Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE- THURSDAY JUKE 23 1881
OVER THE RIVER.
The Principal Work Done at
the Barge Line Convention ,
"Who Were the Speakers and
What They Had to Say.
Humorous Reasons Why the
c Missouri Should Bo Im
proved.
WHy the Barge Lines Ought
to Bo Established.
And How This Desirable Ob
ject Can Bo Secured.
Tozt of the Principal Addresses
that Were Delivered-
SKNATOll flAUNDKIW.
Hon. Alvin Snunders , Bonator from
Nebraska , called on to address thd
convention , said that howas heart and
noul in sympathy with the objects of
the convention , a fact which no man
knows better titan you , Mr. Chair
man ( addressing Mr. Ilogaii ) . Turn-
init to the dolecalcs ho said , I canto to
hear you talk and toll what you want
ino to do , giving n full expression of
your views. Mine are pretty well
known. I took grounds in the donate
in .February last , in n speech in the
senate for an appropriation of one
million dollars to ho expended bo-
twccn Sioux City and the mouth of
the Missouri. The committco re
ported in favor of 81,800,000. Wo
got only $300,000. Congress is not
informed on thin matter. I could
name senators who didn't know that a
ntcamer over rim an high iwthis point.
"How do Btcainboats got to Ne
braska ? " asked ono. "Very easily , "
I replied , "on the largest rivorintho
world. " "But-1 thought , answorcJ
the senator , "that tlio Missouri
river was hack of Kansas. " But
ignorance will bo overcome. These
rivers must bo opened. They are the
only free highways that the people
own. I am not prejudiced on this
subject. I am a railroad man as well
as a river man. "Wo want all the rail
roads wo can got and twice as many
: is wo now havo. Tliero is business
for all. "Wo go to work and start rail
roads , and help pay for thorn ; wo open
them with great enthusiasm , and the
next day wo coino out to denounce
them as monopolists. This is nil
wrong. If the railroads nbuso their
powers and their trusts wo have our
remedy in the courts , and the legis
Matures and in congress. But there
are sonio things which wo of thd west
cannot afford t ( demand of congress.
Wo only cut ourselves offfrom the ad
vantages they give us when wo nsk
congress to pass n law establishing
jnilongo rates between our section find
the great markets. Such a policy
would isolate the wost. But it is just
what the east wants. The cast has
water competition and low rates , and
wo can have the same advantages
if wo go to work , not fighting
the railroads , and open the
river to cheap transportation ,
so as to enable us to compote , not
only with the markets of the old
world , but with our own. Wo need
to open up communication with the
floutli and give them our grain and
7 > ork > so that they may use thoirgrouml
for cotton. Wo are nothing if not an
agricultural region. If wo cannot find
market wo are cut off and must live
in poverty , when wo ought to bo the
richest people in the world. The place
to begm is in local meetings , in
boards of trade.and in conventions.
The senator then , referred to the
market which shb'uldibo opened up in
Brazil. Wo buy fifty millions of that
country and sell them but live "mil
lion , mycar--nob because wo do not
Taisowheal they want , but because wo
have no ships. j What wo do ship has
mostly to go via Em ono , Now , start
there barge lines , and lay our products
alongsidevtho sea vessels for Brazil ,
and wo f shall , have ono of the best
jnarkotaj 'in the ' " \vorldj almost'
at our ' doors. I did vote
once , I believe , for "mono
poly ; " I voted in favor of grant
jug a subsidy to Roach , to enable him
to open n line from Now York and
Now Orlaans to that country. That
was the only meaim-I qould then * Jsoo
to give us of the west this important
advantage. , W < J want the privilege of
doing tho'best wo can with 'fair ' ( play.
Delegates of UiOj convention , wo of
Nebraska will give you a helping hand ;
and let us unite and show congress
that wo can justly claim a fair share
of the millions it spends , in aid of the
richest valley on earth , which only
needs an outlet and a market. Follow
up your demands till you are hoard by
congress. Wo have been slow in this
matter. I received more thanks tor
the olFortB I muJo from St. Louis that
from Jcwa , Kansas and .Nebraska to
gothor. Cease being slow in this
tiling. Wako up and go to work , and
your object will soon bo in fair way o'
accomplishment.
Gov. Gear was then called for by
the convention and spoke as follows ;
I am , as a citizen of Iowa , ono who
has long been identified with its ma
terial prosperity from the time when I
was a boy , from the time when my
friends , Senator Saunders and Sona
tor llebard were on the outskirts o
civilization in south-east Iowa ; I say
as ono who has been identified with
thcso interests and the material deyel
opuient of Iowa and the west , my
whole heart goes out in these enter
prises. ( Applause. ) 1 hold it a sol
emn duty , Mr. President and gojitlo
men of this convention , of the govern
inont to improve this river or any
other river whereby these products
may be cheapened. It may do good
to resolve , butyou must do something
moro than resolve. Unless you do
more than this you will never get uny
thing from congress , and I uin
glad to BOO these honorable sona
tors "And members' of congress
hero mooting with the people -
plo to know their wants , because they
trill understand that there is some
thine beyond the moro resolution
They will understand that the people
are in earnest about this mutter. Wo
have 5,000 mileu of railway in Iowa ,
but that was not enough to carry the
surplus products during the last year.
'Vfo are Jayuig.dowur < VthouBa d'milos '
" .
% i * r "V r .B " * * * ' "
, nero now , and when the present crop
comes to its fruition they will bo tested
to their utmost capacity. AH a distin
guished railroad man said the other
day , the time is not far distant when
there will bo a railroad built every
five miles , but oven with that wo still
want these natural highways which
liavo been given by God himself , upon
ivhich every man can launch at pleas-
ire liis own craft , whether it bo a
canoe , steamer or barge line , that ho
nay ship his produce to market vrhcr-
} \orliomaywishsuchasthodcmandsof
commerce may require or market prices
-tormit. The poonlo want the auction
f the whole world ; wo do not want
market to Liverpool via the great
.akoa and Now \ork alone , but wo
want a market tnoro via Now Orleans
Mid the mouth ot the Mississippi
river. Wo want n market to the
South American states and Mexico lo
nect the great lines of railroad ,
which arc being projected there. Wo
must neilalo this matter and reiterate
our demands on congress until they
grant thcso just requests. The people
who pay the taxes and support the
government have u right to sav that
' .licso honest and just demands shall
bo carried out. I don't care whether
t shall bn for ono or five or for fifty
nillions of dollars. Theao two rivers
and their tributaries penetrate thir
teen states and if it can bo shown that
hcso are necessary for cheapening the
products of Iowa , Missouri , Kansas ,
Virginia , Ohio , Indiana and all other
states , then it is the solemn duty of
the congress of the country to make
this appropriation year in and year
[ Hit until this question shall bo solved
of cheapening the transportation
water-ways of the country. ( Great
applause. )
Senator McDill was called and ad
dressed the convention as follows :
Hit. CHAIRMAN ANI > GKNTLEMKN OF
THK CONVENTION : When I tell you
that I was born and reared in the
Mississippi valley and never got out'
side of it until 1 was thirty years of
ago , you may understand that I favor
thcso resolutions. Ever since I came
to the timo'whon I could understand
what might bo the development and
growth of the country I have been im
pressed with the idea that the time
was speedily coming when wo of the
Mississippi valley would have to wake
up to the necessity of devising ( some
means by which wo could tret oil" our
surplus products. There is nothing
loft for us but ruin ; nothing but the
destruction of our products by way of
burning cornasMr.lloganmentioned ,
unless wo had found a way out to
market for our surplus products. Now
what are wo to do ? \\o are to take
lessons of wisdom from the past. Wo
are to 'study the history , not only
of our own country but of other
countries , and see how it is
that men have succeeded in advancing
their own interests , and in advanc
ing the nations and peoples in which
they toil to bring them on toward civ-
ilzation and toward analyzation of
what man can do. And now from
such a study every ono will rise with
this conclusion , that man has succeed
ed best and has been the greatest ben
efactor who has in some way seized
upon the mysterious and energetic
'orcos nature has provided , and made
liom the servant of man to accom
plish the purposes of mankind. [ Ap-
ilauso.j Think how wo have seized
Irst ono and then another force and
rained it and harnessed it to do our
ivork. For five thousand years the
; cake tlo bubbled and hissed and sung
mid steam was useless in helping man
nlong toward what ho wanted to ac-
iomplish. At last a Watts seized this
ittle force of nature and wo have the
tcnmboat , and the railway system
md the thousand uses that man makes
if steam. Again tuko the electric
nark. For five thousand years it was
ho plaything of the philosopher ,
which amused thb child
, nd the old man all wh had
over seen it in the dark.
At last it occurred to the genius of a
Franklin and a Morse to put it to use
'or man and then wo hod the tolo-
> raph and all that may come from1 it.
Wo have men whispering thbjr secrets
to fellowmen thousands of mt cs away
over the wires , or under the waters of
the mighty ocean , and all because
man hud learned to seize and iiHoiChoao
forces of nature.
And this forcoV" " o
mysterious is to-day man's willing
bond-servant. Now 'wo have a difl\ } \
culty to meet and the forces man has\ \
provided have proved utterly inade
{
quate. Great as our idea is of the ca
pabilities of this valley , my own opin
ion is that the man who would at
tempt to toll what would bo the pro
ducts of the Mississippi valley ono
hundred years hence , or what would
'
bo Us'iponulation , would , bo , regarded
as a madman , Wo cannot conceive
it. Wo cannot count the products.
Might as well attempt to count the
Bands on the seashore , or the
stars in the
firmament , or the
blades of gross on the prairie ,
as to toll what would bo the food-
products of this great Mississip
pi valley. And now in our infancy , a
now people , hardly used to the meth
ods and forms of conventions , so that
our worthy chairman was almost com.
polled to coax us to make motions ,
Wo are becoming oppressed with the
burthens of our surplus product. The
railroads cannot do a tithe of the work
that must bo done for the .Mississippi
valley. Why ? Because there tire
certain thini's necessarily connected
with railroads that make thorn ef
ficient. I don't ' want to bo quoted as :
against railroads , for they do their
work well , but they are not enough.
From the very nature of a railroad
they have to bo
operated by ono as n
company that acts together as ono
man. .Rivers are not so used , but n
railroad always must bo owned and
operated by one and it is an impossi
bility that a railroad shall over bo a
free highway. AnotherdilHculty with
regard to railroads is that until man
can learn ( an impossibility ) how two
trains , ono coim'ng west and ono going
east , shall meet and not have a col
lision , there can never bo free
passage upon the railroad.
Not BO upon the river. Passage
and re-passage is as easy as the blow
ing of the winds. Then again , as the
working of the railroad is artificial ,
the oxjxmscs of operating it wto
and always must bo enormous. I do
not see how tlu y can bo reduced mucl
below one-half of the earnings.
Therefore wo find that in the near
future-oven in the piesont wo must
devise means to got otf our surplus
products. As I said a while ago , a
man sous best whim ho sees the forces
of nature. Look
around ; you are ii
great difficulty. What "do you see'
Why , just before us is a mighty river
sweeping down to the sea along the
western border of Iowa , laving the
shores of states nnd territories. On
the eastern shore * of Iowa is another
nighty river. Let us seiro thcso
forces of nature and use them. God
Almighty built this highway. Ho
made the preliminary survey for this
route in thu early times spoken of in
"loly writ when the sons of God
ihoutcd for joy. Ho it was that se
cured the right-of-way in the early
jmei when the earth wai without
'orm and void , but was beginning
.o take shape. Ho it was who fur
nished the motive power freely to the
sons of men , and a power exhaustless
n supply. The steam power of rail
ways is the result of toil , not only in
n sustaining it but in digging into
ho bowels of the earth to get the coal
\nd how the mighty waters swoop
[ lown continually when you nnd 1 and
fill of us shall ho dead and gone.
There is no difficulty in finding howe
o use it. Why have wosolonsjswopl
upon our privileges and upon our du
ties and upon our rights ? Simply bo-
causa of constitutional doubts and
technicalities and quibbles. But 1
think I can speak for my friend and
colleague in the senate when I say
that ho and I do not need any instruc-
Jens for five , twenty-five or lilty mil-
ion of dollars if it is necessaty to dc-
. elope this great work. [ Senator
Saunders : "Not a bit of itrj And
no man can persuade us that wo ought
to give ton millions of dollars for the
Four Bigbeo river nnd exclude the
Mississippi and other local aflairs.
Hence your work is not so
much with us as with our
bretluon who Jlivo outside of this
great Mississippi valley. I don't know
how you can reach them better than
by a literary bureau , Your secretary
should gather statistics and printed
pamphlets , figures and facts and state
ments with reference to the Missis
sippi valley , its present condition and
future prospects , not for Senator
Saundcrs and myself to read , but for
your distinguished gentlemen from
Now York , from Virginia , from Dela
ware , who have an idea that because
little Delaware was ono of the original
thirteen that all the rest of us are
usurpers in this great valley ( laugh
ter ) nnd that every cent wo cost this
government is an unwarranted ex
pense to the nation. It seems to mo
this executive committee ought to bo
sleepless , working day ami night ,
teaching , as did the old prophets , line
upon line and precept upon precept ,
here a little and there a little , until
the minds of these eastern gentlemen
have some comprehension of this
great western valley. [ Applause. ]
You _ may fail in this great work ( a
voice : "No , sir ! " ) but wait a lit
tle longer until the next census gets to
work. I prcNinno wo will bo able to
take it with thosogcntlemen , ( a voice ;
"Just so. " ) and make our appropri
ations continually. But wo would
like to have n recognition of this won-
: lorful Mississippi valley from these
who live outside of it.
I don't know that 1 can say any
thing moro. I want to do everything
I can to make these rivers navigable ,
so that these barges can carry our J
grain to the market. Lot UH not get
discouraged because an objection is
raised hero and there. When I was
returning from Burlington the other
day I met a very good gentleman
friend and I told him I was going to
thobargo convention at Council Bluffs.
"Well , ho says , "it is a great hum
bug. " I told him that I did not sup
pose it was , and asked him why. Ho
said the grain would heat. I did not
know , but I didn't believe a word
of it , and when I hoard Mr.
Hogan explain that matter and
say that these barges carry this grain
in a refrigerator virtually , then I un
derstand that the box car is a oed
deal hotter place than the barge. [ Mr.
Hoga : "No doubt about it."J
There are always neoplo ready to
iloubt in this world. They doubt
their own existence , and oven some
times doubt that they are clever fol
lows ; and some others of us doubt it
too. There are some propositions al-
nest mathematical , nnd one is that
God Almighty would not have made
that mighty Mississippi river simply
for the purpose of washing elF the
farmer's land in the spring 01 the year
That when Ho traced its way and
filled it with water and sent it to Iowa
through the valley , Ho intended it
mould bo used by the people. There
a way to got the use of
is river ; wo need it , lot
us \tako it , and use it. [ Applause ] ,
: -MAYOK OIIAHK'H HFUKCH.
ifnyor Clmao being culled for
re so anid said ho hud taken part years
'
ago in similar conventions t'o the pres
ent ono , Und ho thought ho hud per
haps moAo ozporionco than any man
in that uHBombly. Tlioy ought to have
moans \transportation that would
mi able the/farmers / to accumulate something -
thing to support tlioir families and put
by for n rnAny clay. This river belongs
to the UiiitiVl States , and if they won't
improve it left thorn give it to us , and
wo'will improve it in douhlu quick
time. \
Ilo thanked Council lllulla for get
ting ui > this convention , and said ho
oxtomlod the hMncl of friendship to
thorn without OHM particle of jealousy.
The river nu\ugution would not interfere
torforo in any wifjy with ' .ho railroads
every single biiBhjol of grain would
have to bo hrouglU t by them before bo-
ing shipped , Wo/nre building up tlio
railroads when wJ\ \ open up the river
canal. ( Applause. '
The river always ] brought up the
gram wo had to eat * but man , always
discontented , tried do make something
better ; BO ho made tn'o ' railways. They
tried to beat the Alnlu'ghty inhis ways
of transportation.Why in Now York
the empire atato ? iVecauso of the
Erie canal. Ho did noV wantto , talk
about Iowa or Nebmskji ; but right ou
liero in the wcstni counties
wo have the finest dlwnal in the
world. Wo nro a young , Vigorous nnd
ambitious people , but wi ) Kuvo not
money cnouph. CongrenTs has said
something about this pro/joct but wo
must have it , wo are boiJnd to have i'
nnd there ia no more rea\on why wi
should not have it tlio saVno as Do
troit , Milwaukee and othei\places.
Mr , Reed's little system ffor KansaL
City and St. Louis -\vas described ns
BO chimerical that it would tuftn out n
humbug. X
Tlio government must do BomotliXuu
irV8 > . Tll time is coming when wb >
shall have millions and millions of
bUBliola of grain and the same amount
of fine pork , nnd these must have
monna of transportation. Commerce
s the greatest church of the United
States.
Now , the trouble with this matter
s Wall street. Don't ' blnmo Illinois ,
Jon't blame Kansas , don't blame the
western stales , but lay the blame on
Wall street. Wall street is fighting
us. They in Wall street think they
are strong , but wo have a Wall street
with gold in its mountains. Let us
shut up our banks and see how they
will tremble in Now York. They
don't think much about the people
ple of the great West.
They say you can buy
my ono of those follows for five dol-
ars. I was raised in Now Hamp-
ihirc. A michty good state to emi
grate from. [ Laughter. ] If they haVe
i farm of three-fourths of an aero
.hey think it a mighty good farm ,
Laughter. ]
1 toll you wo in Nebraska are get-
ing nhcad of you in Iowa , Wo are
lending moro wheat to market than
fou. Wo have got thousands of cat-
lo on our plains nnd wo have built a
sow-shed. [ Laughter. ] Wo will sco
whether wo are behind you. I will
iidmit you have moro men. Wo ,
however , ro both interested in this
_ , 'roat fight and wo want you to help us
with all your might.
KX-COJiOHKSSMAN HOOAN',1 HI'KECH.
Hon. John Hogan , being enthusi-
istically called for , rose and said :
NoWj sir , I want to make this ntato-
incnt in connection with what my
friend Chase has said about Wall
itrcot and about Now York. The
principal antagonism of importance
o our great commerce comes mainly
'rom the power of Now York. I will
say ns Senator Saunders said , and
every gentleman hero who was in the
last session of congress , when the bill
was passed appropriating some two
nnd one-half or nearly two and thrco-
( uartor millions of dollars for the
irst attempt of any magnitude for the
mproveinent of this river , will agree
with mo that we had the support ,
with almost perfect unanimity , of
Massachusetts , of Rhode Island , and
of Connecticut. Wo had the
lupport of the major part of
.ho . south , but our antagonism
came chieily from Now York ,
.nd the woiking classes of Now York
being opposed to these movements is ,
' , o my mind , a very singular thing ,
Why is Now York opposed to the im
provement of others commerce ? She
s a great empire state the concontra-
ion of the wealth of this country. So
ar as her interests are concerned it is
partly selfishness. As has just been
said they don't care to co-opcrato.
They don't care a cent about us , so
: hey give us away on the establish
ment of barge lines. They think if
ho Missouri is improved and becomes
capable of convoying its grains by
jarges it will lead Now York , and
New York will not bo the great ox-
lorting place of the Western valley ,
nd their occupation , sir , will
10 in some measure gone.
\Vp ought to contemplate
' .his thing a little. Wo have heard a
roat deal lately on the subject from
Now Yorktheir vast trade , exchanges ,
> tc. It is an absolute necessity to
. mvo , this canal , nnd it would bo only
; ho proper thing to do if the govorn-
nent voted sixty millions right out of
.ho treasury to accomplish this.
Now , gentlemen , I ask why is it in
the last ten yearp that Now York never
said ono word about this paying canul ,
which was a source of immense
revenue. Why lias this cry been
raised suddenly. The writing has
been seen on the wall , and they who
saw it have stood and trembled like
Delshazaar trembled when ho saw the
landwriting on the wall. "Tho
barges ! The barges ! ! " They are
coming to take the western
produce. Gentlemen , wo have got thu
means of transportation and wo have
got the knowledge hiw to increase the
means of transportation so that our
neans of transportation shall be ade
quate to the demands our great people
are making upon it.
Talk about your little ditches ! Gen-
tlomcn , hero is a great vehicle of trans
portation Wo have iv canal of 2100
niles , and all wo want is n little nppio-
_ ) riation to make it fully valuable.
When President Thomas Jefferson
bought the Mississippi he gave to this
republic an empire. Mr. Eads pro
poses to open the mouth of the Missis
sippi rivor. Ho wants to make that
the channel of the world ,
The north didn't object muih , the
cast didn't object > much and they
passed the bill. They passed it be
cause they believed it n humbug.
1 hey said as soon as you got it done
wo will then pay you. Ho accom
plished it and they began to haggle
about paying , but perseverance and
indomitable will said it shall bo done.
When the Mississippi opened its big
mouth right un hero at Illinois , Ne
braska and Kansas , it said , "I have
got a big open mouth , come nnd fill
it. " Do you over think of the mar
velous actions of Providence ? Sup
pose the pilgrim fathers and ethers
had come into the valley of the Miss
issippi , would there have been any
Now England ? ( Laughter. ) I believe
if facilities were given to send their
illimitable productions to the markets
of the world through those rivers ,
this country would become the might
iest empire under the sun.
I am very glad that you have taken
the bull by the horns , There is a
slight mistake in the report which I
wish to correct. I have heard Mayor
Sutor's report. Ho says ns the chair
man of this convention says , that this
river is the most perfectly capable of
improvement of any river anywhere
that from Sioux City , to the mouth of
the Missouri , twenty miles above St.
Louis , there is not an obstruction of a
solid character to bo met with. The
cost of improvement of this river to
Sioux City , eight hundred miles
would bo eight millions of dollars nnd
will make such an improvement as
will give from ten to twelve feet of "
water all the time , then by filling
banks from this low water ho will
make a channel for the floods
that como so that there will bo no
more overflows destroying this beauti
ful valley and its illimitable products
on the banks. Eight millions vou ask
for five. lie asks for ehht. I think
you might just os well be hanged for a
sheep as for a lunib. If you only nsk
for five millions you may got only ono.
If you nsk for eight millions to do
this work they will say , "Thoso fel
lowp nro in farnost ; they mean some1
thing. " Tip man that asks largely
and persistently is bound to get it.
What wo have got to do is just to
know that wo meant
them to help us nnd
shall got
MraskaLaMAgency
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Cliuo 4th Heating and furnishing the court
oom.
ClosH Eth For the entire ntructuro complete
Ithout furniture oriault doom.
Class Un Kor the entire ntructuro complete
Ith furniture and > ault doors.
The propoKils must Incli/da the materials for
cachcla.ss of work
Knch proposal imint bo accompanied with a
x > nd In the aum of two hundred dollarx , vlgncd by
dinself and ono other Rood surety thatlf requlr-
.dhow 111 enter Into a contract , anil Rite good
md HutSclcnt bondH In twice the amount of his
contract.
The pinna and specifications can bo HOCII at the
ifllcool the county clerk In Oscuola from this
iato. I
Tlio county commissioners reserve thu right to
elect any of all proposals
The proposals mimt bo made on the blank forms
hlchcan'ba had at tlioodlcoof the county clerk
DO on application. |
I'ropowils must bo directed to the Commission-
r of Polk Co. , Neb. , care of county clerk.
Ity order of county commissioners.
I. 1 * . KELI.BV ,
Jo20- County Clerk.
BOAltD OP EQUALIZATION.
Notice In hereby gl\en that In accordance with
icctlon 70 of an act of tlio Ltslslature of the
itato of Nebraska entitled "An act to pro\do ( a
ijstcm of Kevcnuc , " approod March 1,18"9 , the
ounty commi sloncra of Douglas county , Xa
iroaka , will at the otllco of the county clerk at
) maha , In fiald county , for ten miccoiwlta days ,
xmnncncliiff Monday , June 20.1881 , for the pur-
JOHC of equalizing and correcting thu assessment
olUof thuHe\cralprcciiHts of paid county for
hocarl831. All persons fctllng acgrleied by
inythlnfr contained In said tuwcssiuctit rolls must
rpply at the time above otateil as provided by
'aw , JoilX 11. MAVCIIFSIPR ,
Jinaha , June 13th , 1SS1. County Clerk.
clCt-wlt
i. UiSON Dentist.
. . , .
OKFICK Jacobs' Illoek , corner Capitol avenue
ind riftcciith strcot , Omaha Nob. \
If yoimroamani | OTlf youaroa
' off > UKlne'awe k VtfsJr rnan of let- - ,
encd by the strain of VlVJ ti'i-stolllnL-oYCrruld
your duties nrold atnlKbt work , to rc
cltmuuintiand use Ifftoro brain nerve and
Hop Bittera. luwiuite , u o Hop B.
It jou nro younp nn'l im iuuerlng ( rom any In
discretion or dmilpa rStlon i If you are mar-
Hud or single. oUl or F4 young , sulferlntf from
poorbcaitliorLantruUhlfiliiK on fc bwl vC sick *
ness , rely on H o pf Blttero.
"Whoover you ore , /Bftk Tliousnnds die an-
Ttheucrcr you tcclKB / ( I uuoJlJfrom some
tiiat your pyrtcnj cRUS t arm of Kidney
needs clcanslnp , QsS'IUioaM tliat mlcbt
Ing or stlmuiatlntf , mmm haTobooniircientcd
without < nto.rfcalfap , ( VPAby * tliuoly uuiof
Blttor'aT ' ° ° P UUfK HopBlttere
D. I. C.
orurfnartfccmi * J la absolute
disease an
plaint , .
I and IrreslntQ.
of tlio sttxnacfi , IT/TV *
HI I K I Wo cure for
Imtrtli. blood ,
11.U * . drunkonnABB ,
liver or nerve * I
use of opium ,
You will be tobacco.or
cured If VHUBO turcotlca.
Hop BiWera
If you are elm- Boldbydrnsr-
ply wcnlc and trials , bviultor
low rlritcdtry NEVER Clrculw.
Iti It may UOPBITTEHa
nave your
FAIL
life. It haa BTO CO. ,
saved hun Rocheitrr , Zf. T
dreds. & Toronto , Ont.
United States Depository ,
OF OMAHA.
Cor. 13th and Farnam Sts.
OLDEST BANKING ESTABLISHMENT IN
OMAHA.
8UCCE880RO TO KOUNTZE BROTHERS. )
8TABLI8IIKD IBM.
Organized M a National Bonk .Auguit 20,1883.
CAPITAL AND 1'ROXITSJOVEB 300 000
OmcxBJI AXD DIUOTOM :
: { HAS KOtJTTIl , prctlllleHt.
AUOUHTUH KorNTZH. Vice Preeldent.
II. W. YAIUH , Cashier.
A. J. Porrurrox , Attorney.
JOIH A. CKMIQIITOX.
F. II. DAVIS , Aist. Cashier.
This bink receives d po lta without regard to
amounts.
Issue * time certificate * bearing Interest.
Drawn drafts on Ban I'rancfaco and principal
cities of the United States , also London , Di Win ,
Edinburgh and the principal cJtloa of th conti
nent ot Kuropo.
Sell * powenger tickets for emigrants by the In-
man line. mavliltf
Any one having deadanlmali I will rtmore
them ( roe of charge. Lcaro orders southeast
corner of Ilarney and KUi fit. , second door.
C1IAHLKS SI'LITT.
The Oldest Established
BANKING HOUSE
IN NEBRASKA.
Caldwell , Hamilton & Co , ,
Business trannctod name u that of on Incor
po rated Dank , .
Account * kept In currency or gold subject tt
tlrht check without notic *
Certificates of depot It issued pav able In throe ,
> lx and twtha month ) , bearing Intercut , or oa
demand without Interest.
Advances made to customers on approved ccU'
Titles at market rae of Interest.
Buy and sell gold , bills of eichange , gorern
inent , state , county and city bonds.
Draw tight drafts on England , Ireland , Scot
Und , and all part * of Europe.
Bell European passage tickets.
COLLECTIONS 1'KOMITLV MADK.
augldt
Business College ,
THE GREAT WESTERN
GEO. R. RATHBUN , Principal.
Oreighton Block ,
OMAHA , - . . NEBRASKA
3TSend for Circular. DOT lOdtvr U
DIRECTORY OF LEADING WESTERN HOfELS.
1IOTXLS. PROPRIETORS. TOWNS.
UNION PACIFIC HOTEL , MARKEL & SWODE , U , P. Transfer ,
Council Bluffs.
LEWIS HOUSE , JOHN 8. LEWIS , Dow City , Iowa.
HARTNEY HOUSE , W. P. HUNTER , Wett Side , Iowa.
McHENRY HOUSE , T. W. BUTLER.I Vail , Iowa.
SUMMIT HOUSE , SWAN & DECKER , Cretton , In.
JUDKINS HOUSE , JUDKINS & ono. , Red Oak , la.
MENDIN HOTEL , AOOLPH WUNDER , Mendln , la.
THE CENTRAL HOUSE , JOSEPH SANKEY , Walnut , la.
IVES HOUSE , O. T. IVES , Halting * , la.
COMMERCIAL HOTEL , WM. LUTTON , VIIM.cn , la.
PARK HOTEL , W. J. QARVIN , Corning , la.
DELDEN HOTEL , A.W. CELDEN , Woodbine , la.
LUSK HOUSE , JA8. A. LUSK , Logan , la.
COMMERCIAL HOTEL , O. F CAS8ADY , Denlson , la ,
DURKE'S HOTEL , E. R. BURKE , Cnrroll , Jn.
QLIDDEN HOUSE , S. M. LEWIS , Glldden , la.
SCRANTON HOUSE , JOS. LUCRAFT , Scr.inton , la.
ASHLEY HOUSE , DAN EMBREE , Grand Junction , la
HEAD HOUSE , JOS. SHAW & CO. , Jefferson , la.
MERCHANTS' HOTEL , CHENEY & CO. , Sioux City , In.
CHENEY'S UNION HOTEL , CHENEY BROS , Mo. Valley June. ,
CITY RESTAURANT , J.JTUCK , Dunlnp , la.
CHAPMAN'S 8ESTAURANT , T. O. CHAPMAN , Stanton , la.
LAUQHMAN'8 ' RESTAURANT , W. LAUOHMAN , Shelby , la.
NEOLA HOTEL , F. 8IEVERTZ , Ncolo , la ,
WOODWORTH HOUSE , J. R. CALKINS Atlantic , la.
CENTRAL HOUSE , S. P. ANDERSON , Matvern , la.
EMERSON HOUSE , A. L. SHELDON , Emmcrson , la ,
CROMWELL HOUSE , MRS. R. COCHRAN Cromwell , la.
WALTON HOUSE , T. C. WALTON , Onawa , la ,
CITY HOTEL , CHENEY St CLARK , Dlalr , Neb.
MARSH HOUSE , W. W. BROWNING , Brownvlle , Neb.
GRAND CENTRAL HOTEL , E.iD. COTTRELL , Nebraska City , Nob. .
CENTRAL DLOCK HOTEL FRED , STADELMANN , Plattsmouth , Nob'
EXTS3C3XTUSS
[ 0. & N. W. R. R. , WESTERN IOWA. ]
FRIOK _ _ & SNYDER , General Merchandise , Missouri Valley June. , la
OA11LISLE 13110'S. , Hardware ,
L. BROWN , Attorney at Law , K
A. H. MILLER , Meat Market , IIK
IIARKIE HILL , Billiard Hall , K
, T. W. STOOKER , Groceries and Queenswaro , Logan , Iowa.
Q. B. CALDWELL , Hardware , II 1C
GEORGE SOPER , Hardware , 1C
W. B. GOODENOUGH , Boots and Shoos , 1C 1C
A. P. LATHROP , Harness , c II
W ID. OROMIE , General Merchandise , Woodbine , Iowa.
BOYERVALLEYBANK II 1C
BOIES & DECON , Hardware , ClCl 1C
J. H. FARNS WORTH , Justice of the Peace , Cl 1C
O. W. TAYLOR & CO. , Hardware , Dunlap , Iowa.
L. K. PEPPER , Groceries , Cl
WM. FOREST , Restaurant , IIII
WM. WEINGARTNER , Meat Market , u II
0\VENMoDONALD _ , Billnrd Hall , u II
L. E. HARDY , General Merchandise , Dow City , II
C. M. WILDER , , Confectioner , II
J. C. RULE , Harness , 1C 1C
M. B. LEWIS , Druggist , 1C
BEN HEATH , Fancy Fowls , 1C 1C
GREGORY&ANDERSNDruRgists , Donison , cc1C
L. T. CARR , Bookseller , u 1C
JOHN SHORT , Grain Dealer , Vail , cc
B. F. NEWPORT , General Merchandise and Lumber , u 1C
J. W. COUSINS , Agricultural Implements , cc cc
C. A. LYONS , Agricultural Implements , II 1C
E. B. BANNISTER , Hardware , II C
S. H. DEERING , Moat Market , II
CITIZENS' BANK. 1C
1C1C
L. L. BIRCH , Restaurant and Confectionery , 1C
JOHN A. STONE , Plow Manufacturer and Machinist ccCl
GEO. INMAN , Sample Room , Cl 1C
TAYLOR & JOHNSON , Hardware , West Side , cc
C. B. SMITH , Druggist , cc 1C
MOOR A.OKEN&MrLES Harness , 1C 1C
ALBERT JOHNSON , Wagonmakcr and Blacksmith" , IIcc It
F. WESTLAND , Boota and Shoes , ccCl 1C
M. L. SPOTaWOOD , Restaurant and Confectionery , Cl 1C
0. JEWETT & SON , Lumber and Grain , Maple River Junction , 1C
BROOKS & BAUM-
HOVER , Carroll Steam Mills , Carroll ,
BETZER & SCOTT cc cc
, Attornoys-nt-Law ,
POWERS & Land and Coll. 1C cc
POWERSAttornoys-at-Law , . Agta ,
G. W. PAINE , ' Attorney-at-Law , 1C cc
DR. JNO. W. GUSTINEPhysician and Surgeon Ci cc
DR. 11. D. BACKCTS , Dentist , 1C 1Ccc
L. T. ANDERSON , Harnesa , cc
C. J. OTTO , Harness , cc
H. F. FLINN , Jeweler , cc
E. P. GRIFFITH , Restaurant , 1C
Tobacco from 25c , per pound upwards.
Pipes from 25c. per dozen upwards.
Cigars from $15.00 per 1,000 upwards.
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* V//'S/S'S
MAX MEYER & BRO. ,
the Oldest Wholesale and
Retail Jewelry House in
Omaha. Visitors can here
find all novelties in Silver
Ware , Clocks , Rich and
Stylish Jewelry , the La
test , Most Artistic , and
Choicest Selections in
Precious Stones , and all
descriptions of Fine
Watches , at as Low Pri
ces as is compatible with
honorable dealers , Call
and see our Elegant New
Store , Tower Building ,
corner llth and Farn-
ham Streets.
MAX MEYER & BRO.
HI IEIEB & BRO.
O XUC .A. 3
THE LEADING
MUSIC HOUSE
IN THK WKST I
General Agents for the
Finest and Best Pianos and
Organs manufactured.
Our prices are as Low as
any Eastern Manufacturer
and Dealer.
Pianos and Organs sold
for cash or installments at
Bottom Prices.
A SPLENDID stock of
Steinway Pianos , Knabe
Pianos , vose & Son's Pi
anos , and other makes.
Also Clough & Warreu ,
Sterling , Imperial , Smith
American Organs , &c. Do
not fail to see us before pur
chasing.