THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : WEDNESDAY , JULY 27 , 1881.
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E. KOSEWATEn , Editor.
John II. Pierce is in Chare.o of the Circu
lation of THE DAILY BEK.
Tun president's condition still con
tinues very critical. The recent re
lapse followed by painful ourgical op
erations , have weakened the patient
for a tinio nnd brought on symptoms
that wore alarming. The attending
Burgeons represent his condition as
moro favorable nnd reassuring last
night. There ia no telling , however ,
what the next day may bring forth.
The country still hopes for the best ,
while fearing the worst.
TJUIIALH has found his nfllnity in
"Bright-Eyes , " ' but poor Standing-
JJoar , what is to become of him ?
OUR local contemporaries should
have learned long mo that it docs not
pay to meddle with the business end
of TUB BKB.
OAULK advices from Paris announce
another skirmish between the French
army of invasion in Northern Africa
and the natives. Tlio loss to the in
vaders was insignificant.
COLLKOTOU lloniniTSON is now nt
his post of duty and it is to bo hoped
ho will emulate the example of Post
master-General James nnd miiko the
Now York custom house u model es
tablishment.
IN spite of the Slocum law and
high iiconso , Lincoln volod dowu the
proposition for an unlimited water
supply , and now some of the thirsty
Lincolnitcn propose to sink a million
gallon bottomless well.
TIIK Irish land bill has been man
aged in the house of commons with
such consummate tact that its passage
through the house of lords is now
considered certain. The bill , in its
essential features , was the same as
presented by Gladstone. The amend
ments adopted wore , of course , gov
ernment modifications that did not
abandon any important feature of tlio
original bill
WOLFE'H Omaha city directory for
1881 contains the following card :
OMAHA 11EPUBLIOAN ,
Daily circulation 4,520 , weekly 0,400.
0. E. YOST , Manaqor.
When a paper represents its weekly
circulation as 0,400 when it had barely -
ly 2,000 , and its daily at 4,520 when
it has less than 1,800 , it is engaged in
business that plain spoken people call
swindling.
Now that Justice Oliflbid is dent
speculation is rife as to his successor.
Judge Cooley , of Michigan , has boon
iftentionod and some parties sucgosl
Ex-Senator Coukling , but it is moro
probable that Mr. Clifford will bo
auocoodod by a Now England man ,
ninco that section is entitled to the
uccessorship. It is Tory doubt
ful whether Conkling would
accept the position , but if ho
should bo inclined in tlut direction n
vacancy will soon occur in his own
state , Justice Hunt being physically
disabled from sitting on the suprunu
bench.
TUB agitation of the barge line pro
ject has suggested a now departure ii
transportation , which is to bo knowi
hereafter as the combination railroai
barge lino. Hon. David Morgan , o
Oskaloosa , Iowa , president of th
Iowa barge line railroad , is cnUwui
astic about this now scheme. II
nays that it is the purpose to start
railroad , at the head of the deep wate
navigation on the Mississippi
at the foot of the lower rapid
at Keokuk , and to build direct ! )
northwest an air line to the whoa
fields of western Minnesota and Da
koto ; and that branches of his lin
will bo thrown out , penetrating th
most productive regions of Iowa , Ne
braska and Minnesota. Ho says tha
the care used for transporting grain t
the barges will bo returned Jadoi
with coal , as the line passes throug
the finest coal fields of the west , ant
lie predicts that with this road com
pleted the milleiiium.financial wil
have come to the fanners of Iowa
Nebraska and Minnesota.
PAVEMENTS.
Now that our water works are al
most completed and a system of sewers
! about to bo adopted the question of
avonicnta will bocdmo a most impor-
ant problem. So far Omaha is prac-
ically without pavement. The Fain-
am street experiment with macadam
s a failure. It was a costly job that
will never bo tried again. The oxpor-
once of other cities where macadam
as been moro extensively tried lias
omonstratcd that it is not durable ,
n St. Louis 010 miles of
ho fit reels are paved with broken
mcstono but the board of "public
rorks , in its latest report , says its use
liould bo confined to streets whore
lost of the trafllo is light and its do-
truction should bo prevented by n
op dressing of gravel. " In St. Louis
lacmlrun is very cheap and gravel
bundant , but in Omaha such n pave
ment , oven it it was durable , is nlto-
other too expensive. In St. Louis the
est of pavement of lime-
Lone Macadam is about six
olllars per square ; in Oma-
a it costs moro than double that
uni. No city in the Union has bettor
avcmcnta at present than the city of
Vanhington , and in that city oxpcri-
nonts have been made with every va-
oty of pavements , including square
oodeu blocks , round wooden blocks ,
asphalt blocks , nnd rolled asphalt , and
ranito blocks , nnd the engineers in
largo , in their report just published ,
renounce the granite block pave-
nont 0.1 the most economic , although
10 most costly. They say in their
oport :
"Tho granite block pavement
aid down on a foundation
f gravel and sand nnd filled in the
oints with a cement of coal tar reives
real satisfaction in the business
trcets ulicra tr.alllo is heavy. The
xporionco in Paris and London puts
10 lifo of this character of pavement
rhen laid with cement in the joints
t about thirty years with an annual
xponso of about ton cents n yard for
inintainaneo nnd repairs. There is
very reason to believe that n stone
avotnont laid in thin city will prove
qually durable , and that the cement
i the joints , by making the pave-
lent water-tight , will reduce the an-
ual cost of maintenance to two or
irco cents pbr yard. "
The only objection to this class of
lavement is that it is noisy , and that
a of no moment when durability and
( ability are taken into consideration ,
'n Washington city the cost of
granite block pavement now is
xbout ? 2.DO per yard. In St.
uis the cost of granite
lavements laid on a foundation of
concrete six inches thick , is about
hirty-fivo dollars per square. A
wcmont of wooden blocks possesses
ivory quality of perfect paving with
wo exceptions. It absorbs moisture
a considerable degree , nnd after a
'ow years decays. During the pro
cess of decay it reaches a condition
ihat makes it unfit for traveling , and
dangerous to the public health.
( this decay could bo prevented ,
roodon pavements would bo profcr.i-
> Io to any other. During the last fifty
oara many processes to effect this
mvo been tried , the majority of them
iavo proved n failure. In St. Louis
ixperimonts wore made with wooden
iloclcH chemically treated to expel
noisturo , but nil these have boon par-
ial failures. Crcosoting , if well and
heron hly carried out and the best
natcrials are used , is probably
ho surest method of wood
( reservation , but works for
such purposes are very costly. Ossago
orange is the bc.st wood for paving
mrposos. Its resistance against decay -
cay and its toughness are well known
and makes it very desirable for street
pavements nnd moro desirable than any
other natural or preserved timber.
But it would bo vary expensive and
didlcult to obtain of proper dimon-
sionu in largo quantities. Next to
jranito blocks , asphalt blocks , coin1
pi cs od by hydraulic pressure , are the
most durable.
After a thorcugh test in St. Louis
is pavement is pronounced too cost
y com.idoring the wear and tear. The
cost , including foundation , rolling anil
so forth , is thirty dollars per sapor
iuiul square in St. Louis , which makes
t much moro expensive in the end
than granite blocks. Medina sand
stone has a great reputation as a strcol
paving material. It has been largely
used in Cleveland and Buffalo ,
and lately in Chicago ant
Kansas City. It offers great rcsia
tanco to abrasion , is not banned bj
frost , and wears equally under trafllo
Paving blocks of this material are now
delivered at Chicago at $12 70 po
eupurficial square , and could bo do
hvorcd in Omaha for about $20 pe
square. This would bo nox
to granite the most econ
omio pavement for Omaha
The question of pavements mus
bo decided in the very near future
by our city , and inasmuch as the out
lay will bo immense , no matter wha
kind oj paving material wo use , it is a
subject that ought to bo thoroughly
investigated and discussed.
TUK Modoo war ia still raging. Th
remnant of the Modocs now roamin
around in the Sacramento mountain
are on the * war path in full paint
They wore pursued by Lieut , Guil
foylo'a command of colored cavalr ,
and Oregon Indian scouts and n run
ning fight was kept up for miles
Ponies scorn to have been the prinei
pal Bufforcra in the conflict , ,
LET HIM BE IMPEACHED.
Mr. Martin Dunham must answer
o the people ot Omaha for a very
grave offense. It is a well understood
act among a largo class of business
men of Omaha who don't knoT what
they are talking about that hois onoof
the owners of THE BEE. Any man
suspected of owning an interest in
that diabolical sheet is a bad man ,
and should bo impeached before a
Irum-hcad court martial. The charge
that Martin Dunham was one of the
owners of TUB BKK was made several
days ago by Dr. Miller's man
Fridtiy , who is trying to cre
ate n tempest in a teapot ,
> vcr the city advertising contract , and
Mr. Dunham has not denied this
crave charge. It is therefore proper
, o assume that ho is the owner of
Ir.K stock , and any man that owns
BKB slock is guilty of a capitsl crime.
Hr. Dunham being summarily con
victed because bo bos never denied
ho grave charge made by the irro-
ponsiblo sneak , who snoozes every
imo Dr. Miller takes snuff , stands
mpoachod without further ceremony.
The city charter prohibits any
member of the city council from bo
ng interested either directly or indi-
cctly in any contract awarded by the
ity government. Mr. Dunham , bo
ng one of the proprietors of TitK
5Ki ; , is interested in awarding the
ontract to that paper , and Dr.
filler's man Friday demands
lis impeachment and removal
rom the office which ho holds ,
'his imperative demand must bo com-
died with by the city council without
olay , although as n matter of fact
Mr. Dunham never did own a share ot
lock in thn BEE nnd is not now nnd
over has been directly or indirectly
ntorcsted in the BCR , except as an oc-
asional subscriber at fifteen cents per
vook.
But Mr. Dunham is guilty of a
; ruvor crime than simply being intor-
stod in a city contract while holding
lie ofllco of city councilman a
rime of the same nature
hat which has brought shame
upon the people of the
Jnitod States , ono which can now
never bo blotted out of history. It is
cnown everywhere as OroditMobilior.
Dho infamy of the Credit Mobilior
steals was in the fact that men
awarded contracts to themselves
Although there is not the remotest
similarity between Mr. Dunham's
conduct in the city council and the
conduct of Credit Mobilior congrcss-
non , yet on general principles Mr.
Dunham must bo impeached because
10 did not award the printing contract
to Dr. Miller's stool-pigeon.
This will explain to the citizens of
Omaha why such n tempest in a tea
pot has boon raised over the city
printing , and inasmuch as Mr. Dun-
! iam has never explained to the citi
zens of Omaha why all this hue and
cry lias boon raised , ho should bo im-
machod and removed from ofllco. It
a bad enough for a councilman to bo
liructly interested in city contracts ,
> ut when a councilman in neither
directly or indirectly inter
ested , ho should bo im-
leached instantor. Mr. Dunham
s the very man who fills that bill ,
and to allow such conduct to go un-
rebuked or unpunished , would un
dermine the rock-buttressed found
ations of this city government.
The people of Omaha that is Dr.
Miller , his man Friday nnd their co-
larceners , in the Omaha Twilight.
Mushroom will not submit to any
such conduct in public officials. Not
f this court knows itself , and it thinks
t does. They insist upon setting an
example for nil future generations ol
Jmahoga by impeaching Martin Dun-
mm and expelling all the other mom-
> ors of the city council , They pro
> 030 to elect a council of their own for
.ho benefit ' of Oraakogs in general
and their own benefit in particular
They propose to have the city business
riansactod ou the square , and lot the
public advertising to tlio lowest bidder
dor , oven if it is a theater programme
or a bill of faro , In any event Mnrtii
Dunham stands hereby impcachcc
nnd it is ordered that ho bo expolloi
from the city council.
IN their hurry to adjourn the Now
York legislature failed to pass the
bill then pending for the filling the
congressional vacancies caused by the
election of Miller and Laphani to the
U. S. senate. Their places will
therefore remain vacant until the
general election next year.
The omission on the part of the Not
York legislature will not however af
fect the result of the contest for th
control of the houso.
The list of members elected to th
Forty-seventh congress , published ii
the Congressional Directory , show
the following political divisions in th
now house :
Republicans , , , . , 16
Democrats , , . . . , , , . 13
Ureenbacken , . . . , , 1
Readjustees , . , . . . , ,
Total 29
Since the election the republican
have lost five members , four by election
tion to the senate and no by appoint
ment to a foreign mission , numol ;
Fryo , of Maine , Conger , of Michigan
ank Messrs. Morton , Miller and Lap
ham , of Now York. A republican
successor has boon elected to Mr. Conger
gor , and this loaves the republican
with one hundred and forty-sovoi
members , or n majority of ono in ft
ull houso. It will thus bo soon that
ho republicans have the exact num.-
> cr to constitute n quorum.
The democratic membership baa
> een reduced to 129 by the deaths of
Mr. Wood of Now York , and Mr.
O'Connor or South Carolina. A suc
cessor to the latter has boon elected ,
> ut ns Mr. O'Connor's scat was con-
eslcd by Mr. Mackoy , nnd the re
publicans took no part in the latter
election , it is not probable that ho
vill bo admitted to the roll. Four of
ho nine greenback members wore
elected apainst regular democrats by
republican voteswhile another. Jk Hy
att Smith , of Now York , although
elected by democrats and nationals as
an independent candidate , has no
sympathy with the democratic party.
low the the two rcadjuators will vote
on organization is not known , but in
ill probability they will follow the
cad of Senator ofahono.
As matters now stand the lions * is
> olilically divided OB follows :
Itepubl leans 147
) cmocrats 129
] rccnbackcrs 0
tcadjustcrs 2
287
Add vacancies G
Total 293
Should nonn of the vacancies bo
illcd before the assembling of Congress -
gross in December next , the republic
ans will have a majority ef seven
over all others , or throe moro than is
absolutaly necessary to organization.
Clio republicans are thus shown to bo
n a condition to organize the now
louse without any outside assistance.
Current Magazines.
Midsummer number of Scrib-
ncr's is a good one ; its articles bein
nainly written with that lightness de-
tirablo for hot weather reading ; this
s particularly the case with Miss
Woolsoy's pleasant essay about Now-
) ort , which rather ijives the sense of
ho place than a picture ; with Miss
[ Joring'a charming paper on Etretat
on the Normandy coast ; with Mr.
Furnham's vivacious description of
, lmt swift sport , ice-yachting on the
[ ludson ; and Mr. Redwood's pleasant
sketck of Petit Ansc , a little island in
mo of the Mississippi bayous. Of
; ho stories , MissSpraguo'sabout "Tho
Daughter of Henry Sago Ritton-
louso" is light enough , so far
is it has gone , and painfully
mitativo of that bad model ,
\Ir. James. His influence , which is
disagreeably evident ; even in authors
of original quality like Mr. Howells ,
s so great ovor'Miss Sprague that the
effect is almost ludicrous. The story
"s undeniably clover , and Mr. James
limsolf might envy the skill which
limns so well the Philadelphia typo.
Mr. Boyesou's "Queen Titania" opens
with a fresh and healthy air , charac-
: cristic of him , and his broad , manly
: nannor is a very welcome relief ; it is
ioo soon to say what the story * will
amount to.Vo have the "Evening"
of that "Rainy Day with Uncle Ito-
inus" which J. 0. Harris baa
been contributing to this mag
azine ; the old Georgia negro
is never tedious , but as interest
ing now as when wo first made his
acquaintance. C. II. White's story
of "Tho Village Convict , is a simple
nnd faithful Yankee genre sketch.
There are several pieces of verso , in
cluding five by Roger Riordan , the
artist ; these show a whimsical humor
and a slight regard for symmetry and
Sraco. "Thistle-down" is far the
best , it shows a pretty audacity of
fancy and language , and some true
poetic glimpses. Dr. Holland's
verses to his dog do no credit to his
reputation ; "H. H's. " lines on "No
Man's Land , " are flat nonsense ; Mr.
Qildor'a "The River Inn" has o
curious charm.
The American Art Review for July
contains many interesting illustra
tions in various styles , the finest being -
ing an etching by Thomas Mo ran ,
called "Morning , " and representing a
sunrise over the low coast of Long
Island. This is an excellent sample
of Mr Moran's brilliant style , and
represents "the oxhilorating fresh
ness nnd freedom" of a sea shore
morning wonderfully ; it is , as the
editor says , "all space , light nnd air. "
An etching by Edmund H. Garrett ,
of Boston , "Near Mattakoesott , " is
happy in suggestion. A curious
work is a reproduction by eomo pro
cess nf a drawing by Mr. Qarrott ol
an "Ideal Landscape" by the late M.
G. Whcelock. It is a composition ; on
the loft u rocky mountain spur juts
into the scene , with an ccclosiastica
ruin , half hidden in trees at its foot ,
and more ruins dimly intimated on
top. At the right there is a rather
amorphous mass of tree and rook ,
with a church tower and other build
ings vaguely soon in the ' " 'middle dist
aucy. " A lor.g viaduct connects the
church with tie other side of the pic
ture , and there are mountains buyout ]
and u soil of goldon-mistod sky filling
the picture. A clump of bushes ii :
the foreground takes up a good dea
of room' , but the ofl'eut is ono
of great beauty even in this
production , F. L. Kirkpatriok , whose
work ia described as centering inter
est at the late Philadelphia exhibition ,
is sampled hero in his own drawini.
from his painting , "In the Museum'
u strictly foreign performance ii
every rcsnoct. An article on "Saskia
van Ulonburgh , " Rembrandt's wife is
adorned with a cut of a charming
etching by Unger , ono of Rembrandt's
pictures of her , and other cuts , be
sides an etching also by Unger o :
"Tho Jewish Bride , " for which Mr.
Koohlor believes Saskia was her
husband's model , A brio
sketch of Walter Shirlaw
is given by T. II , Bortlott
sculptor , with illustrations. Mr
Bartlett's article affords n pleasing
contrast by the intelligent and judi
cious characterization to the extrava
gant eulogies of Chose in previous
numbers of the Review , Shirlaw i
much the moro considerable man o
the two. Yet his "Very Old , " here
engraved by Juengling , is not gooi
work ; it would have boon much bettor
entitled "Remarkably Well Preserved
served , " as that is the tiret impresaioi
produced by a face so full ; the flesh
moreover , does not suggest the bones
\
is good drawing ought which may
> o the engraver's or the painter's
fault.
OCCIDENTAL JOTHNGS ,
COLORADO.
Hay brings $18 a ton in Denver ,
The city of TuebloVi debt is about $200-
000.
000.Three
Three thousand persons living in tents in
Jcnver.
The South Park company operates 430
miles of tclo Tnph wire.
Denver will Ire lighted with the Brush
electric lights from four towers.
Preparations are being made for the re
moval of the Utcs to Antelope valley.
The expense of the county in which
Denver is located , for the past six months
was 887,512.39.
Ten thousand dollara has been expended
n grading on Capitol hill , Denver , and the
work has hardly cointncnccd ,
The coin vnluo of ore and bullion ship
ped from Silver Cliff by rail , for the week
ending June 17th , exceeded $00,000.
The llio Grande extension from Lead-
\illetoKokomoisonoof the best paying
hort lines of railroads in the United
jtalcs. The passenger trallic is so great
that a special pisscngcr train has been put
on and is crowded each way daily.
Articles of incorporation of the Love-
ami 1'ass Mining & Railroad Tunnel com-
iany have been duly fdcd with the eccre-
4iry of state. They propose to construct a
; unncl and connect Salt Lake city wjth
Denver by rail , bringing them 160 miles
nearer. _
CALIFORNIA.
Dr. Glenn's loss by the recent fire in his
grain field will reach $00,000.
About 37EOO pounds of blackberries are
> eing nhippcd daily from Santa Clara
The wheat crop of C lusa is about half
what it was last year , but the quality is
Biipcrb.
The California' Sonthcrn railroad is now
ocatcd t a point seventy-eight miles from
National City.
Shasta county , Cal. , has a total of 720
miles of aiming ditches which arc daily in
operation. ,
Russ , Potter & Hnn'om of Huuibolt
county , lately sheared 14,000 sheep. The
biggest day's work was 3,000.1
Diton expects to receive 8,000 tons of
wheat _ this season , and docs not know
where it is all going to bo Htored.
The people of Yuba and Sutler counties
and the southern portion of Butte hao
subscribed lSl'0,000 ' to fight hydraulic min-
ng in the courts.
Quite a furor Is raging in Missouri
Plough over vine planting. A party rep
resenting § 30,000 capital was there last
week looking for land.
The first locomotive an engine of 48
; ons ever nocn at San Diego , was landed
.hero on the 13th. A large number of pco-
) ! e assembled to welcome its arrival ,
Two large Limps , which cost $9.000 ,
iav arrived at San Diego , for the now
{ glit-honscs that are to bo erected , one on
the harbor sidb of Point Loma and the
other on the 'west ' Bide.
The roads leading into Willows , Colusa
county , ai o lined With grain-laden teams.
About 7,000 sacki of wheat are brought
n every day for storage. There are some
! 0,000 tons of old wheat in warehouses
here. .
J. AV. Waterman claims to have re
ceived from eastern parties an offer of $2-
> 00,000 for his mine , said to bo wonderful
silver deposit. It is located about 140
niles from Los Angeles , in San Bernardino
county.
Major Stephen Cooper , of v Colusa
countv , who id 80 yeara of age , homesteaded -
ed a quarter section in Modoc county the
other day. The major came to California
in 1845 , and served in the war of 1812.
Ho was elected in 1880 to carry the electoral -
toral vote of the state to Washington.
Raisin mi. king in the foothills of Placer
county is said to bo very profitable. One
man sold five tons recently to a Sacra
mento firm , at the rate of 12/ / | cents a
pound for tlioso made'of Muscat grapes ,
and 9 cents a pound for those from Ma
laga grapes. The raisins equal the best
London layers.
Receipts of bullion from the Pacific
coasts during the first six months of 1881 ,
in San Francisco , wcro $9.040,100 , against
$19,220,500 during the same time in 1880 ,
327,630,400 in 187 ! ) and $37,390,700 in878.
The production for the past six months
consisted of $7,107,300 in Dore silver , $4-
319,600 in gold bullion and $8 ' 15 1,200 in
coin ,
WYOMING ! .
Cheyenne is negotiating for gas works.
The assessment of Larainie county foots
up $4,077,202.
Cattle in northern Wyoming are in ex
cellent condition.
Over 100,000 railroad tics have recently
been floated down the Cache lo Poudro
and are now being taken out at Fort Col
lins.
Bryan was once a lively town ot 3,000
inhabitant ! ) ; now it' is only aside station
with a freight-house , a section and China
house and store.
The ground is all cleaned and staked for
work on the new opera house at Cheyenne.
The building will bo 88x110 feet in extent ,
all under one big roof.
United States Marshal Gustavo Schnit-
cer and his deputies , arrested a largo num
ber of soldiers at Fort Sanders , charged
with stealing cattle on the Larainie plains.
Labor is in big demand in the new min
ing district north of Cheyenne. Miners ,
carpenters and laborers of all kinds can
get abundance of work at the best wages.
New machine and blacksmith shop ,
Boiler house , office and other buildings.
will soon be started in Green River , and
their construction will be prosecuted as
fast as labor can put the buildings to
gether. _
OREGON.
Arrangements have been made to put
600 Chinese to work on the Yaquina rail.
road.
road.Tho
The wheat worm is doing much damage
In Yambill county. Joseph Watt of Amity ,
loses alone ' . ' 00 acres of wheat.
Yearling cattle are said to bo dying in
large numbers in Wallowa valley , Union
county , from tome unknown cause.
The O. R. & N. track is completed to
Dayton , and regular trains will run next
week. Grading is completed from Uma-
tilla to IVmlleton , mid track laying will
commence BOOH.
Heavy frosts are reported on North
Powder river in eastern Oregon , and much
damage has resulted to vegetables and
fruits. On the night of the 14th instant it
was so cold as to form ice one-eighth of an
inch ou standing water.
During the past week 51,600-2,000 tons
oi ere wcro extracted from the 2,000 level
of the California. On the 2,500 arocutting
out a station for the joint Consolidated
Virginia uinze. The joint Oplr winze , ou
the 2,500 let el , has been sunk and timbered
12 feet.
Very few sheep died in Grant county
last winter , The wool clip is larger than
that ( /f last season. The production of the
entire county will considerably exceed
300,000 pounds. Long Creek along yields
70,000 pounds , a gain of 20,000 pounds over
last year.
Four large \ easels are now on the way to
Portland loaded with railroad material for
the Oregon Railroad and Navigation coin.
pauy and the North Pacific railroad com
pany. These vessels bring in the aggre
gate 21,978 eteel rails , besides ( a number pi
locomotives , and a great quantity of other
rolling stock ,
MONTANA.
Can are now running on the Northern
Pacific to a point where the road strike *
the Yellowstone river. >
Fort Kcougli , had a berious fire on the
'
8th. Two company quarters were burned
and other damage done.
The Hccla Consolidated Mining com
pany , of Montana , are employing wO
men , and produce about Sl.000,000 per
( ear.
ear.An estimate , prepared from observations
and measurements , places th number of
; ons of ore in nifiht and workable in the
Bell mine at 55,000 tons.
Nearly 100,000 sheep from Washington
Territory have been driven through Halley
; hii season , bound for Montana , where
; hey will fatten for Eastern markets.
IDAHO.
Crops are said to be looking fine in
Malad Valley.
The bullion product of the Custer mill
'or the month of Juno footed up S10. ,000 ,
assay \aluc.
An eight stall round house and a large
joardlnjj house have just been completed
t Battle Creek.
A conference was held with the Indians
at lloss" Fork , on the 12th by the officials
of the U. P. 11. H. in reference to eroding
the reservation by the Oregon Short Line
railroad.
The Bay Horse mining nnd smelting
company are running on ores from the
Ramshorn , Hood , Sky Lark , Post Boy ,
Bcardsloy , Montana and a number of
others , nnd will turn out from fifty to
iixty-nvo tons of bullion monthly , assay-
.ng ' from COO to 1,100 ounces in silver per
; on. _ _ _ _ _
WASHINGTON TERRITORY.
The Northern Pacific K. 11. Co. are
mvlnir a side track 2.000 feet long con
structed at Spokane Falls.
Millions of saw-logs are being rafted ,
ind thousands of railroad tics are being
oaded for shipment up the Columbia
River from Cowlitr county ,
From every direction comes the cheering
report that the wheat promises a better
field than any ono expected posmblo a
month ago. The berry is unusually plump
and full ,
New contracts are constantly being let
jy the Northern Pacific for railroad tics ,
and additional forces of laborers are being
added to the already large number of men
now engaged on the Tietan and Yakama.
Ties by the thousand are being "banked"
on both streams.
Surveys are being made for opening anew
now tunnel at tlio Newcastle coal mines ,
and the extension of the railroad one mile
From there to the bunkers , which are also
io bo constructed at the end of the pro
posed extension , with a capacity of hold
ing 10,000 tons of coal.
NEVADA.
The Consolidated Virginiaia indebto\cr
500,000.
Eureka county is in debt about $8,000 ;
the town of Eureka owes § . " ,131.80 , and its
school distract owes 310,000.
Tne Sutro Tunnel folks have cut through
a vein fifteen feet thick from wall to wall ,
of which six feet is solid quartz , with oc
casional spots of metal.
The report of the Washoo county audi
tor for the quarter ending July 1st , shows
, ho total receipts to have been $7,406.01) ) ,
and the expenditures $12,513.17.
Work ia being crowded on the Nc\ada
xnd Oregon railway. An engine ia ex-
lected at Reno this week , when the second
lection of five miles will bo ready for ties.
The next twenty miles will be constructed
within sixty days.
NEW MEXICO. ]
The people of the territory are making a
largo puree for Sheriff Garrctt , who killed
the "Kid. "
El Paso is to have reduction works to
cost § 100,000. They will treat the ores
From Mexico , Western Texas and New
Mexico. Seventy-five thousand dollars of
the amount has already been subscribed.
The Nacimiento copper mines are proba
bly the best in New Mexico. The moat
valuable claims in the district are owned
by the Nacimiento mining company. The
Lureka mine is the best developed of their
claims , and has a shaft 132 feet deep.
DAKOTA AND BLACK HILLS.
Hay in the Hills ranges from six to ten
dollars a ton.
Thq assessed valuation of Lawrence
county is 5 > 7,000,000.
The town of Vennillion , destroyed by
the flood , is being resurrected.
A second steamer is to bo built to ply
between Hockervillo and Sheridan.
Pat McIIugh , a well-known Omaha
man , is making brick at Custer City.
Klmball is the name of the new railway
station forty-eight mileswest , from Mitch
ell.
ell.A.
A. railroad connection with Omaha is the
great need of Yankton. The citizens cry
for it.
Iron for tlio Mitchell & Huron railroad
bos put in an appearance at the former
place.
Another railroad project connecting
Yankton with Norfolk , Nebraska , is talked
about.
Never in the history of the west has
there been auch a rush for Dakota lands as
lias been pouring in Una season.
The St. Paul , Minneapolis & Omaha
refused to build a branch to Yankton , and
the citizens feel terribly hurt.
The Second Annual Fair of the .Driving
Park Association of Deadwood begins
September 13th , and will continue live
days.
days.Tho
The surveyors on the Fargo & South
western railroad are reported within a few
miles of Grand llapids , and the graders are
in the vicinity of Lisbon , Ransom county.
Dave Clark has purcha ed 2,000 head of
steers and 1,000 cows with calves , and
started with them from Ogallala for his
range on the Cheyenne and French creek.
Good reports are constantly received
from the prospector * working on Elk
creek , below the old Custer road. Free
gold specimens aio taken out of man"
claims , and considerable development i
being mado.
County Assessor Auseth has completed
his 1881 work in Yankton countv , and kas
as a result a total valuation of 81,547,920 ,
divided as follows : Lands , $558,458 ; lots ,
$559,304 ; personal property , 3430,104.
The real selling valuation of the county is
a little over 33,000,000.
The open cut of the Caledonia mine , at
Terravllle , caved [ in last Friday , burning
seven miners. Win. Gill , Daniel Cameron
and Andrew Larson were taken out alive ,
John Costello , James Roach , Pat Hawk
ins and L H. Hamilton are supposed to bo
killed , L , 8. Goodman , the foreman ol
the DcSmet mine , was instantly killed by
the arch on which ho was standing , near
the fchaft , giving away , precipitating hima
distance of to hundred feet.
Deaf as n Post.
Mrs. W. J. Lang , Bethany , Out. , ( .tales
that for fifteen months slio was troubled
with a ( Unease in the ear , canning entire
ilcafncsH. In ten minutes after using
THOMAS KCLKCTIUO OIL the f on nil relict ,
and in a short time she was entirely cuied
and her hearing restored , j2i-lw
MrashLand Agency
DAVIS & SNYDER ,
1606 Farnham St. , . . , Omaha , Nebr k .
400,000 u
Carefully selected land la Kuttrn Ncbnukafor
ulo. Great UaifaUM la Improved farms , i "
Omaha city property.
0 , F. DAVIS. WEBSTER SNYDEH.
Late Land Com'r UP. K. R. 4p-fcbU
C. F. Manderson ,
ATTORNEY - AT - LAW.
S JS Ftrnhirn St. , Oin h
CHEAP LAND
FOR SALE ,
1,000,000 Acres
OF THE
FINEST LAND
EASTERN NEBRASKA.
SELECTED IN AN EAHLT DAT NOT lUit ,
ROAD LAND , BUT LANIJ OWNKD nr NON-
llESrpKNTa WIIC AHB TIRKI ) PAYING TAXK3
AND AKK OFFERING TIIKIB LAND1 AT TUB
LOW rnioE OP 0 , $8 , AND $10 PER AGUE ,
ON LONO TIME AND EAST TKIIMB.
WE ALSO OFFER FOR SAT.K
IMPROVED FARMS
IN
Douglas , Sarpy and Washington
ALSO , AN IMMENSE LIST OF
Omaha City RealEstate
Including Elegant Residences , Business
and HoMdcnco Lota , Ghent ) Houses and
Lots , and n large nutubcr of Lots In most of
the Additions of Omaha.
Also , Small Tracts ot 5 , 10 and 20 acrcea
in and near the city. We have good oppor
tunities for making Loans , and in nil cases
personally examine title * and take every
precaution to Insure safety of money so
imested.
lie ow vrc offer a small list of SPECIAL
BAKOAINS.
BOGGS & HILL ,
Real Estate Brokers ,
North Side of Parnham Street ,
Opp. Grand Central Hotel ,
OMAHA , NEB.
C AI IT A beautiful residence lot on
OIVLIC California between 22ml and
23d streets , ? 1GOO.
BOGGS k HILL.
KTfl D C AI C Very nlco house and lot
rUll wHLC on Uthand Webster Etrcets.
ulth barn , coal house , well cistern , shade ana
fruit trees , c\crj thing complete. A desirable
piece of property , figures low
GGS k HILL.
C AI FT Splendid tnismcs lotn S. E.
OIlLU corner of ICtli and Capita
Atcnue. HOGGS klllLl.
C AI C House and lot corner Chicago
OHLGL and 21st strcctn , $ JOOO.
BOGUS k HILL.
QAI C Large house on pavcnport
street bttw ecu llth and 12th
Boon location for boarding house. Ownerwl
Eflllow UOGOS&IIILL.
CAI C Two now houses on full lot
OMLU in KounUe & Ruth's addi
tion. Thia property \ \ ill be sold cry cheap.
BOGGS & HILL.
FOR SALE A top phcaton. Enqulro of Jos.
Stcphcnson. 904-tl
ITHD CAI C Corner of t o choice Iota In
rUll OnLE. Shlnn's Addition , request teat
at once submit beat cosh offer.
offer.BOGGS & HILL.
C'A IRA good an otsirable rca
UnL. dcnco property , fJOOO.
BOGUS k HILL.
A EM M C RESIDENCE-Not In the niaikek
P I Fl t On er will sell for $0,000.
BOGGS k HILL.
CAI C l H00 lotgi Shinn's 3d ad
OALC dition $160 each.
BOGGS k HILL
Cflf3 QAI C A very nno residence lot , to
rUJl OHLC some party dteiriiig to build
a flue house. 12,300. HOGGS k I1ILL.
QAI C About 200 loU in Keuntze &
OHLC HuUYs addition , just south
of ht. Mary's a ; cmie , $450 to { bOO. Thcso lots
arc near business , surrounded by fine Improve
incnts and arc 40 per cent cheaper than any otho
loU in the market. Save money by buj inir thes
loia. BOGGS 4 HILL.
FflR QAI C 10 lots , suitable for fine red
rUll CML.E. ilcncc , onPark-Wlldsucnuo
3 blocks S. K. of dfpot , all co > crcd with line lare
trees. Price extremely low. 8600 to $700
T10GG3 k HILL.
CflD QAI C Some
vcrX cheap lota
rUll OMLb Lake's addition.
BOGGS & HILL.
FflR QAI C chcaP "met lot , corner
run UJALE. Douglog and Jefferson Sta.
HOGGS k HILL.
CflD QAI C 03 Iota on 2 th , 27th , 28th ,
fUn qllLtl S9th and SOth Sts. , between
tamtam , Douglas , and the proposed extension o !
DpdKo btrect. Trices range from 8200 to MOO.
\\ohaxi concluded to git omen ° ' email means ,
one more chiuco to secure a home and will build
housed < cii tlioso lot * on small juyments , and will
eclllots ou monthly payments.BOGGS
BOGGS k HILL.
Fftft RAI F 180 acres , 0 miles from city ,
1 Jr" V * fc > U about 30 acres \ery tholco
valley , \ \ Itli running water ; balance treutly roilinc
prrille , only 3 miles horn rallaoiul , SlO jwrncje ,
BOCJ03 i HILL.
Pft R QAI IT < 0 ° acres In one tract twclr
I UI1 UrlLC. miles from city ; 40 acres cu
thated. Miliijf Spring of water , some nic v
lej u. Tin- land la all flr&t-claw rich prairie. Trie
J10 per acre. HUGOS k HILL.
FfiR Q.AI F T20 acres In one body , 7 miles
run pHUI. west of Fremont , la all let el
land , ju-xlucing ley growth of urrwa , In high
\ , " ' "tl1 B0" end ' mle > ( rom railroad an
fide track , In good settlement and no betterlan
can bo found. BOGGS & HILL.
Qfll F AhBh'y | ' Improved farm of
OnLC , 210 acres , Smiles from city.
Hn InipnncnirnU on tills land , owner not a
j'ractlwil ' fcirintr , detennincd to sell. A good
opening for somu man of means.
means.BOGGS & HILL.
PfiR RAI F pWncrraot land nuir Mil.
I UIl OHLC. land Station , 3WX > near Elk.
lioni , 83 to * 10 ; 4,000 ar-res In north part of coun.
ty , * 7 to $10 , 3,000 acres 2 to 8 miles from Klor.
el.-.0'l.5 tosl0:6'000 : aucs west of thoIUkhorn.
ho'00 aerB * tcattere < llhrouK' ' > thocounl
t 8 to
'iho boio hnd lie near and mlloln nearly
otcry farm in the county , and can mostly be Bold
on Hiiall cash IMJIUCM , with the balance In 1-2 3.
4 and 6 \ ear's time. BOGGS k HILL.
FilR Pfll F "ral nue rcetoenees prop
run OttLC erticn ne > tr bclrro olJcred
and not known In the uiarka as
IMPROVED FARMS
improo farms around Oman" and
f ' fnd JVa8hI Kt'on countier Alw
, . ,
farms In low x 1'sr ducription an.l . prices call on
Ul < I50G/H k HILU
I f ) , Bu > IOM o1 * for Sale on Farnam nd Doug.
I U Us streets , from $3,000 to & 500
BOGGS&HILL.
EFflR RAI F 8 tu3l'lcs3 I ° ' next west
n'2fJ C o' Maaonlo Teinple-pilce
* 2 000 each. BOGGS & . HILL
FOR 55 A I F ? b slnc" lou west ot o.a
FUR OaLC. t'Ulowt block. $2 600 each.
BOGGSilllLL.
FOR SAI F 2 bu > lnt1 lot * south tlda
In , , * ir ! - LI > ouglaa street , between 12th
and i i i
13th
, W.500 each. BOGGS & HILL.
FOR .Qfll E 1 0 acres ,
rUll OMLC
UmUr ; ming wnttr , mr
? , uu dJ } > y Improved rmi , only 7 ml.el frow
ot. . Cteapctt laud onhand.
onhand.noaos