive to cherish the .memory of Washing ton. - * r The agricultural f report for 1879 is not now in the hands of senators for distribution. So is the ' "War o'f the Rebellion / The. title of this latter work wilLmislead many persons who imagino'that * it "is in .narrative form the history of the rebellion. Instead of tins it contains the material out of which history is made orders , reports - _ ports , telegrams , arranged chronologi cally , but with no pretensions to literary workmanship. It will be a book for public libraries , writers , of 'history , public men of a certain class , but will furnith dry. reading for general readers. . As but 22 conies are given to each senator , the distribution will be necessarilyjimited. The character of the work , may be best learned from the preface of the Volume just issued inwhich it is thus described : The 1st'series will embrace the for mal reports , both Union and Confeder ate , of the first seizures of Ul S. prop erty in the Southern States and of all the military operations in the field , with the corresponding orders and re turns relating specially thereto , &c. The Stfd-Bcries-will contain the cor- responQerice , orders , reports and re- fcurnBeTJniofn and Confederate , relat ing" to prisoners of war ( so 'far.as th'e military authorities were concerned ) to state , or political prisoners' The 3rd series will' certain the cor respondence , orders , reports' " and re turns of the Union authorities , ( em bracing their correspondence- the Confederatofofficials } } not relating spe cially to. the subject of "the first and secondaries. It will set forth the annual afld special'feports bf the sec retary of war , of the general-in-chfef and.of the chiefs of the several staff corps and departments , the. calls for troops , "and the correspondence1 be tween tha national and the several au thorities. ? The 4th'sorios will exhibit the cor : respondence , orders , reports andre turns of the confederate authorities similar to that'indicated for the union officiala as of the thirdseries , but ex cluding ! , the correspondence , between tho'Unibn. and' Confederate authorities grVearin.that series' " i Thewhole work will consistof ninety'Volumes , and as it is issued by the war'department , and has to await appropriations from time to time for continuance of the work , "it is not likely that * the publication' will bo completed.duringjthis century ; or that those who receive vol. 1 will. live to receive vpL 90. All seeds , plants , etc. , to which the itate' was entitled have been dis tributed , In regard to , potatoes , Commissioner LeDuc informed mo iat the department of agriculture iad contracted for a large quantity in How York slate , hilt' the protracted ld of the spring prevented their seing shipped to Washington so that hey could be distributed in proper lime and order. Thus none were to > e had with which to reply to the very urgent appeals of settlers on th rentier. JDOTUS. , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ * Worthy of Pralae. Afl a rule we do not recommend pa- ent medicines , b'ut when'wo know of ine that really is a public benefactor , nd does positively cure , than we con- ider it pur duty to impart that infor- lation 'to all. Electric bitters are ruly a most valuable medicine , and I rill surely cure Biliousness , Fever nd Ague , Stomach , .Liver and Lidney omplainta , even where all other rem- dies fail. We know whereof wo peak-and can freely recommend to U. { Ex. * Sold at 50 cenfi a bottle , jrlsh & McMahon. (4) ( ) KENNEDY'S EAST -IINDIA ITTERS B : ILER & CO. cs . , tuJ * . tuJO'l ale Manufacturers , OTVTATTA , O'l tit titm . J. H. foiof . . FLIEGEL , tic of Socecmor to J. H. Thlcle , 1ERGHANT TAILOR TiKkl sal Ho. 90 DoUflM Btrwt , Omaha , ye' ' GreatjGerfflan I REMEDY FOB NEURALGIA , SCIATICA , * LUMBA60 , _ ' BACKACHE , GOUT , rSORENESS . . CHEST , SORE THROAT , QUINSY , SWELLINGS ft IMU : m ( null JLSD SPEAINS , 1 FROSTED FEET AND -E-ABS , OBXJ Jbt-lVQ AXO 'SCALDS , OEHEEAL BODILY PIS , TOOTH ; EAR * .LTD HEADACHE , ' ire * Allolher Fains _ 9 ritparaUaa oa rth equlll ST. JiCOU OIL u "ire , BCRE , sixrtc and ciicir External Ramtdjr. A trill entaili but tUe comparatiTtl Infling onUar of " CUTS , and tieron inffenng with pain can Ear * -cltip and poiitiro proof of IU claim * . DIRECTHm WITH U5GC1GZS. $010 BT All DRUGGISTS AND OEALUS IN HEDICUE. A. VOOELER & CO. Baltimore. Md , , U. S.A- A. f JASO | , DenM OFFICE Jacobs' Block , corner Capitol avenue and Fifteenth street , Omaha Jfeb. E M STONE M D , , , , , , General Practitioner and Obstetrician. Office opposite Post Office , over Edholm & Enckson'e. Residence , 2107 Chi cat-o St. Any one hating dead animals I will remove them free of charge. Leave orders eouthcaet corner of Homey and 14th St. , second door. CHARLES SPLITT. D.T. MOUNT . . , IIASCTMOTHER ASD DEALJ31II SADDLES AND HARNESS. 1412 Farn. St. Omaha , Neb. AGENT FOR THE CltlBEATKD CONCORD HARNESS Tno Medals and a Diploma ot Honor , with the , \cry highest award the judgt-s could bcston was awarded this harness atthe Centennial Exhibi tion. tion.Common Common , also Itanchmen's and Ladies' SAD DLES" We keep the largest stock in the west , and invite'alKwho cannot examine toeondfor prices. apOtf DR. C. B. RICHMOND , ( Formerly Assistant Fhjsician m Chicago Ob stetric Hospital , for Treatment of Disease of Women under Dr. Bj-ford. ) Will devote myentlreattentlontoObstetrics , Medical and Surgical Diseases of the Women. Office , 1403 Farnham St. Hours , 0 a. m. to 12 and 2 to 5 p. m. inl9-tf H 3 VI H to toh ' ; Dr. Charles Yeisley , tate Associate of Dr. Paul Castor , Ottamwa , Iowa , ) haa charge of Magnetic Healing In i stitute , Burt street , west of Military Bridge , Omaha , Neb. rhree blocks from Red Street Car Lino. No medi cine administered. Consultation free. Diagnoses by Clairvoyance , asks no questions. aplSwOt ] IONEER LAND AGENCY. Pi F. M. RATHBTO , Cambridge , Neb. 1,000,000 acres government land open to Home- leads. Pre-emptions and Timber claims. 200 Mice Improved claims for sale or exchange. 200 F the best deeded farms in Southwestern Nebnw- o. with timber and water for sale. A few choice lock ranches with fenced fields , timber , hay and ater , for sale , cheap. Correspondence Solicited. mar30-U 1 DISEASES OF THE EYE Ear anfl Throat , ) R. L. B , GRADDY , Oculist , Aurist & Laryngist. ifficc Over Kennard's Drug Store , S. W , Cor. 15th and Farnham Sts. novl3-3m PROBATE NOTICE. tate of Nebraska , Douglas County , ss : t a County Court , held at the County Court Room , in and for said Countv. May 14th , A. D. 1881. Present , Howard B. Smith , County Judge. > the matter 01 the estate of Thomas Biackmore , deceased ! On reading : and filinc the petition of Margaret lackmore , praying' that administration of said tate may be grunted to Margaret Biackmore , as Imlnistratlx. ORDERED , That June lih , A. D. 1631 , at 10 rlock a. m. , is assigned for hearing said peti- > n , when all persons interested in said matter ly appear at a County Court to be held , in and tie. . r said County , and show cause wby the prayer ant d petitioner should not be granted ; and that no- re of the pendency of said petition and the hear- > J thereof , be given to all peraon * interested In Id matter ; by publishing a copy of this order in IE OIUIIA WCEKLT BEE , a newspaper printed In Id County , for three successive weeks , prior to Id day of hearing. HOWARD SMITH , [ A true copy. ] County Jndie. mSSwst Cot ' ; Qldest Established BANKING HOUSE IN NEBRASKA. CaldweU , Hamilton & Co. , Business transacted same as that of an incor porated oank. Accounts kept in currency or gold subject to Bight check without notice. Certificates of deposit Issued payable in three , six and twche months , bearing interest , or on demand without interest. r * - v'f T- - - * -r. Advances mad.e to customers on approeJsecu - ntics at market rates of interest. Buy and sell gold , bills of exchange , govern ment , state , county and city bonds. Draw sight drafts on England , Ireland , Sect- land , and all parts of Europe. Sell European passage tickets. COLLECTIONS PROMPTLY MADE. augldt ' United States Depository. Jb'JLJb&aSOC' NationalBank OMAHA. - Cor. 13th and Farnum Sts. OLDEST BANKING ESTABLISHMENT IN OMAHA. SUCCESSORS TO KOUNTZE BROTHERS. ) KsiABUiatD 1S5C. Organized as a National Bonk August 20,1SG8. CAFirAUASD pnorrrs OVER - 9300,000 , < ' * Specially authorizeil by the Secretary of Treas ury to receive subscriptions to the " \ UNITED STATES 4 Pei "tlent/Funded Loan. " OFFICERS AVD DIRFCTOR3 I HzttMAX KOBXTZE , President. ACOCSTTS K00.VTZE , Vice President. H.W. , YATES , Cashier. A. J. PorrLEiov , Attorney. JOHXA. CREIOIITOT. r , F. II. DAVIS , Asst. Cashier. Ibis bank receives ' ' posits without regard to amounts. Issues time certificates bearing interest. Draws drafts on San Froncisco and principal dtiee of the United States , also London , Dublin , Edinburgh and the pnnupal cities of the conti nent of Europe. Sells passenger tickets for emigrant ! In the In- man line. mayldtl B8iterL.Thoias&Bro , WILL BUY AND SELL 3R.T1 A Ti AID ALL. IRAXBACT10SH CONSECTED THEREWnU. Pay Taxes , Rent Houses , Etc. i IF TOU WANT TO BTT OH BKLL Call at Office , Room 8 , Creighton Block , Omaha. apS-dtt Mraska Land Agency DAVIS & SNYDER , 1505 Parnham St. , . . . Omaha , Nebraska. 400 , Carefully selected land in Eastern Nebrrakafor sale. Oreat Bargains in improved farme , and Omaha city property ; 0. A. DAVIS. WEBSTET. SNYDER. Late Land Com'r U. P. R. R. 4p-feb tf BTBON BEED. LEWIS KEED. BYRON REED & CO. , OLDEST ESTABLJSirro Eeal Estate Agency LN NEBRASKA. Keep a complete abstract of title to all Real Estate in Omaha and Douglas county. mayltf AND STILL THE LION CONTINUES TO Roar for Moore ( s ) Harness AND Saddlery. I have adopted the Lion as a Trade Mark , and allmj goods will be STAMPED with tha LION and my NAME on the fame. > 'O GOODS ARK GENUINE WITHOUT THE AUOVE STAMPS. The best material is n ed and the moot skilled norktnen are employed , and at the lowest cash price. Anyone wishing a price list of goods will confer a favor by ending for one. DAVID SMITH MOORE. Business College , f THE GREAT .WESTERN CEO. R. RATHBUN , Principal. -Creighton Block , 3MAHA , - - NEBRASKA. itSTSend for Circular. nortOdAwU M. R. RISDOM , General Insurance Agent. REPRESENTS : 'IICENIX ASSURANCE CO , of Lon don , CIsh Assets . . . $5fl07,127 VESTCHEbTER , N. Y. , Capital . 1,000,000 niE MERCHANTS , of Ne\uuk , N. J 1,000,000 JIBARD FIRE , Philadelphia , Capital. . 1,000,000 NORTHWESTERN NATIONALt.cpital 900,000 IREMEN'S FUJ.D , Califwnla 500,000 1RITISH AMERICA ASSURANCE CO. 1,200,000 E\VARK FIRE i.ss. co. , Asset . . soo.ooo LMEHICAN CE > TR.\L , Assets . 00,000 Southeast Coc. of FifteenUi and Douglas St. . OMAHA. NEB. J. G. RUSSELL , M. D. , IOMCBPATHIC PHYSICIAN. Diseases of Children and Charonlc Diseases a pccialty. Office at Residence , 2009 Casi street , fours 8 to 10 a. m. , 1 to 2 p. m. , and after 6 p. DlM3m J. R. Mackey , DENTIST , Corner ISth and Douglas SU , Omaha , Keb. ricea Reaaonable. ap32-2w John G. Jacobs , ( Formerly of Gish A. Jacob * , ) JNDERTAKER. o. 1417 Farnham St , Old Stand of Jacob GIs. iarOrders by Telegraph Solicited. ap27-ly VA- ? CAMP , M. D E. L. SIOOBS , M. D. a a-e i-g. A fzff A ledical and Snrgical INSTITUTE. xivate Hospital JLr , ntsfor the TREATMENT cf ALLCHBOXIC SURGICAL DISEASE rs. Van Caoip & Siggins , Physicinna Sb 3orgeons , PROPRIETOBS. ODD FELLOWS 3132 & ' . .Clothing House 'IlASRElI 1309 FARNHAM STREET , ( Max Meyer's Old Stand- , ) WHERE THEY SHALL KELP COMEASTLV OX IJ fD. XSLOOaSSBKatOCtoV ME.V8 * m-- - BOYS- " ' Crotliin"iHats'Ca ? : : y PRICES ALWAYS 'ThELOWEs. 1309' Farnham Street , Omaha , Neb. More . Popular than Ever. - r - r - J THE GENUINE New Family Sewing Machine. The popular demand for the OENUIJJE SINGElfaTS79 eiSSetf that ofany prcnrlotu the quarter of a ctntury in which this "Old Reliable JtetMne tagbe n feeibre'Uie public. jtar during U In 1878 we sold " - jj M- jsf5 , - -aBO.422 JUchin n 4 - InlS79we-Bold - - - % jr.a | "cirii , 43tJ07Tv " * - . Excess over any previous year > * VfrR35 -53 - * 74,733 * " " " OUR SALES LAST Y EAR WERE AT THE RATE OF OVER 1400 SEWING MACHINES A DAY. For every business day hi the year REMEMBER : THE " OLD RELIABLE" THAT EVERY REAL SINC5ER SINGER SEWINCT SfACHDTE HAS THIS TRADE - MARK CAST INTO THE IRON STAND AND HI- MACHINB EVER YET jCON BEDDED IN THE A-RJI OF STRUCTED . THE MACUUfE. THE SINGER MANUFACTURING GO. Principal Office , 34 Union Square , N. Y. 1,500 Subordinate . Offices , In tha United States and Canftda , and 3,000 offices in the Old World aad South America. Pianos J. S. WRIGHT , -AGENT FOB THE GHIGKERING PIANOS. AND SOLE AGENT FOR Hallet , Davis &Co. , James & .HoImstrom , 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 EXPERIENCE THE BUSINESS , AND HANDLE ONLY THE BEST 218 Siiteenth St. , City Hall Mcling , Omak HALSEY V. PITCH , : : : Tuner. PQWER AND HAND Steam Pumps , Engine Trimmings , UININO MACHINERY , BELTING , HOSE. BRASS AND IRON FITTINGS. PIPE. 8TEA2I PACKING , AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. HALLADAY WIND-MILLS , CHURCH AND SCHOOL BELLS. A. L. STRANG , 205 Farnam St. , Omaha. J. A. WAKEFIELD , WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN Lath , Shingles , ' Pickets , SASH , DOORS , BLINDS , MOLDINGS , LIME , CEMENT , 3E3O7CJ. I AGENT FOR MILWAUKEE CEMENT COMPANY S"ear Union Pacific Depot , - - - OMAHA , NEB. J. B. Detwiler's * * > - CARPET STORE. r * ; ; fhe Largest Stock and Mosto'm- plete Assortment 1'n ' The West. . t 7e Keep Everything in the Line "of Garpets Oilcloths - cloths , Matting , "Window-shades , Fixtures and Lace Curtains. t * /E / HAVE GOODS TO PLEASE EVERYBODY. . -Fi ivr 313 Farnham St. , Omaha. ) ECO"EATIVE PAINTER. .BEST DESIGNS. ! LATEST STYLES. AUTISTIC WORK. orrxr nontH IXTOKX ou > nuia ION& PAPER HANGING , PLAIN PAINTING OF ALL. KINDS , at REASONABLE RATES. s - 1318 Harney Street , Omaha , Neb.
