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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : THURSDAY , JULY 21 , 1881.
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OMAHA PUBLISHING 00 , .Prop'rs .
E.ROSEWATER , Editor.
John II. Pierce is in Chanro of the Clrcu
ution of THE DAILY BEE.
CONKUNO will no longer bo the
stormy petrol of politics.
ST. Louis is shuddering over tlic
' prospects of n water fnmino.
IF any man talks nbout the ho
weather , shoot him on the spot.
JUST now a sermon is like n liver
pad. It helps to aid the digestion o
n heated and weary paper.
IK London and Paris they have dis
continued street sprinkling. In Om-
nlia they liavn't begun yet.
Miw. GAnnittD wants to1 got out ol
the White House as soon as aho can ,
Several parties would bo willing to go
.into her piaco.
t THE prcsidont's appetite is enor
mous ; so much so that it don't noec
- , *
K an.ofllcial . bulletin to jell us ho is
much bettor.
TWENTV years ago this dajM.ho first
battle of Bull run was fought. What
marvellous changes this country lias
undergone in those twenty years. *
TUB Republican wants to know
"what j has become of TUB BEE'S
sting , " Don't bo too inquisitive , or
your fate may bo like that of the little -
tlo boy who investigated too closely
tho'i'busincss end" of that vivacious
'insect.
WISCONSIN'S anti-treat law is a doa < ]
' Tlottor. An attempt will bo mado" Id
amend , jt a thq , coming , scssiejaoffhp
logislaturol ' "Wisconsin sampled ( torn
Nebraska , but in Nebraska as ] in
" \Visconsin , sampling still continues ,
notwithstanding the anti-treat laws.
Mn. SiinnniLL has evidently never
"boon wlioro there was a great riot or
"ho wouldn't clamor for moro troops.
During the great riot at Nashville , im
mediately after Donaldson foil , a
-wholo regiment of Texas rangers fail
ed to disperse the mob but the steam
iiro engines were turned loose , four or
iivo streams of water were thrown
into the crotvd and in less than five
minutes the crowd had dispersed.
'Jhis shows that ono stbam flro engine
Sa.os good as two regiments in a riot.
r Mn. JAMEH REDI-ATII is n genial
" gentleman and a genuine sympathizer
.Ojfwith Ireland , but ho sometimes gives
too .much rein to his fancy. His remark -
, mark in a rccont , speech , that should
t lie bo arrested no English nobleman
could croas the Mississippi without
risk of boinir shot or held as a hostaqo
ior his release , is a decided stretch of
-'the ' imagination. While Americans
would greatly regret to hear of Mr.
1 Jlodpath'a arrest , JJuglish noblemen
< ; , would como and go as much a hero-
ioforo without hindrance or molesta
tion. The sentiment of obedience to
Jaw is strpn in the breast of every
' 'American and no ono knows this bet-
- ' tir than James Redpath.
Ill .
- PAI-EKH in the Republican valley ,
where the crops uro good this
year , find fault with the crop
reports of TUB BKE , THE BBB , in
the compilation of its crop reports ,
used every care to secure the most re
liable statistics. Its correspondents
were selected from the best informed
inen of thu various counties in thu
state. The fiifures as given by them
were carefully examined and compared
anel the most favorable reports inva
riably selected. Later reports have
, fully verified the figures of THE
DEE. Taking as an average the whole
state our wheat crop will not average
over eight bushels to the aero. Of
course in some sections of the state it
will go fur above that figure , but the
{ 'average will' bo about as above stated ,
' The hot weather is helping the corn
out nicely und the prospects of un av
erage crop are good. The entire yield
of wheat and corn will probably li o
larger tluui last year , owing to the in
creased acreage , but it is worse than
folly to deceive ourselves and others by
the announcement of an enormous
JuvrvMt. The BXK states facts as it
ndf thorn , without glow or varnish.
DEFRAUDING THE PEOPLE
Four weeks ago proposals were in
vitcd by the city council of Oirmlu
for the official advertising that is t <
bo done during the year beginning tlu
first of August , Tlio council , in thii
as in all cases , reserved to itself tlu
option of accepting or rejecting any 01
nil proposals.
Bids were received from tlu
publishers of three papers , Tin
BEE , the Ikpnblican and Telftjram
They wcro referred to the committal
on printing and that committee 01
Tuesday night reported unanimous ! )
in favor of awarding the contract tt
THE BKK and the recommendation ol
the committee was adopted by tin
council. Thereupon the council ii
charged with defrauding the people
which means the tax payers , bocausi
they did not award the contract foi
advertising to the lowest bidder. Now
the tax payers of Omaha expect tin
council to transact the publio busi
ness of this city in the 8.11110 mannet
that they would transact their own
business. .When a merchant paye
money for advertising ho usually se
lects the medium that has the widest
circulation and the council lias acted
on the same principle. Had the council
decided to put its advertisement ) ?
in rcaderlcss papora or in n mush'
room paper that affords no guarantee
for its continuance , just because they
offered to do the work cheap they
would have defrauded the taxpayers.
The main object of advertising by thu
city is to reach the largest number of
people. Nearly all the advertising
during the active scaaon consists of
proposals for various improvements ,
such as grading , building crosswalks
and sidewalks , bridges , sewers ,
and proposals for various supplies
purchased by the city. Some years
ng'o , when the Jfr/mbt'ca ( was made
the official paper because its bid was
very low , the city had to print hand
bills and have them distributed every
time they had important proposala to
advertise , if they wanted bids for
grading or wanted to invite pro
posals from teamsters or laborers.
Furthermore , very frequently the
city i "wan compelled to advertise
in all the other papers and pay full lo
cal rates. By advertising in THE BEI ;
they roach four times as many people
as can bo reached by any other daily
in Omaha. And nobody knows thix
better than the disappointed young
men who are cryincr fraud just now.
They were in the employ of
TUE 13r.E and they know that it has
no rivals as an advertising medium
in Omaha or Nebraska. . There
was another reason why the
council did not awaid the contract to
the lowest bidder. The publishers of
that mushroom concern had the au
dacity to furnish the council with the
name of a prominent' merchant na
their.aufofy alicTOiat * morchilnf'por -
jonally served notice on the city clerk
ixnd on the chairman of the committee'
on printing that the use of his nanui
was unauthorized and ho would under
no circumstances become the bonds
man of these parties. This made it
t straw bid and the committee had to
reject it oven if they did not for busi-
loss reasons find it to the advantage
} f the city to recommend a contract
with Tiiu BEE There is nothing unus
ual in rejecting the lowest bid where
v difference in quality and quantity
jxists. Two years ao ; the council
idvortiuod for "proposala for
Ire department hose and
jids were received from half a dozen
oartios , varying in price all the way
'roin five to forty cents per foot.
\ftor testing different samples the
iouncil awarded the contract to the
lighcst bidder , because it found it to
jo most economical ns well at ) safer to
iso the best hose rather than the
heapost. Again , n few months ago
ho council advertised for proposals to
i ht the city.
A party from St. Louis put in a bid
or lighting our streets with yiwolino
t 820 per lump , and the gas cam-
tally's bid was 825 per lamp. There
ro two hundred lamps in the city ,
nd this made a difference of over it
liousand dollars per annum , but the
ouncil rejected the lowest hid very
roporly because the gas work wore a
ormanont institution , and gas is bot-
ur than gasoline.
Suppose the city should advertise pro-
x > sali for hay and half a do/on bids
vero received , the lowest bidder buy
ng a very inferior artlold and the
lighiist the very best. It would bo
iconoiny to buy the best , although it
vas not the cheapest , and the reject
ion of the lowest bid would justify
lobody in charging the council wih (
lefrauding the people.
As a matter of fact the rates
jluirged by THE BEE are very reason-
iblo , away below what the city of Lin-
: oln is paying their official puporj
vhich has not one-sixth the circula-
ion of THE BEK. Besides all this ,
ho principle was involved in the do-
: ison ! of ( ho council whether every
nushroom concern , and any paper
ag that is circulated in the streets
hall bo placed on an equal
ooting with established newspapers
hut have been in existence for years.
f such a principle is udoptod it would
jo useless for a first-class newspaper
o become n bidder. The city could
mrdly afford to advertise in n mush-
oem concern even if the advertising
vas given away ior things given away
ire for the most part worthless and
the city , like any private individval ,
should invest its money whcro
it will do the rnost good.
Wo say this much not in apology for
anything THE BEE has done in bid
ding for the city printing , but in jus
tice to the council , which in assailed
for refusing to accept n hid coming
from parlies who misrepresented their
sureties and admit that they cannot
say how long their paper will continue.
THE PACIFIC TELEPBAPH.
As tlm initial point of the Pacific
telegraph and place of * residence ol
the late Edward Croighton , one of its
projectors and builders , Omnha natur
ally manifests a good deal of interest
in the reminiscences of that great en
terprise. In another column wo re
produce an article headed "llio Talk
ing Wire , " that recently appeared
in the San Francisco 2xnm *
intr , which is n epccimon
brick of fiction that has Irom time to
time been put in print concerning the
early history of the overland tolegmph.
With the exception of the facts that
Edward Creightonwas superintendent
of the Pacific telegraph , and Gen.
Connor was in command of troops
stationed nloHg the overland route to
protect the wires , the whole story oi
our California cotumporary is the
product of a lively imagination.
In the first place wo nro told thai
Gen , Connor , the noted California
Indian fighter , put Edward Crcigh-
ton in charge of a squad of cavalry
and ordered him to protect and keep
up the Pacific telegraph line between
Fort Laramie and South Pass. The
fact is that Gen. Connor was placed
under the direction of Mr. Creigllton
to protect the Overland Tele
graph and Mr. Croighton
was at no time . in charge
of u squad of cavalry. In 1805 , at the
time this article represents the Pacific
telegraph as raided by Indians , the
editor of THE BEE was mannpor of the
Pacific telegraph wires nt Omaha un
der Mr. Creighton , superintendent ,
and Mr. W. B. Hibberd , assistanl
superintendent. Ho therefore talkH
by the card * hon ho pronounces the
whole story about Mr. Oroighton'a
exploits in thwarting the "Indian raid
ers as unfounded. ' . ' ,
Wo are told , for instance , among
other of Mr. Croightpn's daring
achievements , that ho and his squad
travelled through the mountains at
night with the hoofs off their horses
muffled with blanket pails' ; that the
hammers with which they nailed insu-
latora on the telegraph poles wore
thickly padded so aa to mufllo the
sound of the knocking. Mr. Creigh-
ton himself would startluut alone in
the darkness and J make a
circuit of the Indian camp
reach the line Ijoyond the
break- , attach his pocket .instrument
und cdimnoiico to talk to Omaha or
San Francisco , send messages td oper
ators on the line and then return to
cump in time to escape capture. Now
Mr , Crcighton was n telegraph line
builder , but not a practical tele
graph operator. Ho never
curried a pocket instrument
because it wasof no use to him , as ho
rould send no message or do any talk
ing by sound over the wire. As su
perintendent of the Pacific tclogruph ,
ho employed repairers at different
stations. on the old overland stage
route , whose business it was to keep
the line in repair , and they were ac
companied by squads of soldiers
whenever they thought that going
alone would bo dangerous. It was
in 1804 und not in 'GO that the In-
oians raided the Pacific telegraph
wires. But they never carried off
any quantity , of wire , except in ono
instance , and that was in their attack
upon Juleaherg , when over thirty
miles of telegraph were destroyed and
tha wire carried off. In that attack
uul in every attempt to pull down
.ho lines , they were doubtless led by
renegade whites. The greatest trouble
Dxporionced on the Pacific telegraph
waa not from Indiana but froui Pil
grims , aa the emigrants bound foi the
Pacific coast were then known. It
was the Pilgrims that chopped tele
'ruph poles for kindling and fro-
inently interrupted the lines by
ho use they , made of telegraph
lolo fuel. At one time thes. ' inter
ruptions became BO annoying that ono
Martin Ilogon , who was by ull
addq the most daring of
uf Mr. Groiqhtbn's repairers placed
placards on the poles warning these
pilgrims against chopping them down ,
under penalty of death , and Hogan
actually did capture and hang ono of
these pilgrims for chopping down tele
graph poles. Hogan did perhaps , as
much as any other person to makp the
Indians steer clear of the telegraph
incs. He was married to a Sioux
squaw and his intercourse
with the Indians enabled him to in-
apiru a good deal of dread as well as
respect among the savages in connec
tion with the telegraph. Wo say this
nuch simply to contradict the many
ies that have been written about the
Overland telegraph and its builders.
[ f Mr , Croighton was alive ho would
smile good-naturedly over the heroic
Kirt that lui is made to play und the
Iramatio incidents in which ho is made
o figure by literary men of fertile
luagination. _
LITER
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"Tho Daaghtor of Henry Sago Bit
tenhouso" is the title of the now storj
in Scribner by the author of "Ai
Earnest Trifler , " the first part of whicl
will appear in the Midsummer Holi
day ( August ) number Iho remaindo :
in the September. The scene is i
Now England water-place , and tin
heroine , Anne Kittenhouso , is twenty
two and a native of Philadelphia
"that city , " the author says , "whosi
capacity for producing unobjvction
able children is unsurpassed. " Semi
of the situations which naturally
puzzle the heroine will pique tin
curiosity of the reader. Her eflorti
to have a somewhat less dismal time
und to discover the sooial antocedcnti
of her strange acquaintances together
or with the struggle of Mrs. Ritten
houqo to restrict their society to-those
fellow-sufferers of whoso .standing slu
felt sure are piquant motives of ti
sea-sido sketch , which give opportuni
ties for some keen characterization
In point of literary finish , , the story it
said to bo a marked advance'on "Ar
Earnest Trifler. '
ACCORDING to Consul Yah Buren
the heavy Biiing of white cotton , good ;
for-Uie eaatccu loarkfrfes .practuod , b ;
English manufacturers is neither i
fraud nor a' mistake. The people o
China and Japan use such goods ai
linings for winter garments. The ]
claim that the sizing does not injun
the goods , while it adds materially t <
their weight and warmth. In view o
this , Mr. Van Burcn suggests that i
might bo well for our manufacturer !
to inquire into the matter , und adds
"Goods made especially for thi
market of lighter weight , andpreparoc
in the manner desired by the people
could bo sold ; and the questioi
whether it should bo done is import
ant enough to merit serious considcra
tion. " Ho ulno thinks that in cheapo :
woolen goods , in groceries , provisions
leather , lumps and fillings , and semi
other articles , wo should secure i
much larger proportion of the trade
But ho admits that in cotton yan
Americans cannot compote with Brit
isli producers. They ought , however
to be able to do so , as they have tin
raw material right at their doors , ai
good machinery as the world affords ,
und distance is in their favor.
THH1 TALKINGWIRE. .
How tuo Indians Regard tlto Wonderful -
dorful Telegrupu.
From the San FranuUco Kxamlncr.
"Tho telegraph line to the Pacific
roast must ho keot up at any cost. "
Such was the imperative order ot
General Put Connor , the noted Cali
fornia Indian tit'hter , to the veteran
patrol upon tha old California trail un
the last year of the civil war. Men
wcro scarce and the Indians wore
moro numerous than ever before.
Connor was organizing the largest
military expedition ever sent into the
liostilu Indian country. Ho had de
termined to open a road from Fort
Laramie through the Big Horn , Ton-
ijuo river und upper Yellowstone
country to Bannock und the Montana
mining regions , and to obtain a force
large enoiu'h to insure success nearly
Jvery military fort or stockade oa the
telegraph line was deplete of fighting
men. It was the summer of 1805 ,
xnd times were very exciting in the
just. Telegrams wora eagerly sought
for in California , but the difficulty in
Cooping open an uninterrupted
jloctric line through 500 miles of hos-
: ilo Indian country was only realized
ay the bravo but scattered military
aatiol engaged in that duty. When
ever the rod skins crossed the line
: hey tore down the wire , burned down
; ho poles , and in many instances car
ried away thu wire , and nftorcoiliii/ !
ap would throw it into the nearest
; reek or river. The SOO miles of line
jetweon Fort Laramie und South Pass
. 'ero intrusted to the care of thirty
ioui.g men of the .Eleventh Ohio Cav-
ilry , under command of the late Ed-
vard Oreighton , of Omaha , the super-
ntondent of the overland telegraph
inc. It was to him and his small
wnd of cavalrymen that General Con-
ior issued the above terse and em
phatic order on their departure 01
their perilous three months' trip. Th <
small number of Croighton's patro
rendered an open campaign ngain i
the Indian marraudora impossible. Al
repaint to the line were done in the
night , and all breaks on it wcro made
in the day time The mode o !
destruction was as follows : J
party of young Choyenncs 01
Sioux would gallop up to t
telegraph line and throw n riata 01
rope over the wire , and then start of
nt full gallop , tearing down the wire
which was usually coiled up nnd car
tied away to bo concealed. The mischievous
chiovous redskins would then deploy
up and down the line , each bucl ,
squatting himself down at the base ol
a tolcgrauh polo , whore ho kindled i
fire of sage brush or grease wood , ant
after lighting his pipe would sit ant
wait patiently until the tall polo bum
od throuah and foil. The labor of cut
ting or digging up the poles was to <
trol , sufo within its impregnable cor
rail of wagons loaded with tolograpl
poles , could sco the work of dostruo
tion point ? on up and down the liuo
but onrfcd not inovo out of camp unti
night concealed their movements.
The Sioux and Choyonnes have al
ways been very superstitious aboul
the "talking-wiro , " as they call it
and for several years after the In
dian war broke out refrained fron
meddling with the overland lino. L
order to impress the minds of thosi
wild beings with the mysterious power
or of the telegraph , a great counci
was called at Scott Bluffs , when the
line was first built ; two of the greai
chiefs wcro stationed at posts in the
open plain , between the Chimney
rook and Scott Bluffs , and each son
messages through telegraph operators
which were promptly delivered. Thoi
the chiefs mounted their fostes
horses and galloped to moot eacl
other , and asked what the message
was or the words ho had spoken te
the wire ; the result astounded them
they could not explain it , nor has ii
over been understood by them , and te
this day a telegraph operator or nmi
engaged in the repair or nmnagomen
of the "talkativo-wiro" is regarded at
a "mcdicino man" and a person to b <
lot alono. It was to this sunerstitioi
that Crciijh ton's men owed their livoi
and exemption from attack.
With the appr. ach of night tele
graph destroyers usually diaappeared
and the repairers would start forwurt
upon their thrilling and exciting trips ,
The horses' hoofs were muffled with
blanket pads to prevent noise. Nc
saddles were used , so as to render the
horses lighter in case of retreat 01
pursuit by the Indians. The instruc
tions were , in case of interruption bj
the Indians , to scatter into the brusf
and bach o silently escape as best be
could to the camp , Ono party would
dig holes and insert the burning tele
graph'polo ' , after driving a largo nai !
upon.'which to hang the wire. Tlu
hammers used were thickly padded sc
as td muffle the sound of the knock
ing. No talk was allowed , and onlj
wliisperj when unavoidable. Croigh
ton's work was usually the most dan
gorous. His task was to unreel n thin ,
thread-like wire covered with green
silk , and stretch it from ono end ol
the break to-tho other , auspendum the
frail wire upon the top of sage brusr
or * weeds , flfc this Blight , delicate
wiWtho'people of'California received
sometimes a whole day'a news. . Bui
woe to the wire if jock-rabbits were
thick , or a bear or stray ponoy crossed
it , as they often did. The frail thread
would break , and the people of Cali
fornia rot no moro news for that daj
or night.
Sometimes the Indians camped or
the lino. In that event Superinten
dent Croighton would start out alone
in the durkcss , make a circuit ef the
Indian camp , reach the line beyond
the break and attach his pocket in
strument , and commence to talk tc
Omaha or San Francisco , send mes
sages to operators on the line , and
then return to camp in time to escape
capture. The Indians never move
about at night , hence there was little
danger of meeting them in the dark
ness. When moving from place to
place the ten wagona loaded with tele
graph poles proceeded in two lines
the men in the center. When the In
dians appeared a corrall was formed
instantly , stock in the center and men
at the breastworks formed by the tel
egraph poles. But while this little
patrol was pursuing its daring and sol
itary work , lively times were being
enacted not far from them , and many
bravo men were dying by bullet , ar
row , tomahawk and Indian torture.
STATE JOTTINGS.
Arapahoe wants n grain buyer.
Wyinore is to have a public hull.
Falls City wants a street car line.
Haln has spoiled much hay near Scliuy.
ler.
ler.Work
Work 1m * commenced on Tremont's
creamery ,
The BCCOIU ! kiln of crockery burned at
Almn was a iiucceaa.
An attempt was majo last week to burn
Uartel'a Hall , at Ereiuont ,
A. J. Vim Horn , of lllvertan , received a
pension of 81,800 last week.
The track ou the n , & M. U laid to the
west end of Ked Willow county ,
Seventy-Raven acres of land were recent
ly sold at Blue Springs for $10,000.
A post of the O. A. K. was organized
Wednesday evening in Kupublican City.
The rye yeild of Hed Willow county is
attainted at from 20 to 35 bubhelu per
acre ,
Dodge county has decided to hold the
county fair on the 2J , 3d anil 4th of Goto.
l > er ,
It is gaiil crops look better in tlio He.
fiublican valley than in any other part of
tbe ttato.
One hundred wauon loaih of buffalo
: xinej were purchased by Indianola parties
! ast week ,
Four ImiMlnga were Uruck by lightning
n Blair in one night. None very badly
The contract for Imildiui ; a wagon
Jridge across tlio river at Cambridge was
vt lost week.
A large immlwr of new bridges will be
.milt the present summer in different parts
of Pass county.
It ia the opinion of fanners near Oxford
that thin year's wheat crop will Gurpasa
any previous one.
little boy , liv'nx near lied Cloud , waa
ecently Ictclied by a horse , which broke
bia lower jaw bone.
A large number of cheep ranches have
jeen located on Lodge Polo creek , Cheyenne
county , this geasou.
The lone tree , half way between Hebron
and Hubbell , was demolished by lightning
and wind last Sunday ; The lone tree
could be seen for a dutaiico of ten to twen
ty-five rollw from any direction , and was
well known by almost every person in th
county ,
During the Ute ntorm the iron bridge
Acrtmfl the Sandy at Alexandria was wMh
enl from its foundation.
Considerable ) eUmnge was dnne by th
Sunday ttonn between Clay Center am
Harvard chiefly to crops.
Twenty mcmlwrs of the B. and M. Bee
tion wane near Blue Spring * were recently
poisoned by eating pretscd beef.
Th- Ked Cloud Argm states that , as a
rule , whe-iit In Webster county will yielc
from ten to twenty bushels per acre.
A. A. KcMiiey , of Albion , was benne
over on suspicion of incendiarism. The
lire vailing impression is that he is no
During a storm in Polk county a
cyclone struck tbe house of J. Kavenaugl
nd carried it seventeen feet from its foun
dation.
Franklin is bavins a boom In buildings
more new buildings being put up and im
jirovements made than in any valley town
this reason ,
Tlio Hamilton county nonrml instltut
for 1881 will bo held at Aurora ; commenc
ing on Monday , Aug. 22 , and continuing
two weeks.
A young Bohemian in the employe
John Andreas , two miles west oC Beatrice
WM drowned in the Blue Wednesday
morning.
A new hotel , a new hardware store , a
new dnig store , n now church , nnd foil
dwellings will be among improvements in
Herman this year.
Tlio Franklin wills proprietors nro put
Una in another run ot burrs. This wil
mnkq the fonrth run and still tlio mill is
running night and day.
A cang of graders are nt Weeping Water
ready to commence work on tlio Mmour
Pacific , and the line has been located soutl
through Dun1 nr , Otoe county.
Jackson Fritz , n farmer living nbout six
miles cast of Hebron , is now making ex
cellent cheese , in considerable quantiti-
nnd Intends to noon increase his facilities
The wheat crop twenty miles north o
Republican City will be an immense one
alia farmers in that locality nro in gooi
snirits. Some of the crop has been cu
nnd threshed ,
A district Normal Institute will bo helc
at Alma , for Franklin. Furnns , Go-per
Hitchcock , Phelps , Ked Willow and Hnr
Ian counties , commencing August 8th , nnc
continuing three weeks.
Two car loads of lumber is on tin
ground for tlio building of the academy a
Franklin. "Work oil tlie building will be
pushed rapidly , as school will commence
In the edifice on October 1.
A child , four years old , by the name o
Brcdenburg , living nbout seven or eigh
miles northwest- Wahoo. was struck bi
lightning nnd instantly killed. The bal
nnco of tnn family were stunned and fell to
the floor.
Mrs. Frank Taylor , living seven miles
Bouth of Tecumscn , was bitten on her am
and hand , by a rattlesnake , near her house
on Tuesday evening. She was brought n
once to this city and Dr. Fairall sum
moned. He gnv the usual remedies ant
she has now nearly recovered. [ Tecumsel
Chieftain.
POLITICAL. POINTS.
Hannibal Hamlim has not ye
whether he will accept the Spanish Mis
sion.
' Hon. Samuel C. Fessenden , the newly-
nppointed consul to St. John , is a brother
of the late Senator William Pitt Fesaen-
den.
den.John
John D. Bookwaltcr , who ia the candi
date of the young democrats for governor ,
was formerly a republican. He joined the
liberals in 1872
If President Garficld recovers the Han-
cockand English and Garfield and Artliui
battalions of Nen-buryport , Mass. , wil !
unlto a torchlight parade.
Representative Chalmers , of Mississippi ,
wlAiboa published n card against Scnatoi
LtfiimrT ii , it is said , ambitious to occupy
that gentleman's place in the senate.
Senator Ransom of North Carolina says
the only election to be held in North Carolina
lina this year is one in August. Politics
do not enter it ) but only the question ol
temperance prohibition.
The greenbackers of Wisconsin have
nominated E. P. Allis , of Milwaukee , for
governor ; Daniel Giddlings , of Fond du
Lace , for lieutenant governor , imd Wilson
H. Hopkins , of Chippewa Falls , for secre
tary of state.
Politics begin to bubble in the states.
The Pennsylvania democrats have held
their state convention , the prohibitionists
meet at AltOon t the 28th , the republicans
early in September , and the democrats
huve yet to decide the time for their
gathering.
Don Cameron tells the Virginia rend-
justera that it will be impossible to run
Jiiddleberger again aa sergeant-nt-nrras
next winter , and says that the present i a
time to heal and not to increase political
dissension. Don has been watching Al
bany and studying ths decline and full of
a boss to some purpose ,
A somewhat erratic correspondent of n
New Hampshire paper at the state capital
says that the pre-ent js the first legisla
ture he ever saw in which there are abso
lutely no party lines. "It is very much
like the Massachusetts assembly , " he nays
"in which two-thirds of the republicans
are democrat * , and all the democrats are
two-thirds republican. "
Mark S. Brewer , of Pontiac , Mich. , who
has bt.cn appointed United States consul-
general at Berlin in pluco of Hermann
Kreiinmnn , is a native of Michigan , hav
ing been born in Atidison , Oakland county ,
in 1837. Ho worked on a farm until he
WHS nineteen ; studied law and was admit
ted to the bar ; and was elected state sena
tor and to the Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth
congresses , where he formed the ncquain
tance of General Garfield.
Senator Pendleton is said to be disgusted
with the conduct of the Ohio democrats in
nominating a pockctbook for governor.
He was serenaded in Columbus on the
evening of thu day the convention met
ihere , but refrained in his speech from
making any ( illusion to the convention1 ! )
candidate other than hat a ticket hail been
nominated which would insure work for
the party. This is to his credit. The
lominatlon seems to have been sold out tn
, he highest bidder , and he is likely to din
cover on the day after election that hi ) has
paid a high price for an entirely worthless
nrticle.-N. Y. Tribune ,
LEGAL NOTICE.
In the district court , Uou lxs County.
To Sanucl I ! . Ihu is , Caroline l > a\ii , Kliiabeth
i ) , I'omllnson ami the licira or ile\Ucd el Henry
T Tomlinton , deceased whoso mil names nro un
known , non-resident Utfeiidants ,
You are hereby notified that John T , Ifcu la ,
"Uintlfl and | > riscnt owner of the land hurclnalt-
triluncrllxxl , dldon the 17th day of Juno , A. 1)
.SSI ( lie his jictitioii In thu district court In and
or Uoujrln county Nth. , against jou as Uefen-
lants Getting forth that on the 12th day of Janu
ary A. I ) . IbGO , the saia Henry T , Tomllncon
and Klizalieth II. , hUlfo , u&ciutcd and dclhtr-
cil to the til I Samuel 0. l > al a deed of lands
iltuatwl In aald county In which a portion of the
and * hi tended to bo u > m ctixl was by a clerical
error erroneoutly described as the north t Inttvad
of the west J of the bouth\\c > t J of t-cc. No. 1 , In
oMnsliip J\o. 11 north of range Ko 11 vait ac
cording to the true Intent of the jartlea thereto ,
which deed is duly rocordixl In the otllco of the
clerk of the county of Douglas lu bock M of deeds
at luge Ibi
1 hu objett and prayer of Bald petition Is that
aald crnir bj ujrreUcd and that tald deed bo con-
btrufJoa cotuejinL-tho uc , t i ol the southucut
matter of laid bcitlon No one , and that the title
hento lie adjuiljjal ta be In tald iilalntlff or In
these law fully cWiiilnjf under him the tame as If
bald error hod not been mode and tlat jou and
each of you be forever excluded from any Inter-
ot in eaid land on account of wild i rror ant ] for
uch other to further relief an may bu Ju > t and
right In the | ) reml v * . Ami your are and cath of
ou li hereby notified to ai > | > car and aniwcr Bald
ictlllon ou or before tbe l t Uay of Auguat , A
' * '
JOHN T.DAVIS.
Dated June 3.1631. i'lalutlfl.
Via , li. MILLXR hU Attorney ; cr-nt-St i
CHEAP LAND
FOR SALE.
1,000,000 Acres
, ,
- OF THE -
FINEST LAND
- IN -
EASTERN NEBRASKA.
SELECTED IN AM EAHM DAT NOT HAIL.
ROAD LAND , DOT LAND OWNKD nr NON
RESIDENTS WI1C AltK TIKEU PAYING TAXES.
AND A HE OFFEniKO T1IE1II LANDS AT T1ID
LOW rillOK OF $ C , $8 , AND $10 PKR AOI1KF
ON LONO TIME AND EAST TERMS.
WE ALSO OFFER FOR SALE
IMPROVED FARMS
- IN -
Douglas , Sarpy and .Washington
< 3 O
ALSO , AN IUMENSG LIST 0V
OmaliaCityMEstatB
Including Elegant Residences , Busnca !
and HeMdcnco Lots , Cheap Houi-eb and
Lots , nncl a large number of Lota in tnoat of
the Additions of Omaha.
Also , Small Tracts ot 5 , 10 and 20 ncrces-
in nnd near the city. Wo have good oppor
tunities for making Loans , and in all cmes.
peuonnlly examine titles and take every
precaution to insure safety of money Bo-
Invested.
lo ! ow we offer a small list of SPECIAL.
BARGAINS.
BOGGS & HILL ,
Eeal Estate Brokers ,
14O3
North Side of Parnham Street ,
Opp. Grand Central Hotel ,
OMAHA , NEB.
A beautiful residence lot on
FOR SALE
California between 22nd and
23d streets , S1UOO.
COGGS HILL.
QAI C Very nice house- and lot
. v. . OrlUU onUthnnd Webster streets.
with barn , coal house , well cistern , shade ana
fruit trees , everything complete. A desirable
piece ol property , figures low
UGS & HILL.
Splendid busmen lots 3. B.
FOR SALE
corner of 16th and Capita
Axenuc. BOGUS & HILL.
House and lot comer Chicago
FOR SALE
nnd Ist streets , fSOOO.
HOGGSWLL. .
QAI 17 t-argo house on Davenport
OrtLC street between llth and I2th
iroop location ( or boarding house. Owner wil
sell low BOGUS & 1I1LU
CflD CAI C Two new houses on full lot
rUn OrlLk in Kountzo & Ruth's adil-
lion. This property will bo sold * cry cheap.
BOGUS k HILL. .
"IT10R SALE A top pheaton. Enquire of Jaa.
JL1 Stephcnson. ym-tl
Comer of two choice lota la
FOR SALE
Shlnn's Addition , request to
it once submit best cosh oiler.
oiler.Boacs
Boacs & HILL.
FOR SALE A ( rood an desirable rvs
dcnce property , $4eXK ) .
DOUGH & HILL.
A RESIDENCE Not In the market
Owcr will sell for 80M > 0.
BOCJGS & HILL.
FftR QAI C * Iota , Shlnn's 3d ad
rUll OMLL dition $150 each.
HOGGS & HILL
FOR SALE A cry fine residence lot , to
berne party desiring to build
i fine house. 2,300. HOGGS It HILL.
FflR QAJ P About-JOO lota In Kountze &
rUn OMUC Ruth's addition , just uouth
Jf St. Mary's avenue , S450 to { SOO. Thote lota
ire near business , surrounded hy fine Improve
nenU and are 40 per jcnt cheaper than any othe
OU In the market. Save money by buj lnj > thes
oil. BOeKJS & HILL.
FOR SALE 10 lct" ' Bul'abl ° fr lln ° rosl
t blocks B. E. oj depot , all'covcrul with Hue bn >
irecs. Pnce extremely low. JOOO to 700
noaas & HILL.
FOR SALE Iots
HOGGS HILL.
QAI P P corner lot , corner
OrtLt Domjlas and Jeffer jn SU. .
HOGGS & HILL.
Qfll P B3IoU on 2uth27thi U" ,
OrtLl. 29th and 30th Sts. , between
arnham , Douglas , and the proponed extension of
todue street. Prices range from MO to S400.
Ve haxo eontluded togliomcti of umall means ,
me more chance to necuro a homo and will build
lOHsas on these lots on nuall | xiynients , and will
ell lots on monthly payments.HOnOS
HOnOS & HILL.
PftS SB I P WO acres. U nulcn trow dty ,
Un OfiUC about
30 acres very cholco
alley , wltlminnlnt ; water ; balaiica fcutly rolliUL-
irrlrlo , only 3 miles fjom rallaoad , $10 per acjo.
HOGGS li HILL.
FflR Q A I P 40S otrei " ' ont tract 'we'v '
rUn OnLk miles Irani city ; 40 acres en
haved , LljliiB Kirin of water , Borne tile * \
ey . The land is ull ant-class Jih prairie. 1'rio
10 ptr acri. UOOeJs it HILL.
PflR QAI n 720 acres in onr body , 7 mile *
rUll OMUL , west of Kremont , Is all level
and , luoduclntf keavy frow th f gnus. In high
alley , rich eoll and J mle from rallroa.1 an
Ide track , In ( food eettlcment and no better Ian
an bo found. BOOGS & HILL.
FflR QAI P A highly Improved fann ol
rUll OHLH 240acres , 3 mile * from city ,
inu improtemenu on thii land , owner nota
iroctual tanner , cktenulntxl to sell , A iroo4
ipenlnt ; for some man of iiiuans.
iiiuans.ItOGOS & HILL.
PflR QAI P ? " "res of land near Mil-
Un UrtUK. land Station , U.MX ) near Klk-
loni , 6S to 10 ; 4,000 orren in north part of coun-
y , T to 810 , 3,000 acres 2 to 8 miles from Klor-
' . ' 'i.V.AflSi,6'000 acra ! ' ' ' the KlUhorn ,
4 ' .P.10,1000 aercs cattorodturojgh tliecoun-
y. So to 10.
The above landi He near and adjoin nearly
cry farm In the county , and can mostly be noli *
n tmall cash jiajmeut , with the balance In 1-3-3.
and 6 tar'8tluie. BOGUS It HILL.
"fl R Q AI P Bcvcral hue residence * prop
Ull UriL.u ertles ne'er bcfrro ufferca
nd not known in thu market as Yul'.g tor bale ,
locations will only be made known 'j uunluucra
mcaiihif biulnes. BOOGS & HILL.
MPROVED FARMS
npro\v farms around Omaha , and In all parU of
oujtlm , Sarjiy and Washington eountluu. Also
irinn In lowo. r r ducription and prices call on
3- HOGGS & 1III.U
O Business Ix > ts ( or Sale on Karnara and Doug.
Us streets , from $3,000 to W.HXI.
BOCCS & HILL.
C AI C 8 butlncss lots next west
. . . . . . OMLC of llisonlc Teinplc prleo
HaiK-cUof ( B.ooecach. BOGUS & HILL
IflD CAI C 3l'Uflne s lota west of O.ld
UK OMLt Fellot block , (2tOO each.
HOGGS A , HILL.
flD CAI P - husIncHi lots eouth dde
Ull OnLC Doujflos ntrct , UtueenlStb
nd ISth , tJ.WO each. IIOGGH i HILL.
inD CAI P lW > acrt , ocvcre l witUyounB
UK OALC Umber ; Ihlnir water. u >
> undeJ by iuiprot ed rinn , only 7 rul.ca from
t . Cheapest Und oohand.nooas
nooas & HILL.