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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.