VrT'-t THE OIvIAHA DAILY EEE-FEIDAY MOENETO MAY 27,188 ] . DAILY BEE. E , ROSEWATER , EDITOR : Tins resignation business is hard vrorli on tlie rcsigncr. PRESIDENT GXUFIELD sleeps quietly. This is more than can be said of Sena tor Conlding at tlio present moment. EIGHT-TENTHS of Nebraska republi cans sustain the administration in the fight forced upon it by Senator Conk- ling. . AT no time In the history of the country liave the national banks had in circulation BO many notes. Over § 302,900,000 of national bank notes arc credited to the banks by the comp troller of the currency. THE Herald represents Gen. Van Wyck as backing down in Ms fight on the Lincoln postoflice. Gen. Tan AVyck has never yet retreated before the enemy either on the field of war or political battle grSund , and it is safe to bet that he will carry his point inth.it contest , if it taccs all summer. JOHN SHEUMAX may well be envious of the financial achievements of his successor , Secretary Windoni , and proud that his own refunding opera tions made those achievements possi ble. Already § 550,000,000 of the fives of 1881 have been refunded at 3it per cent , and the remaining eighty mil lions will bo paid from surplus rev enues now in the treasury department. THE Herald is now and always has jbccn opposed to public improvements and everything tliat tends to the sub stantial growth of Omaha , unless there is some great steal in it. It was bitter ly opposed to water works when the people desired to build them years ago , but it clamored for water just as Holly aud Dr. Gushing put in an appear ance. It was in favor of the narrow guago until .Taj' Gouid in- filnieted it to flop. It was in favor of "hewers just before the late election and urged Sir. Uoyd as the proper man for mayor on the ground that Omalia would have to build sewers this year and needed incorruptible business men at the head of our city government. TIIU large assemblage of delegates which have gathered at Davenport to discuss the posibility of a canal connec ting the Mississippi with the lakes and Atlantic seaboard indicates the wide interest felt in the question < > f cheap transportation. Three" hundred and seventy eight dele gates gathered at the first meeting of the convention , representing Huvcuty-scvcn cities , towns and alli ance in fuel accord with the movement. If [ Nebraska was not represented at the opening of this great gathering , it was not because her citizens have not a vital interest in this movement for cheapening the transportation of food products to the cost. The opening of Hie Ilenncpin canal from Lake Michi gan to llock Island , will undoubtedly IKS followed by its extension across the fiate of Iowa to the Missouri River. A more formidable competitor than- even the river route to the gulf would then oppose itself to the outrageous extortions of Ice railroads Freights would at once fall and our fanners would reap the benefit of their abors which at present is mercilessly extorted by the corporations. The opening of the Henncpin canal is dependent upon liberal congressional aid. A grant of at least § 4,000,000 will be necessary to insure iis con struction. The Xcw York * Chamber of Commerce has promised its aid in tlie matter and every western congress man and senator should lend his ef forts to advancing a cause which so vitally concerns the interests * of each nn'd every one of his constituents. THE CAMPAIGN IN IOWA. UXIIEU the call just issued the re publicans of Iowa will hold their con vention to nominate a state ticket at Des Monies , ' \Ycdnesday , Juno 29th. The convention will place in nomina- tioii'candidates for the offices of gov- onior , lieutenant governor , superin tendent of public instruction and su preme judge. The contest over the governorship promises to be ijuitc spirited. Judge Adams , present su preme judge , will in all probability be rcnominatcd for a second term , aud surface appearances indicate that Prof. YonCoelin , the present school superintendent will also be endorsed for re-cloction. The most intense inter est centers in the forthcoming platform The ultra-prohibition clement will in- uist upon a declaration favoring the proposed constitutional amendment to prohibit the manufacture aud sale of liquors wliile the more conservative republicans arc disposed to leave the temperance issue out of party plat forms aud remand it directly to the jwople. It is feared that the ultra- prohibition plank will complicate the local issues upon which members of the legislature are to be elected this fall and inasmuch as these members are to elect a United States Scnatsr who has practically no business with prohibition , it is not deemed prudent to jeopardize more vital issues \ > y committing the party tea a social reform upon which many of its members differ so radically. "Viewed from the standpoint of an outsider , it strikes us that the Republi cans of Iowa would make a Berious blunder in committing their party to the proposed prohibition amendment. In Iowa as in .Xcbrasha alnomination by a republican state convention is virtually an election , but this assurance of popular - majorities ities may prove detrimental both to party and public interest. It is vital both to the Republican party of Iowa and the whole country that the senator elected by coming Iowa legislature shall be a man of unswerring integrity aud above all a man in full active sj'mpathy with the movement to check the aggression of monopolies. The tactics of the monopolies in Iowa as in every other state will be to divert attention from the monopoly issue by creating and fostering strife over minor issues. This enables them to smuggle their cappers into the legislature under false colors upon side issues and the dangeria. that the producers of Iowa'will be misrepresented in the United States senate lor the next six years. flowa republicans who are in accord on the all absorbing issue of the hour ( should exercise prudence in the com ing convention concentrate all their influence aud energy upon the mon opolies and let the minor issues severely alone. THE SEWNBAGE PROBLEM. To the Editor of THE BEE. From the way the sewerage question is being talked up by the Xorth Omaha folks , I am in doubt of the sewer bonds being carried. They have ; ot it into their heads that it will all bo used in South Omaha , and that when that side , ( if bonds carry ) is finished they will oppose bonds for the north side. Will you , through your paper , give them to understand that an ordinance ( not a resolution ) lias been passed ( with only one vote in opposition ) dividing the bonds equally between north and south sides of town. I am in hopes that these bonds will cany. If they do not , it will give the town a back-set , and now that every thing is on the " boom" it would be well to keep it going. You may , also , say that the bonds are to run 20 years , and that the majority of present prop erty holders will not liavetopay them , Ac. , &c. TIIOS. H. DAILET. AVe arc cmpliatically in favor of the proposed construction of tlie sewers. Our reasons for advocating this great mprovcment may be summarized as follows : First , Omaha with her constantly ncreasiiig population must have un derground drainage. Surface drain age will not meet the necessities of our hotels , boarding'houses and private dwellings. It is preposterous to talk about drainage of water closets , sinks and vaults by surface drainage Every cesspool built hi Omalia is a breeder of diseases that may at any time sweep away hundreds of men , women And children. The establish ment of waterworks will only add to the growing necessities of under ground sewers , and delays for another year will be made at the expense of many valuable lives. Second ; The construction of sewers to carry off the water and filth that now passes through the centre of Omalia through the two creek is an absolute necessity. The nuasma that arises out of tlie south Omaha creek in its present condition is simply her rible. This poison breeding slough has already killed hundreds of child ren in this city , and a good many grown people. Last year 40 per cent , of the deaths in Omaha were in the vicinity of the South Omalia creek. Tlie North Omaha creek 'lias undoubt edly produced its share of disease and whenever the population along its banks becomes as dense as that in the southern portion of the town , the per centago-will not fall far below it. Third. The ; , construction of two main sewers and the closing up of the Xorth and South Omaha creeks com mends itself to every taxpayer * in Omaha as n measure of economy. Ity building these sewers we shall do away with the numerous bridges that span the creeks. Many of these bridges are in a very unsafe condi- ion. During every freshet North Omaha creek carries off some of the bridges and imperils the lives , limbs and vehicles of people who are compelled to cross the creek. The interest on § 100,000 in bonds at C par cent is $0000 a year. The cost of repairing , reconstructing and replacing a dozen bridges in North aud South Omaha together with the pproaches , will be fully six thousand dollars "or more. Whenever man or beast sustains an injury by crossing a tumble down bridge , the city is liable to pay more damage than would meet the sinking fund to pay for the sewers. Apart from all these considerations come the benefits to property owners on both sides of the creek and for that matter all over the city. By closing up the creeks and doing away with tlie bridges we shall not only enhance the value of property in the immediate neighbor hood of these .creeks , but raise the value of property all over the city. Every foot of ground in north Omaha north of the creek i\ould be worth fully ten j cr cent , more than it is now if the creek were closed , and properly on this side of the creel ; would also be materially improved. Takcjfor instanccSixteeuth street , oui very best thoroughfare north , with the best bridge crossing the creek. Re move the bridge and fill up the creel .and widen the street to its full hun dred feet , and you improve the value of the property all the way up tc Harney street. What is true of Six teenth would bo even more true ol of Seventeenth , Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets , where the bridges are absolute obstructions to travel and nuisances. Fourth ; The building of these sew ers during the present j'car will afford steady employment for a great many laborers , and put § 100,000 in circula tion in Omaha , among manufacturers and retail dealers. It is almost neces sary that several hundred working men should find employment in the brick yards , And iu the work of construc tion , because hundreds of them who arc now employed in laying down the water pipes will soon IKS out of work. No city can maintain a con stant growth without furnishing steady employment for laboring man. You cannot build up a great city in Omaha by mere land speculation and newspa per puffs. It is only by circulating money through laboring men among other classes of people that the city can aspire to become a commer cial metropolis. Fifth , The closing of the creeks and the building of these sewers will do away with an eyesore to every new comer who lands in Omaha. The dilapidated bridges , tumble down em bankments and the nauseating odors that greet every stranger who comes to Omaha to locate , have driven back thousands of men and vast amounts of capital which might to-day be enlisted with our population in the effort to build up our city. In conclusion let us say that all the objections raised by sclfiish men who arc afraid that one part of the city will be bcncfittcd more than an other part against the sewers , arc un worthy of a wide awake community. Conlilixig and his Successor. New York Time * . If it was the purpose of 3Ir. Conk * ling , In abruptly resigning from the senate , to obtain a prompt re-election which could be regarded as a full in dorsement of his peculiar attitude , he is in a fair way to be disappointed. It is true that it js somewhat of an assumption -conclttdo th-lt tjs | | was his purpose , for nothing Uutt is known of his course since his. resignation in dicates that he cares for a re-election. He lias done nothing openly to secure it He has left Us friends and sup porters at Albany entirely in the dark as to his intentions and desires , and has wasted valuable time , if he really plans to enter on a struggle that lias already become more tlian doubtful. But it would be quite in accordance with 3Ir. Conkliug's habit of treating personal matters in a Iflfty way to neglect the first steps in preparation or such a contest , and to trust his fortunes to what he un- doubtcdtly believes to be the inher ent strength of his name with the re publican party of the state. If this be the explanation of his position , it is not without dignity. Indeed , though the almost unanimous opinion of his fellow-citizens is that his recent action has been liasty , foolish and spiteful , t is generally regarded as bold. It is i pity that Mr. Cpnkling's qualities , which have a distinct element of greatness in them , should not be called out by more worthy occasions. He has been many years in publiclifc , and every one sees tliat he has .cour age , energy , independence and the capacity to inspire .devotion in his personal following. These are forces m politics wliich might have made him , not the leader of a faction in his party in this state , but a leader of the party in tlie whole union. Even at this late date he has missed a great , opportunity. If his mind hod not been completely absorbed by the petty question of Federal patronage as iiffecting his local leadership , he could iiardly have failed to see tliat the party with which his name had been so close ly linked for a quarter of a century is called upon to face new issues of nation al importance , as to wliich it needs the juidcancc of its leaders , among whom he might readily liave won and retained a place far more honored tlian that which he now appears to be losing. One of the most interesting of these to name but one is the relation of cor porations to our political institutions There is evidence all over the country , constantly recurring , of a movement , more or less vague and blind , but un questionably extensive and earnest , to resist the influence which powerful cor porations arc rapidly acquiring. This movement , in spite of its ill-regulated course , "accomplished under theJorm of grangerism , very important local results in the western states. Under the cognate form of grcenbackism it lias largely influenced the organization and modified the professions of the democratic party in several important states both of the east and west , while ik is steadily gaining in all parts of the south. In the more defined form of opposition to monopoly it is making itself felt in the states of New York , New Jersey and Pcnsylvania , and is extending its influence in other sec tions where heretofore the field has been occupied with little disturbance by the two great parties. No observer can deny , and no statesmen could fail to sec , that the general tendency shown by these various movements is in the direction of a decided change in the political situation , a change which the opposition party can easily and profitably promote , and which the party in power will be compelled to meet. If Mr. Conlding instead of throwing up liis commission as senator , had undertaken to shape the course of his party on this question wisely and with courage and independence , he could have gained a reputation which is now forever impossible. Doubtless , the task was one for which ho was ill fitted , but that only shows tliat , with many of the qualities of a statesman , he lacks a statesman's foresight and sagacity and elevation of purposethat he is , "in fact , but a superfluously gifted politician. Tlio situation for his party , however , simplified by his retirement , and the opportunity which he has cast away remains for his suc cessor. The party will suffer very seriously if that successor should be as incapable of seizing the opportunity as Mr. Conkling has shown himself. Nothing could have a more unfortunate effect upon the future of republicanism , not in Now York alone , but in the whole country , tlian that the state should be represented in the senate by a man who cannot meet the question to which we have referred , as well as others which must arise , in a satisfactory manner. It would be not only un fortunate , but disastrous , if our re presentative there should be a man closely connected with the corpora tions which arc now being so earnestly attacked. The republican party should not lend itself blindly to the errors or prejudices of the anti-monopolists , but it should fairly acknowledge the basis of fact wldch lies beneath their complaints , and it should be very careful not to useless ly identify itself , cither in reality erin in appearance , with corporate in terests. It will be the duty of its rep resentatives to see that no real aud substantial rights of corporations are sacrificed , but there is at present much less danger of this than that corporate influence in politics shall gain a hold which would be at once a peril and a scandal. The party ought not to be exposed to even the suspicion of contributing to such a result. Wo have just seen , in the recent appoint ment of Mr Stanley Matthews to the Supreme Court , a striking evidence that the sentiment at Washington is by no means in accord with the gen eral sentiment of the country. That appointment was due to democratic votes in the senate , but the responsi bility for it rests with the republican party , which might have defeated it in tlie senate , whose president made the nomination , and to which Mr. Matthews belongs. To say nothing worse of it , it was a blunder of pre cisely the same nature as would be the election by the New York legislature of a United States senator closely identified with one of the justly dread ed corporations. This is a matter which the legislature , if it can rid its mind of the illusion that the destines of the republican party depend on the distribution of federal patronage in New York , would do well to take note of. The No-cr Medical Law. After June-1st , 1881 , it will be un lawful for any physician to practice medicine , surgery or obstetrics with out registration in tljo physicians' register , in the office of thp county clerk. The law 6 ys : " It sliall be tlio duty of all persons claiming to be physicians , and intend ing to practice medicine , surgery or obstetrics in the state of Nebraska , belore beginning the practice thereof , , in any branch thereof , to register as a' physician by filing with the county clerk of the county in which he or she resides , or in which ho or she intends intends to pructjce , a statement in writing under oath or affirmation giving his or her full name , age , place of birth , place of residence , plate'of business , and the time he or she ban practiced medi cine , and when and where he or she has so practiced , and the time of such practice in each place , and if he or she has been a member of any medi cal society or societies , and if ho or she is a graduate of any medical col lege or university , the date pf hijj or her graduation , and the full and true name and location of such college , in stitution or university. Such state ment shall be filed by the county clerk and by hjm recorded jn ji h To ] ; the kept for tliat purpose to be called the ' ' ' " 'Physicians' register , Deepening the Mississippi River. 'liUaddphia Record. At the last meeting of the Franklin Institute Mr. Henry F. luiapp , a civil engineer , of New York , made SOTIIC in teresting rt J > Mli"S 0 ! ) "encinccrinS er rors in rivers aud hitrbftK. " The wfjtk now being done by Captain Eads at the mouth of tlie Mississippi , he said , was responsible for the aggravation of tlie recent Western floods. In attempting to deepen the South Pass by narrowing it lie had reduced the volume capacity pf the njouth onc-lialf , and was gra dually luakjiig the Atcliafalya River the main outlet , " Mr : KMPP held , despite the opposite opinion . of engineers jn general , that rivers only needed tlio removal of natural and artificial ob structions toromedy their own shallow- ness. He proposed that a stone bar be built at the mouth of tlie Missis sippi at right angles to the river cur rent and extending much further into the Gulf of Mexico tliat the present sand bar , WJijle 39 built as to allow ships to sail over if , it wouldcffcctually stop the deposits of sand by the gulf currents. Tlie board of managers reported the formation of a mechanical engineering section. Proposed amendments to the bylaws increasing the stock capital of the institute , and regulating ihe privileges of stockholders , were un animously approved and ordered to be advcstiscd so that they can be finally acted on at the next meeting. A toAN u SCENTS. He.Purcliases Perfumes to Tickle tlie Government Smeller , . And at the Same Time Provides Gorgeous Furniture for Official Houses. Windom "Wiping Out Peculators. Washington Special to the Globe Democrat. From all accounts the star- route way of transacting Gov ernment business is not alone inciden tal to the Post . Office Department. Recent investigations in the treasury develop the existence of abuse only less important than those of the star- route service because involving less money. There is a public officer known as a custodian of the treasury department who has almost unlimit ed discretion as to the expenditure of the continent fund. Heads of bureaus may make requisition , but the conto- dian buys. Even since the exposure of commissioner Baker , of the Inter ior department , who has most of his house furnished at government ex pense , there has been a complaint every now and then that this discre tionary power of purchasing supplies left the Government at at the mercy of small pecula tors. The aggregate of these pec ulations is very large. The custodian of the treasury dcparment alone dis burses about § 132,000 while altogether the amount thus discretionarily spent may be stated at § 500,000. The pres ent custodian of the treasury is a gentleman named 0. L. Pitney , and he has contrived to make a good thing out of it along with everybody connected with him. All of these men are living at the rate of § 5,000 a year on salaries averaging one-fourth of that-sum. Mr. Pitney's accounts are subject to the examination ami approval of the chief clerk. By a remarkable coincidence , which some times occurs in government affairs of this nature , the chief clerk who for merly passed upon these accounts w.os promoted to assistant sccretarj * , and took this portion of the duties of chief clerk along with him. The con tingent fund is to furnish furniture , carpets , water coolers , pitchers , ctc A good portion of it has GONE IN BAY RUM , perfumery , commissions , official houses and heaven and the custodian alone know wliat. Complaints of these abuses have frequently been made , but no attention , has been paid to it by those having authority , to investi gate. So notorious has this looseness become that the accounting officers approve the account "correct as to work done" without certifying to tlio rest of the bill - the prices or quantity of material. The custodian" was the central figure of a little ring , and maintained his commanding position , by distributing furniture , carpets , work or perfumer } * where it would do the most good. It has become some what notorious that certain officers of the department have gone very far toward appointing and furnish ing their homes at the ex pense of the government through the custodian's ollice. When the desk of Thomas Jefferson , upon which he wrote the declaration of independence , was presented to the president , fifteen fac-similes of it were made in Mr. Hcssler's shops. They were given around , it is said , as presents. An employee of Hessler's says the latter had a duplicate key to the hardware room , which he visits at night and takes therefrom what he wants. An other of his employes makes affidavit as to how a portion of his time was spent. He gives the dates when he should have been at work for the gov ernment , but when he Wtos employed 011 fine work upon ex-Secretary Sher man's house. He also swears that lie worked at Secretary Evarts' house , and upon the new house which Sir. Pitney has built for himself on L street. His pay was charged around to the different bureaus : is if he had been at work for them. Mr. Pitney was also AGENT FOU SECRETARY SHERMAN's HOUSES in this city , collected the 1'ent and at tended to the wants of the tenants. Tlie scandal connected with the Sher man houses is still fresh in public memory. Between Custodian Pitney and his chief clerk the accounts very loosely described the stock on hand. On investigation it was found that a iood deal of what was-carricd on the book as on hand was not on hand at all. There were some 700 yards of carpeting missing and much first-class furniture , which is represented figura tively , being jn fact decorating" parlors of Capt , Cobaugh of the watch , Appointment Clerk Lamphcrc , Mr. Pitncy , and various other treasury officials. There was found to be on. hand , however , very unexpectedly a barrel of bay ruin , bonus ( is ' 'deodor ized alcohol , " which Mr. Pitney avers was purchased for ex-Secretary Sher man. It is said that the homes of fa vored officers of the department and of some newspaper men and Congressmen are adorned with the handsomest kind of water pitchers , for whjch the own ers worn luit tiixed aji exorbitant sum. The law requires all furniture , etc. , worn out shall bo sold at public auction by tlie custodian , There nrc , It is al leged , little private sales , however , where for the small sum of 25 cents or 50 cents , or other nominal sum these favored liave been allowed to purchase handsome desks , carpets and otherar- ticlcsof value , which , having been used for a couple of months , were re- "placad * l > y ptjiprs equally as costly. THIS SYSTEM Of PRIVATE 1'ECyiATION is not original with Pjtney , bqt has been the practice of chief clerks and other * having tlie discretionary power of sale for many years , and a right good thing they have made of it. They could probably be found in any governmental department to-day. Tlie great steal is in the purchasing power. So many articles are purchased one at a tjme that the law rpqnijrir.g bjds is a dead latter Vlici } bids are put in they come from a Ijttie rjng. Exor bitant prices are paid for almost every thing. * * i ) $ long agq i iso quantity of books were purjilKisod" for a , certain bureau. The prices eliarged were unusually high. One of the officers of tlie bureau went to Morrison's book store , and he offered to sell them at 50 per cent less than had been paid another bookseller. The depart ment used to purchase Woodruff's file-holders directly irpm that firm , \yP5Q ] } headquarters- infa \ ] gity. Shortly after the custodian's office came under the present management these files began to be bought of a Washington bookseller at an advance of 30 pcrcentover"Woodruffs charges. Tlie custodian makes liis own pur chases and signs liis own receipts. If § 2 is given for an article worth bjt ; § 1 nobody need kiifjw tJjo fraud b.ut' the dealer' and tlje custodian , for the quality cah't appear on the face of tlie returns. If tlio dealgr slould , fend ; up a set of furniture , or a piano or a set of iilver to tlie residence of the custodian , with a receipted bill , this neither would appear on the face of the re turns , yet at the same .time it might greatly expedite matters. Mr. Pitney' guilty partners appear to have been Appointment Clerk Lam- phcrc ami a younglady of the Treasury , described as "YOUNG , WITTY AXD IT.ETTY. " Lampherehad a little scheme of his own , on a book , an official compilation of his own , made by clerks , which he sold to the Government at § 2 a volume. He had a scheme before Congress last winter which the young lady , "young , witty and pretty , " was engineeringand this was to get an appropriation to pay for a large number of these books. The scheme failed , but not by such a majority as would inspire confidence in Congress. Where tliis investigation is to reach is not yet to bo seen , but it is likely that Secretary Windom will make such interesting disclosures as will ih- duce him to put a check on such expen ditures , if indeed he does not succeed in handing over Custodian Pitney to the custodian of some penal institu tion. Dr. Talinago on Monopoly. Jfcw York Herald , May 1C. After the congregation in the Brook lyn Tabernacle , yesterday morning , liad sung , "Sly Country , 'tis of Thee , " Dr. Talmage announced his text from Isaiah ixii. , 41 "Thy land shall be married. " He said : I propose to inline some of the suitors who are claiming the hand of this Republic. In the first place there is a greedy , .ill- grasping monster who comes in as a suitor , seeking the hand of this Re public , and that monster is monopoly. His sceptre is made out of the iron of the rail track and the iron of telegraphy. He does every thing for his own advantage and for the robbery of the people. Things have gone on from bad to worse until in the three legislatures of New York , New Jersey and Pennsyl vania for the most part monopoly de cides everything. If monopoly favors a law it is pissed ; if monopoly opposes a law it is reacted. Monopoly stands in the r\ib\ft' * " ( rot putting into his pocket in erie year § 200,000,000 in excess of all reasonable charge for ser vice. Monopoly holds in its one hand the steam power of locomotion , in the other the electricity of swift communi cation. Monopoly has the Republican party in one pocket and the democratic party in fho other pocket. Monopoly decides nominations and elections - city elections , state elections , national elections. With bribes it takes the votes of legislators , giving them free passes , giving appointments to needy relatives of lucrative positions , em ploying them : is attorneys if they are lawyers , carrying their goods a large per ccnttgc less if they are merchants , and if it finds a case very stubborn as well ss very important , puts down before him tlie hard cash of bribery. A LEGISLATURE BOU1IGT OUTRIGHT. . But monopoly is not so easily caught now and captured and arrested as when , during the term of Mr. Buchanan , and legislature committee in one of our states explored and ex posed the manner in which a certain railway company had obtained a do nation of public laud. It was found out that thirteen of the senators of Jithat state received § 175,000 among them , sixtyuinembers of the legisla ture of that state received between § 5,000 and § 10,000 each , the gover nor of that state received § 50,000 , his clerk received § 5,000 , the lieu tenant governor received § 10- , 000 , all the clerks of the legislature received § 5,000 each , while § 50,000 were divided among the lobby agents. That thing on a larger or smaller scale is all tlie time going on in some of the states of the union ; but it is not so easily exposed or. ar rested. I tell you tliat the ovcrshow- ing curse of the United States to-day is monopoly. It puts its hand on every bushel of wheat , upon every sack of salt , upon every ton of coal , and every man , woman and child in the United States feels the touch of that moneyed despotism. I rejoice that in twenty- four states of the union al ready anti-monopoly leagues have been established. God speed them in the work of liberation ! I wish that this question might bo the question of the next presidential election , for be tween this and that time we can com pel both political parties to recognize it in their platforms. I have nothing to say against capitalists. A man has a right to make all the money lie can make honestly. I have nothing to say against corporations as such. With out them no great enterprise would bo possible ; but what I do say is thstt tlio principles arc to be applied to capitalists and corporations that are applied to the poorest man and the plainest laborer. What is wrong for me is wrong for the Yandcrbiltn : ! . ! the Goulds and the elevated railway companies of New- York and Brooklyn. Monopoly in England has ground hundreds of thou sands of her best people into semi-star vation , and in Ireland has driven mul titudinous tciianta almost to madness , ami in the United States proposes to take the wealth of fifty or sixty millions of people and put it in a. few silken wal- lets.Monopolybnizcnfaccdironfiugcr- ed , vulture hearted monopoly , pro poses his hand , offers his hand to this Republic. Let thu millions of the people North , South , East and West forbid the bans of tliat marriage , forbid them at the ballot box , forbid them by great organizations , forbid them by the overwhelming sentiment of an outraged nation , forbid them by the protest of the church of God , for bid them by prayer to high heaven , that Herod shall not have this Abigail. BLACK HILLS. Placer mining is lively in Rockcr- villc gulch. Many minors are leaving the Hills for Idaho. Blacktail gulch is experiencing a re vival of hydraulicing. A number of opium eaters were re cently arrested at Doadwood. Two hundred school children at Dcadwood picniqcd hist week. The Minors Union , ) Control , are taking stops to oqualixe wages. Fourteen hundred stamps are pounding out precious metals in the Hills. Coaches over the Northwestern company' . } route to Pierre now make the trip in 33 hours from Duadwood : A firm in Jackass gulch , Rockcrville , cleaned up 100 ounces of gold in three days. It posts the firm § il7 n day for watop , The first freight train of the North western line loft Pierre lost Monday for Deadwood , and will arrive in about fourteen or fifteen days from that time. Pierre is crowded with freight teams , and every pound of freight brought in by tfio railroad is immediately loaded upon the teams for transportation to the Hills. EXPERIENCE WITH STORMS AND OTHER DISTURBANCES. AU especially useful mid valuable officer of the U , § . government is most widely known under the title of Old Probabilities. But quite as well known is Prof. J. II. Tice , the meteorologist of the Mississippi Valley , whose con tributions to his favorite study , have given him an almost national reputar tion. On a recent lecture the northwest , thp" professor } \i\i \ \ ] a nH ! OVT SsSaJ)9 fFQIU t o fiorioua con- seqiluneeu uf a uitdilon and very dan- UertHis illness , the particulars of which her thus refers to : The day after concluding my course course of lectures at Burlington , Iowa , on 21st December last , I was seized with a sudden attack pf nsuraljgiit * jn the cljcst , giving me excruciating pain ' and ajmos.t'prev'entfng b'reatliing. My pul e , usually 80 , fell to 33 , ; intense nausea of the ston di syccueded , and ft cold , olsynnvy sweut covered by en- tirgbady. The attending physician could do notljinj ; to relieve " me ; after suffering for 'three hours , I thought. as I had been using St. Jacobs Oil with good effect for rheumatic pains , I would try it I saturated a piece of flannel large enough to cover my chest , with the Oil , and anpljcd jt. The TO- lief was almost instantaneous. In one hour , I was entirely free from pain , and would have taken the train to fill an ap pointment in neighboring town , had my friends not dissuaded me. As it was , I took thenighttrain for my home , St. Louis , and have not been troubled since. WOMAN'S TRUE FRIEND. A friend in need is a friend indeed. This none can deny , especiall when assistance is rendered when one is sorely afflicted with disease , more par- ticulary those complaints and weak nesses so common to our female pop ulation. Every woman should know that Electric Bitters are woman's true friend , and will positively restore her to health , even when all other reme dies fail. A single trial will always prove our assertion. Tlie are pleas ant to the taste and only cost 50 cents a bottle. Sold by Ish & McMa- hon. (1) ( ) Great drain REfflEDK TOR 1 wmw NEURALGIA , SCIATICA , LUMBAGO , BACKACHE , GOUT , IjjlJKusUlIjlLiaiilii SORENESS or TUC [ OllililDHiiSS" " CKEST , jjjil2iBMmmiijj | ! | ' ISORE THROAT , iliiliitlBiiUl' ' QUINSY , 1i ! SWELLINGS ijianiaaiiuailllii11 SPRAINS , FROSTED FEET lj ! li0l ! ! ! ' JiSO ? M\ \ ) ' jj EARS. § ! ! ! ! ' JlS-ltorrtiilii SCALDS , GEHERAL "IIS , TOOTH , EAR 1SD HEADACHE , J.1D All oik Pains ACHES. f.'o Preparation mi eartli ei ( ils Sr. Jjtcnn.1 OIL u l SAFE , SCUE. slui'Li : Mud CHEAP Kxternal RR > cJy. A trial entails but tlie comparatively trifling outlay of jO CL.ird , antl etrcrjone tiuncringwith pain can have cheap and positive proof of its claims. UIKCITIONS I.S LLEVEN LANCCACES. LO BT AU DBUGCISTS Ati3 DEALERS 1.1 HfOiSINE. A. VCGELER & GO. Jlaltlmore. 3T < i. , U.K.A. MAXCFACTIT.2K AND DEALER IX SADDLES AND HARNESS. 1412 Farn. St. Omaha , Neb. AOEST FOE THE CELEBRATED CONCORD HARNESS Two Medals anil a Diploma of Honor , nlth the x cry highest a\varJ tlio judges coulil Iwstoir w as auanlttl this harness at thu Centennial Exhibi tion. tion.Common Common , al o Ranchmen's and Ladies * SAD- VLKS.Vc keep the largest stock in the west , and invite all nho cannot examine to fern ! for price * ! . ai3tt | Geo. P. Bemis' REAL ESTATE AGENCY , 15th and Dodge Sis. , Omaha , Neb. This ascncy docs sinicir-va broluratrc Imslness. Does not speculate , and therefore any bargain1) on iU books are insured to its 1 at runs , instead of liein ; ; gobbled up by the a ent. "Screw the Finger as Tight as you can , that's rheumatism : one turn more , that's front , " is a f.uniliar description of these tuo disease ? . Though each maj and does attack different parts of the sjstun , the cauM ! is l > clic ed to be a poison 0113 aeid in the Wood. Purify this by the use of Tarrant's Seltzer Aperient. ft will do its work speedily and thoroughly. H13 the xreat friend of the sulferer from rheumatism and gout SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. J. H. FLIEGEL , Successor to J. II. Tliiclc , MERCHANT TAILOR No. 230 Donsrlas Street. Omaha , Keb. KENNEDY'S EAST - INDIA ILER & CO. , Sole Manufacturers , OMAHA. E M STONE I D , , , , , , General Practitioner and Ota.'dn'euoi. Office opposite Post Ofllce , over Edholm & EritKson's. Residence , 2107 Chicago cage St. m3-tf MRS. LOUISE MOHR , Graduate of the St. Louis School of Medicines , at 1500 California Street , Between Fifteenth and Sixteenth , north side , where call ? will be promptly respond ed to at any hour during the Uny or HUM. sal'dSmo BRIDGE NOTICE. SEALED PROPOSALS UT11 be received liy the unJcrsIi-nevl until 3 o'clock p. in. Saturday , June 4th , 1SS1 , for buililin a ( CO ) sixty foot liridre ; with two (2) ( ) apjiroaches on "Ills I'apio , " lietwcen sections 14 an < l ir , town. 16 , r. 11 , aceonlin to plans an J specifications In county clerk's ollice. The riht to reject any and all bidj is I\er6liy resen ctl. ' Ry order of the Rcnrf o | Ouunty CojamU- sioncra. gull.S [ B. IIANCHESTEK , County Clerk. ByH. L v , Deputy. m2 3t DR. G , B , RICHMOND , fiacrly Assistant rhjaidan in Chicago Ob stetric Hospital , for Treatment of Dbease of Women under Dr. Bford. . ) Will devote my entire attention to Obstetrics , ! Medical and Surgical Diseases of Women. , Office , 1403 Farnham St. Hours , 0 x m. to 12 and 2 to 5 p. m. m3-tf Any one having dead animal ; them free of charge. L , VC cakra southeast cqrnr o ( Harney and Uth St. , second door. CHAHLES SPUTT. The Oldest Established ANKIHG HOUS -IN NEBRASKA. Caldwell , Hamilton & Co. , Easiness tnnsrctcd same as that of an incor porated oank. Accounts Kept in currency or golJ subject to eight check without notice. Certificates of deposit issued payable in three , six and twelve months , bearing interest , or on demand without interest. Advances made to customers on approved secu rities at market rates of interest. Buy and sell gold , bills of exchange , govern ment , state , county and city bomli. Draw sight drafts on England , Ireland , Scot land , and all parts of Europe. Sell European passage tickets. COLLECTIONS PROMPTLY MADE. nuglilt _ _ _ United States Depository. OF OMAHA. Cor. 13th and Farnum Sts. OLDEST BANKING ESTABLISHMENT IN OMAHA. SUCCESSORS TO KOUNTZE BROTHERS. ) ESTABLISHED 1S G. Organized as a National Bank August 20,1SG3. CAPITAL AND PROFITS OVEK - 5300,000 Specially authorized by the Secretary of Treas ury to receite subscriptions to the UNITED STATES Per Cent. Funded Loan. OFFICERS ASD DIRECTORS t HERMAS KOL-STZI , President. AuorsTra KorsrzK , Vice President. H. W. YATES , Cashier. A. J. I'OPPLBTOS , Attorney. JOHN A. CBKIGIITOS. F. II. DAM : * , Asst. Cashier. This bank receives deposits without regard to amounts. It-sues time certificates bearinginterest. . _ Draws drafts m San Froncisco and principal cities of thu United States , also Ixmilon , Dublin , Edinburgh and the principal cities of the conti nent of Europe. Sells losscnger tickets for emigrants in the In- nuin line. mnylcltf DgxterL.Thomas&Bro , WILL BUY AND SELL A T. AXD ALL TRANSACTION- ! ) CONNECTED THEREWITH. Pay Taxes , Eent Houses , Etc. IF YOU WANT TO BTV OC SELL Call at Office , Room S , Creighton Block , Omaha. _ apS-dtf Netoash Land Agency DAVIS & SNYDER , 1505 Farnham St. , . . . Omaha , Nebraska. -3:00 , Carefully sclented land in Eastc-m Ncbro-ka for .sale , ( ircat Bargains in improved farms , and Omaha city property. 0. A. DAVIS. WEBSTER SNYDER. Late Land Com'r U. P. R..R. 4p-fcb7tf BTROS r.r.r.D. LEWIS KKKD. BYRON REED & CO. , OLDEST ESTABLISHED Real Estate Agency IN NEBRASKA. Keep a complete abstract of title to all Real Estate in Omaha and Douciag county. mayltf AHB8TSLLTHELSON CONTINUES TO Roar for Moore ( s ) Harness AND Saddlery. I ha\c adopte-1 the Lion as a Trade Mark , anil all my goodill be STAMPED with the LION amlinv NAMK on the same. NO COODS AUK CENI/INE WITHOUT TUB ABOVE STAMPS. The licit material Is ti-t-U and the most skilled uqrkmcn arc employed , and at the lowest ca.sU price. An } one wishing a price-list of good * will confer a fa > or by sending for one. DAVID SMITH MOORE. Business College , THE GREAT WESTERN GEO. R. RATHBUH , Principal. Creighton Block , OMAHA , . . NEBRASKA. 43TSend for Circular. nov20dJt tf M. R. RISDOM , Ganeral Insurance Agent. REPRESENTS : PIICENIX ASSURANCE CO , of Lon don , CIsh Assets ' . .53007,127 WESTCII ESTER , N. Y. , Capital 1,000,000 TUB .MERCHANTS , of Ncwuik , X. J. . 1,000,000 OIRARl ) KIKE , Philadelphia. Capital. . 1,000,000 NORTHWESTERN NATiONALCin > ital IXW.OUO FIREMEN'S FUND , Califojnia NJO.OOU KltlTlSH AJIKHICA ASSURANCE CO. 1,200,000 NEWARK KIRK INS. CO. , Assets ttO.OOO AMERICAN CENTRAL , Assets bOO.OOO Southeast ( Joe. of Fifteenth and Douglas St , OMAHA. NKB. J. G. RUSSELL , M. D. , HOMCEPATHIC PHYSICIAN. Diseases of Children and Charonic Diseases n Specialty. Office at Residence , 200Cais ! street. Hours a to 10 a. m. , 1 to 2 p. m. , and aft * > r C p. m aul d3m J. R. Mackey , TIST , Comer ISth and Douglas Sts , Omaha , Neb. rriccg ICea-tonalilc. - ap33-2wr John G. Jacobs , ( Formerly of CUJii Jotoln , ) UNDERTAKER. No. 1417 Farnham St. Old Stand of Jacob G'n. Jsrsby Telegraph SoliciU-J. ap27-ly I. VAX CAMP , 31. D. E. L. Siooi.is , 31. D. Medical and Surgical INSTITUTE. i = fz\f , irZjr * f.yr. x-T ft ; " " " --J T-f Private Hospital ticntsfor the TREATMENT U ALL CHRONIC and SURGICAL DISE\'S Drs , Van Camp & Siggins , PhyaicL-na 2 ; Birgeons , PROPRIETORS. ODD FELLOWS 3103 Coa. HIU uc DOM su VS * * &f t VI7 J " 3 ff New York Clothing House HAS KEJI 1309 FARNHAM STREET , ( Max Meyer's Old Stand , ) WHERE THEY SHALL KF.EP CONSTANTLY ON HAND AX IM3IENSE STOCK OF HEN'S T.OYS' AND CHILDREN'S OlotliiBg , Eats , Caps & Bent's Furnishing Goods PRICES ALWAYS THE LOWEST. J m gs G-OO3DE5 1309 Farnham Street , Omaha , Neb. More Popular than Ever. THE GENUINE New Family Sewing Machine. The popular demand for the GENUINE SINCJER in 1S79 exceeded tliat of any pretioiti year during the quarter of a century in which this "Old lie-liable" Machine has bc n U-fore the public. InlS7S csold 350,422 3Iatliinra. In 1S79 we-wld 431.167 " Excess otcr any previouscar _ _ - - - 74,735 " OUi : SALES LAST YEAR WERE ATTIIB RATE OF OVER 1400 SEWING MACHINES A DAY. For every business day in the year. REMEMBER : THE " OLD RELIABLE" THAT EVERY REAL SINGER SINGER SEWING 3IACHINE HAS THIS IS THE STRONGEST. SIMPLE J TRADE MARK CAST INTO THE 3IOST DURABLE SEWINO THE IRON STAND AND 131- 3IACHINE EVER YET CON BEDDED IN THE ARJI OF STRUCTED. THE MACHINE : THE SINGER MANUFACTURING GO. Principal Office , 34 Union Square , N. Y. l.SOO Subordinate Offices , in the UnitcU States an.l Canada , and 3,000 offices in the Old World and South America. svpltxl&n tf ans J. S. W -AGENT FOR- 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 Oo.'s Organs. I DEAL IN PIANOS AND ORGANS EXCLUSIVELY. HAVE HAD YEARS EXPERIENCE THE BUSINESS , AND HANDLE ONLY THE BEST. 218 Sixteenth St. , City HaQ Builtling , Omaha. HALSETT V. FITCH , : Tuner. \ \ POWER AND HAND 7 Steam Pumps , Engine Trimmings , MINING MACHINERY , BELTING , HOSE. Bi'.ASS AND IRON FITTINGS , VIPK , STEAJI PACKING , AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. HALLADAY WIND-PRILLS , CHURCH AND SCHOOL BELLS. A. L. STRANG , 205 Farnam St. , Omaha. fTTPTTI fcijUiiifliiliii a WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN Lath , Shingles , Pickets , SASH , DOORS , BLINDS , MOLDINGS , LIME , CEMENT , 3E3TC3. 42TSTATE AGENT FOR MILWAUKEE CEMENT COMPANY. Near Union Pacific Depot , OMAHA , NEB. The Largest Stock and Most Com plete Assortment in The West. We Keep Everything in the Line of Carpets , Oil cloths , Matting , Window-shades , Fixtures and Lace Curtains. WE HAVE GOODS TO PLEASE EVERYBODY. 1313 Farnham St. , Omaha. DECORATIVE PAINTER , BEST DESIGNS. LATEST STYLES. AUTISTIC WORK. GET XT7IUCIES BETOBK OBDEJUXO WORK ELSETUIEBt SIGNS , PAPER-HANGING , PLAIN PAINTING OF ALL KINDS , at REASONABLE RATES. 1318 Harney Street , Omaha , Neb.