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E.HOSEWATER , Editor.
John IT. I'icrco Is In Chivrpo of the Clreu-
tlon of THK DAILY UKK.
Tun condition of the president
cauacB much anxiety and nlnrm at tha
imtional capital , The president * ! ) pulnu
had rifloti to K(0 ( Monday afturnoon
Mid had fallen bnt slightly during tha
night. The worst in apprchcndod and
nravo fears are onturtainud that in his
weakened condition ho cannot nurvivc
tholtigh fovur that is consuming hie
' vital forces. The assurances of at
tending physicians that they have not
giron up hope do not allay the fcan
that a fatal crisis is at hand. Unless
' a very marked change for the bettor
, * , takes place within the next twenty-
l four hours little liopo can reasonably
bo ontottainod of Ilia recovery.
TUG land bill still hangs on the rag
ged odgo. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
stock walorhiff in ono ol
the most flagrant abuses of monopoly.
\ 1 "SuMMKitiNO and aimmaring" if
tbo way they exproaw it at the seaside
rosortn.
TIVK non'Tnihtoadn in the state anil
territories will open now fields foi
.Omaha's commercial enterprise.
d llKADKit-NoNairn ! , tin
Now Mexican Apncho , is not Zola'i
Uaim. They are both bud CITY'S , how
J ovor.
- , ' OMAHA merchants compute that the
wholesale trade of rtho present yoai
will show an increase of 20 per cent
* , over 1880.
I f * i . ' > . . . . , =
THK Nortli Plntto country m rii'
oiving the nttunUon from railroad
managers wliicli her resources long
ago deserved.
JPiVK hundred and oighty-ono cdi-
'tbra'in the Unifed States consider
themselves better doctors than ' the
. " president's physicians' . , , .
TIIIH is a prosperous year for bank
ing. In Now York and elsewhere
the banks are decreasing their circu
lation , the doposita proving largo
enough for their loans.
IT is suggested that as the Cornell
crow have failed to beat anything in
Ir Lluropo they had better comu right
homo and study music. Then they
might possibly learn to beat time
GiiNKitAL GUAKT has purchasud
$100,000 of Mexican mining ahrrcs.
Tito general can evidently uiFord to in
vest iu a now suit of winter clothca
without Mr. G W. Cmr.n'H assistance.
p , Qi/iKH ! Viurouu rolusod to permit
Jtho International Medical Association
'to recognize women doctors. The
Nebraska Female Suffrage Associa
tion should now rise to the occasion.
OMAHA'H dust will bu laid inside of
u week by a competent aystom of
apriukling , and the strongest induce
ment to profanity having been re
moved , our churches may expect a
better attendance.
are being nuulo for
holding a largo number of county
fairs throughout the state. None of
thesu will conflict with the utato fair
which will , bo an exhibition of which
all Ncbraskans will feel proud.
' ' Srmrro HULL thinks Spotted Tail
was n fool jor being "a good Indian. "
The bad Indiana are fed at Bismarck
hotels and glorified by romantic .
porters , while the good Indians like
"Spot" die unnatural deaths on the
reservation.
SINCE the recent political conven
tions the Virginia papers have ceased
upeaking of Mahona tut "IJJlIy the
Kid. " Thcro u a great deal more of
reality than romance in Maliono'a
political influence in "the Old Do
minion. "
THK tide of emigration Btill contin-
uea unabated from Europe. Minno-
tiota and Dakota are receiving the
bulk of immigration , while Nebraska ,
which refused to offer proper induce-
wenU to entering Bottlers , U reaping
-the IwnofiU other folly. _
THE BRIDGE MONOPOLY.
How much longer will the people o :
IOWA and Nebraska and especially
Omaha and Council DlufTs submit to
the cutthroat exactions of the Mis
souri river bridge monopoly ! Whj
cannot something bo done to enforce
tlio original requirements of the
bridge charter ?
When congress chartered the 1'a
ciflc railroads in 18G2 it was oxprcsslj
provided that the Union Pacific roru
should connect with the Iowa systen
of railroads at the point designated
by the president as the eastern termi
nus. In December , 1803 , President Lin
coln , by proclamation , located the oast-
em terminus of the Union IVifie on
the wcntcrn boundary of the state ol
Iowa opposite section 10. The
authority to bridge the Mis
souri river between Omaha and Coun
cil DlufTs for railway traffic was vest
ed in the Union Pacific by its origi
nal charier , and the supreme court ol
the United States by its decision on
the terminus declared the Missouri
river bridge to bo a part of the main
line of the Union Pacific and required
that bridge to bp operated aa such.
But while this bridge dould and
should have been1 built under the
original charter of the Union Pacific ,
thn Credit Mobiliar builders of that
road conceived a scheme ol
highway robbery , whereby they not
only built the bridge without expend-
iiu' a dollar of their own nionoy , bill
after pocketing a clean million of the
construction fund , they established
toll gate between Iowa and Nebiaska
that has netted them enough within
nine years to pay interest and princi
pal of the bridge bonds , and fully
thrco times as much aa the bridge
actually did cost. By a supplemen
tary act passed in 1871 , the Union
Pacific railroad company was required
to construct a railway and wagon
bridge at Omaha.
Authority was granted in this act to
the corporation to issue bonds for the
construction of thia bridge , which
wore to'bo liquidated by bridge tolls.
Thcro is not tha remotest doubt however -
over that this authority to collocl
special bridge tolls was intended exclusively
clusively to cover tolls to bo exacted
for travel and traflic over the wagon
bridgo.
The credit mobilior builders of the
bridge issued $2,500,000 , of bridge
bonds , upon which the annual iutcr-
est is 8200,000 and the sinking fund
01,000. Although this bridge cost losa
than a million and a quarter and could
to-day bo replaced for half a million
the people have paid moro than a half
a million per annum for its use over
since it waa built. A very low cati-
mate would place the total earnings
of thia bridge ainco its completion at
five million dollars , and yet the cor-
moranla who have exacted such op
pressive tolls from their patrons have
never complied ortried to comply
.with tha letter and spirit
of * the brid o charter. They
have never built .a wapoti bridge ,
aa they were legally bound
to do and there in not a reasonable
doubt that they have not only forfeit
ed their charter riirhta , but could bo
compelled to disgorge every dollar
they have exacted for the tranifor of
freight and passengers above the
mileage rate. And now wo auk the
business men of Omaha and Council
BlulTa how much longer will you sub
mit to thia outrage ? How much
longer will you allow these highway
men to keep their embargo on the
commerce of both cities , and for that
mattorthowholuuppor Missouri valley ?
How much longer will you allow
these pirates to play dog in the man
ger and obstruct every effort to estab
lish a wagon bridge , pontoon bridge ,
or cvo'n a rope ferry across this great
river ? Last year , when an enterpris
ing citizen , lawfully authorized to run
a ferry between Om&ha and Council
Bluffr , made the , effort to accommo-
( Into emigrants and .afford . our mer
chants a cheaper transfer for mer
chandise , the bridge monopoly re
sorted to ovcry conceivable trick
to destroy this competitor and
finally they sailed a rival steam ferry
under false colors , to break down the
rope feiry. This same cutthroat
[ lolioy ia about to be inaugurated
again thia fall , No sooner has Mr.
Porter made preparations for reopen
ing his ferry than the U. P , atoam
Tony is getting ready to head him off.
Is it not high time for Omaha and
Council IJlutla to join hands and con
centrate their capital and influence to
destroy this bridge monopoly by
establishing a free steam ferry , to bo
followed by the construction of , a tem
porary free bridge for tlu winter and
a pontoon wagon bridge next spring.
A ferry boat m bo chartered for a
few months M a moderate outlay and
the temporary ice bridge will pay for
tadlf in the reduction on fuel and
other commodities. Give us a free
rerry and free wagon bridge for ono
year and you will smash the bridge
uonoi > ely or compel the U. P. to
juild a wagon bridge and reduce the
.oils to reasonable rates , '
WITH all the ingenuity of her great
nvcnton thia country is far behind
Uuropo in the use of electricity , An
electro railroad is in actual operation
u Germany. Wo have no such rail
road here , although the Marine rail
way on ( Jpuey Island offera a capital
at
, Ci1-I ;
run by electricity has made n successful -
ful trip in England , except that her
compasses got out of .order. None ol
our now iron Btcamers have tried
electricity yet. A Scotch professor
baa packed the electric power in
a box and convoyed it hundreds ol
miles without any sensible diminu
tion of power. That feat has yet to
bo accomplished hero. Stored elec
tricity makes balloomn ? feasible , be-
cauKo a balloon can now carry an en
gine to drive it in any required di
rection. No American baa boon uj
yet in an electric balloon. The
Thamcsombaiikmont , , at London , haa
been brilliantly lighted for over n
year by electricity. Now York in just
putting up the poles to liqht her parka
and squares.
A -WARNING WORD.
The fever heat /speculation in the
east caused by the abundance of un
invested nionoy ia attracting the at
tention of cautious financiers. Mr.
John Thompson , the oldest member
of the banker's association , and presi
dent of the Chase National bank , pre
dicts another panic as the result ol
the rocklosa expenditure of capital on
wild-cat BchcmcB , and warns his as
sociates of an approaching crash , the
aigna of which ho declares are numer
ous. The ono indication which
ho considers especially alarminj
is the number and magnitude o
now enterprises involving the issue
of millions of dollars of obligations
which muat bo mot in the future
Ilailroad and mining schemes are
springing up by the hundreds , man ]
of them entirely fictitioua in thoprom
iaea which they hold out for an ]
speedy returns on the investment , bu
all calling for vast expenditures o
money for their development. It ia a
well known fact that every recurring
panic in our country has been preceded
ceded by just such a period of inflatcc
speculative enterprises , and the fact
that negotiations and issues of stocks
and bonds are four times' what they
were in 1873 is sufficient cause for the
note of alarm which Mr. Thompson
has sounded. All our financial ex
perience allows that every season o
prosperity ends in a general panic. *
large portion of our capital is con
fidence. Statistics show that fully
ninety-live per cent of our business is
done on.paper tokens , checks , drafts ,
notes , letters of credit itc. , independ
ent of the national banks and the
legal tender notes. Commercial con
fidence makes thcao tokens a
perfect substitute for money
but when that confidence is once
shaken contraction follows and the
crack comes. According to Mr.
Thompson that point is near at hant
and ho advixcs investors to truarc ,
their assets in preparation for ita ap
pearauco.
Mr. Thompson's advice is timely
but his gloomy view of out Jnunedi
ate financial future is scarcely war ;
ranted by Jiistoryor the present state
of affairs. ' It is llttlo'less than eight
years sincn our last great commercial
depression. Experience shows thai
the period of the recurrence of panics
in this country ia about twenty
years as against ton in Europe. The
panio of 1817 was followed by that o ;
18117 , and that by the great crash o :
1857. Tha war and the abundance of
irredeemable paper currency proba
bly hastened the panio of 1873 , which
in the ordinary course of speculation
we would not have him until 1877.
American speculators seem to possess
a greater staying power than those ol
any other nation , the cause for
which is probably to 'h ' bo found
in tiie rapid increase of our
population by immigration , the
settlement of new territory and
the greater number of productive
fields which that now territory offers
to capital in this country. The fact
that money ia still obtainable at such
a low rate of interest is a strong indi
cation thai speculation has not as yet
seriously affected tho.londing capacity
of our capitalists Heavy crops , re
munerative returns of mercantile and
manufacturing investments and a con
stant flow of money into this country
from Eurcpo has kept our money
market easy and given unlimited re
sources to the borrowing farmer.
Still , with all our rcsources/.Mr.
Thompson's warnings have a basis of
truth behind them. Our speculators
are daily sinking capital in mines and
mills and railroads and are flooding
the market with securities which will
require years of prosperity to make
them prqfitablu investments. We are
making n.oixjy rapidly , but wo are
spending it equally 'as fast. Luxury
extravagance are gaining ground ,
not only in the largo cities but
throughout the country. Our imports
of silks and satins , of. luces and
n-onzos and jewelry from abroad are
nuch greater than they were before the
uurio of 1873. There must bo an
end to suclmud extravagance that end
s commercial distress and financial
ruin to thousands. The seeds for the
next panto are boine actively sown
and whether it comes sooner or later
t is likely to prove , as Mr. THOMSON
> rodicts , such a ono as the United
States has never baforo experienced.
TiiKitK ia trouble brewing in Cali
fornia. The rapid construction and
Dxtoiuion of railroads hu stimulated
tlio settlement of Southern California
ginning to clamor for a division of the
state. This would b * a blow to both
San Francisco and Sacramento , and
thcao cities will therefore do all they
can to discourage the movement.
THE refusal of the nominees of the
republican convention of Virginia to
accept the nominations of their party
virtually thrown the republican votes
in that state to the support of the
Mahono ticket , This means the auc-
cess of the readjustee in the coming
campaign , and in the end tliejr afilia-
tion with the republican , party , Dr.
Miller and th Jftrald notwithstand
ing.
IT ia stated that while Franco hae
ono 'physician for every 10,000 inhab
itants and Great Britain bno for every
1,200 , the Untied States haa h doctoi
for every 700. In thia connection it
may . bo remarked that the mortality
rate in the United'plates ' ia reatot
than in either Franco or Great Brit
ain.
THK defeat of prohibition in North
Carolina cause the Atlanta Constitu
tion to declare that "the governor of
North Carolina will not be able to re
mark to the governor of South Carolina
lina that the horologio distance in
tervening between coccktails is too
grovious to bo borne. "
NKW YORK isbuildintron a magnifi
cent acalo. The plans filed with the
Now York bureau of buildings for the
construction of houses dur'ng the
second quarter of the year involve an
outlay of 817,500,000. Among the
new atructureH contemplated are i eight
places of amusement.
POLITICAL -POINTS.
New York has a deputy Chinese sheriff ,
The Virginia republicans who support
Mahone have been christened "Llbcralo.1
The Republicans of Ohio nre confident
of Imvlnir not lean than t n thousand m.v
jonty this fall.
The Virginia Kcpublicans are not quite
ftj much divided ns the Democrat ? , but
'alinout as much so.
Senator Kugene Hale ia at home in
lUlBwnrtli , Ale. , and proposes to remain
there until autumn.
Leadvlllo Democrat thinks that
Llilef Justice Libert would make a good
micccsHor to Senator Toller.
Senator Hdinunds , of Vermont , has
been invited to address the MasaachusettH
republican utate conrention.
An anti-fraud b.illotbadopted in
Boston , rrgiiterrt the ballots as they drop ,
and an automatic stamper marks them.
The mayor of Quincy bai vetoed the
ordinance cutting his * own Biliary down to
5Ar > 0. He didn't want to see injustice
done.
Gen. llobcrt Lowry , nominated for gov
ernor of Mississippi bv the Democrats , i.s a
lawyer , an ex-Confederate or "rebel briga
dier , " and IH13 years old.
The republican s'tato executive commit-
tea of Missiiwliiiit have called a conven
tion to 'meet on August 2."th , arid propose
to place a full ticket in the -field.
The great meeting of Ureenbackers in
Muscatme is fixed for September lOltf. A
.tout capable of covering 5,000 people has
'been ' purchased and will bo ujcil on the oc
casion. Q.
In the > New Hampshire legislature lakt
week that itVaa'a notorious fact that 6ne-
third of the voters of tlio State had become -
come mercenary and venal , and nobody-
denied the statement.
In declining to attend the civil service
reform conference at Newport , Attorney
General MaoVeagh doubtless has in mind
that erne very good civil service reform
ing is to be ilonu in Washington. The
star route pcoplo would be willing to build
him n monument if ho would only overlook
them ,
In Senator Lapham'd old district , On-
tar/o / county presents Assemblyman John
Kaincs aa a candidate Mr the vacated seat
in consresx ; Livingston presents William
M. White , State ConiDtroller Wadiwortli ,
and Colonel John Korbach ; Yates presents
Daniel Morr is. I William S. Briggs , Geo.
] ' . Wl , Kalpii T. Wood , John 3. Sheppard -
pard , and JUuifortl Struble
Col. J. W , Daniels , ho lias just been
nominated for governor , IIUH the lank ,
easy , Virginian figure and a face not unlike -
like JJoothH , dark and large-eyed , but
without JJooth'H negative expression. He
limp * and KtarnU sillily on one leg- the
other wa * nhot away at Spottnylvana ! ,
but from the waist up ho is grace itself ,
and his voice , low anjl nelf contained in
talk , lings out on the platform. HIi air
has a touch of affection and Keif-conceit ,
for ha is young and has rincn fast , but ho
has much thnt in likeable about him.
OCCIDENTAL JOTTINGS.
OALIFOI7NIA.
Alameda County contains 513,000 acrt-j
of land.
Highwaymen aru operating around
Placen ille.
Hemy rains took place last week
throughout the State.
Over ' . ' tons of uteel
,000 rajls have ar-
iheil for Ban Dlrgo'd new railroad.
On ille boasts that 8130,000 in gold
from tliu milieu of liutte County paused
through Wells ) , Fargo & Co , , ollice in that
place in the month of July ,
The Tnickce river will be drawn upon
this summer by the railroads for about 25.
000,000 feet of tits and luuilwr. Nearly
every icill on the river U now hard at work
on ties.
Lions ami deem are killing a great many
t > he p in tlio mountains of lluttu County.
So destructive have they become that
in borne localities parties owning nheep
are obliged to hire men to protect their
Hocks.
'Tho narrow-gnagij line from Hode ! along
Mono lake to a timber traet thirty-three
mile * distance ' la progressing rapidly ,
twenty-two mile * of tha grading hai been
entirely finished , ' and the remainder nearly
completed , '
OREGON.
Colliers will be run between , Portland
" ' ' *
and China.
Work has been begun on the Nevada and
Oregon road.
The death of IJSshop Haveii leave *
Oregon without a bishop. t
The Salem uIlU are to be rebuilt and
, arge woolen factories erected.
The Oregon ana China mercantile com-
> any has been firmed to run vessels be-
.ween 1'ortland and China , and to trans-
K > rt coolie * and merchandise ,
NEVADA.
t'orvon had a $5,000 fire last week.
Yinitora arc crowding into the Cowttock
aiiiea ,
There is great danger nf a water famine
m Cherry Crtvk.
Thirty-five men are now employed on
he insane uyluui at lleno , Nev. , and the
tcork It protfrejolug favorably. It will
c
T.
scarcely bo completed before September
first.
first.Fire cent lunches are indications of the
decline of Virginia City.
A forty dollar nugget wai found on
Weaver Creek near Osceola , last week.
A cloud burst in the White Pine and
did Immense damage to ranches and hay
land.
In Nevada the State officers have con
tested the validity of th i law txtcnding
aid to the Cntholic orphan asylum in Vir
ginia City. _
UTAH.
.Silver Iteefs' bullion shipments last week
were $23,0C.C. (
Bullion clilpmenU from Salt Lake aggre
gate 820,000 n day.
Ocden h becoming very l\cly ( with
thieves and rows.
Continued improvement * arc being made
in the West mountains.
The Fourteenth infantry have been
transferred from Fort Douglai to the Ute
country ,
Gradem are busy throwing dirt ant !
blasting rock In 1'arley'n Canyon for the
Utah Eastern.
The Central Pacific Is holding all Mon
tana freight at Ogden owing to the discri
mination made against them by the Union
Pacific.
COLORADO.
Denver has n new steam fire engine. It
is a Sllsby.
Longmont U considering the subject ol
water works.
The San Miguel region is' coming into
prominence.
Gold washing in the Platte continues ,
with prospects of good returns.
A first-class 'ticket may be pnrchsse < ]
from Denver to New York for $ i" .
Fort Collins has raised $0,000 s ft right
of way fund for the new railroads.
The South Park is pushing things at a
lively rate on ita Guunison extension ,
The Union Pacihc people look upon
the Denver & New Orleans railroad as a
rival.
The demand for residence property in
Del Nurte is on the increase ; and rents arc
likely to go up.
A branch line of railroad is likely to be
built from Almosa by way of Cornwall to
the Summit mines.
The Rio Grnndo expects to reach Bon
anza , in the Kerbcr creek district , about
the first of next month.
Iho deepest mine in Colorado isthe Cal
ifornia , on Quartz hill , near Central. The
main shaft it down 1,310 feet.
Gold pick mines , in the Holy Cross dis
trict , are shipping 200 tons of ere daily to
the Rinelteni and stamp mills of that region
and Leadvillo.
Gunnison City and its adjoining mining
camps is being inspected by a party of
Eastern capitalists , who ate there with a
view of investing.
MONTANA.
Miles City will not incorporate.
Quartz miner * nre scarce in Madison
county.
Benton'H Kpisconal church is com
pleted.
Butte offers $5,000 in purses at her com
ing races.
Over 4,000 beeves vrero gathered up in
the MusclCfehell round up.
Montana will ship 2,000,000 pounds of
wool down the Miisoun this season.
It is reported that the Lexington mine
at Butte ha been sold for $1,750,000.
The next Alice dividend , payable on
the 15th of the present month , will run
the dividends up1 to $210,000.
Tliehay _ harvest is drawing to a close.
The yield is somewhat lighter than usual ,
but the quality is said to be excellent.
On the Columbia mine , located out west
of Butte , at a dunth of about eighty feet ,
a good body of tine-looking' ere has just
been struck.
The Algomiin'n mine , at Philipsburg , is
making a fine record as a bullion producer.
On the U9th four bars of Algonquin silver
bullion , valued at 85,800 , were shipped by
express.
The total receipt * for the sale of pas
senger ticket at Bismarck station for the
month of July amounts , to 87,500 , a sum
largely in excess of any other' month iu
the history of the office.
The U. & N. railway is now engaged
driving the graders' stake opposite Silver
Bow , and is headed toward Butte. It is
expected that the pegs will be driven to
the terminal point within a few days.
NEW MEXICO.
A number of buildings are going up at
Graf ton.
The Milton tunnel u one of Socnrro's
young bonanzas.
The putput of bullion at Georgetown ta
rapidly increasing.
Little Mac < re is said to bo among the
best found at White Oaka.
The ere in the Ancon tunnel grows
richer as work progresses.
The Campbell mine , Black Range , is
working three shifts of men.
The Organ mincrx nre on the alert tor
the Indians now marauding near that
range.
The San Pedro coal fields , near So-
corro , aru umong the richest in I\ew
Mexico.
The placcrx near Water Canon , though
thouglii to l > o rich enough to pay well ,
have not yet been worked to any great
extent.
A strong effoit is being made at Las
Cruces to establish a smelter.-it that jiolnt.
The Organ mines will noon demand one.
WYOMINCJ.
A church society has Iweii formed at
Cummings.
Good reports come from the Libby
Creek mine-
The Umpire mine at CoppcropolU has
proved to bo a fitsure vein.
The JiilcsWrg extension only lacks for
ty Bsveu miles of n completed track.
The Laramie fire department has re-
ceiveil a new bell weighing (118 ( pounds.
District court in Laramie City will
probably be in session thirty days : m > re.
There are about ten uillosof truck laid on
tke Oregon short line , beginning at Gran-
Uer.
Uer.The
The Jelm mountain gold and silver
mining company is reported to be nulling
1U stock rapidly.
The latest word from the Hart\llle cop
per and eilver mining camp , is of a very
encouraging nature ,
A Cheyenne woman attempted to hang
herself by a stocking last week. The at
tempt was a failure' .
TJie brick front of a building at Chey
enne tumbled nut last week , leaving the
whole interior exposed.
The principal repalr.shops of the Gran
ger branch will undoubtedly bo located at
Soda Springs , over 150 miles north from
Granger , the terminus of the first division ,
and the end.
Granger is booming. Buildings are
joingup ; engineer * are busy laying out a
town rite , locating Bhop , roundhouse * ,
turntables etc. ; while anxious speculator * )
nr standing up with money in their hands
to buy t-onii'r loU. .
WASHINGTON TERRITORY-
Two blocks in Dayton were consumed
l > y fire last week.
The citizen * of Colfux school district
liuve voted a special tax for building a
public school home. The building will
cost 51000.
Upward * of fifty miles nf telegraph
[ toles .have beeu.eupplied on the N. N. K.
It. east of Spokane ( all * and are now ready
or the wire.
Many new farmi are being opened iu
,1 I V .11 U 1 1- * , - I 1) ) ( J .V 4. I I' '
. s , - , t , ' * , , j - - f-
the valley about midway btwcen A. ' " *
worth and Yakirnn City , on the north lw
of the river.
Last October Cheney consisted of hftlf n
dozen houses. Now there are nearly 100
buildings in the place , many of them largo
two-story structures.
The valuation of property in Colfnx ac
cording to BMcmment 1st Heal ecUte$48-
000 , bullion S.M.OOO , merchandise and per
sonal property $ OC,000.
The town site of llockford has been our.
veyed and lots offered for sale. Hockford
is situated in the centre ol a large and ex
ceedingly rich farndiig country.
A company of oixtcen gontlenien of Col-
fax have taken a claim of 3000 feet on the
MOJCOW ledge , and BubKcribed ? IOO
towards prospecting for the main ledge.
Rain has been abundant and werUlior
unusually faTorablo for large crops in the
Palouse country. About 150,000 bushclf
of flax will be harvested in Paradise valley
and nearly 100.000 bushels has been con
tracted for at 05 cents.
The Knnsm Man *
One sweltering dayjn hot July
A beer Baleen he wandered by.
And oeelng that he was not seen ,
lie entered at the swinging-screen.
And to rebuke the drinking men
\\hom he observed around him then ,
He ordered , ns he knew he'd ough ter ,
A. gloss of pure , elear , crystal water.
Ho set it down ; "Ah , ha , " said h < > ,
"Cold water is the drink for juc. "
And BO , to make it cold and nice ,
He pounded in a little ice.
Healthful and good , sliced very thin ,
He dropped a little lemon in.
And then he said , "Sweets to the sweet. "
And stirred sou.e RUgar in the treat.
To kind of brace the mixture up ,
He dashed some bitters in the cup ,
Then just a leetlc whisky well ,
Say twenty lines of nonpareil.
And while ho stirred it with a Bpoon
He sang , in gleeful tones , thin tnue :
"Water , cold water , pure and free ,
Water is the drink for me. "
He raised his head ; loud , loud he laughed ,
And to the dregs his goblet quaffed.
"This is the now amendment plan , "
Remarked the temperate Kansas man.
Then set his coune , and hold that day ,
Duo west , his calm , imperial way.
Burlington Hawkeye ,
Nebraska Republican Btato Con
trol Committee.
The members of the Republican State
Central Committee of Nebraska , are here
by called to meet at the Commercial Hotel
in the City of Lincoln , on Wednesday , the
31st day of August , A. D. , 1881 , at 2
o'clock p. m. , for the transaction of such
business ns may properly come before the
Committee. .TAMES W. DAWKH ,
Chairman.
CitnTK , August 12 , 1881.
Onr Glonions Independence.
What can be more glori JUH than to bo
independent oflrfulferimT , caused by dyspep-
sin , indigestion , constipation , sick head-
nch ? , or other diseases emanating from
the ftomncli. This can bo easily pniucd
by a timely use of Burdock Blood Bitters.
Price $1.00 , trinl BIZO 10 cents. eodlw
FARMERS AND MECHANICS.
If you wish to avoid great danger
and trouble , besides a no small biil of
expense , at thia sua-son of the year ,
you phoujd take prompt stops to keep
disease from your household. The
system should be cleansed , blood puri
fied , stomach and bowels regulated ,
and prevent and euro diseases arising
froin spring malaria. Wo know of
nothing that will so perfectly and
surely do this as Electric , and
at the triflng cost of fifty emits a hot-
tie. [ Exchange.
Sold By Ish & McMahon. (1) ( )
un i
HILL ,
REAL ESTATE BROKERS.
No. 1508 Famham Street ,
Omnt North nlJe. oup. Onnd Central Hotel.
D. S. BENTON
ATTORNEY - AT - LAW
AIU1ACH HLOCK ,
Cor , nouglnionil IMh St . Omaha Nfh.
Business College ,
THIS GREAT WESTERN
GEO. R. RATHBUN , Principal.
Oreighton Block ,
OMAHA , . . . NKBIIASKA.
/ jTSeml tor rirciilnr _ tinv.SOJJlatt
JOS. K. CLAttKBO ) . . u. J , HUM.
Glarkson & Hunt ,
Successors to Richards i Hunt ,
ATTORNEYS - AT - LAW ,
_ fi. UthHtrect Om ha N'eli.
BTROX BBl-U ,
BYRON REED & CO.
( OLD8KT MTABLlbllRO
Real Estate Agency
IN NKDUASKA3
Keep a complete alutroct of title to all Heal
uuto In Oniaha and Douxlas county. ma > tl
DexterLTliomas&Bro ,
WILL BUI * AKD SELL
3EC.TI fTm
AND ALL TRANSACTION
roxNicrro TiiKRiwmi.
Pay Taxes , Bent Houses , Etc.
If YOU WANT TO BUT OX 8SLL
Call it Office , Koorn 8 , Crclghton lllock.'Omilo.
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BROWNELL HALL.
YOUNG LADIES' SEMINARY
OMAHA , NED.
Rev , RDOHEETYM , , A , , Rector ,
AssUtod by an able corpa of teachers In Enjllsh
Language , Scicm-iw and Fine ArU.
THE NINETEENTH YEAR
WILL BEGIN
* 7 ,
'or particulars , f i ply to
la gl-uod-ftn _ TIIB HECTOR.
UeteskaLand Agency
DAVIS & SNYDER ,
SOS Farnham St. , . . . Omaha , Nebraska.
* OOOOO LOX&XIS
Catflully selected Uiid In Eastern NcbnuVaior
ule. Great lUrplui la Improved farmi , and
Diniha dty iwoperty.
0. F. DAVI8 , WKB3TKU 8NVDER.
Late Ltovl Oem'r U , P. & , ' _ < VI < bU
' . , ,
" * JIM ntmuta
. M r/ '
M rna { TI
CHEAP LAND
FOR SALE.
1,000,000 Acres
-OF THE-
FINEST LAND
IN
EASTERN NEBRASKA. .
SELKOTHD in AN EAIU.T DAT NOT KAI
KOAD LAND , BUT LAND OWNKD nr NOH
HESIDKNTS WHC AnK TIllKD FATING TAXES
AKD AHB OVFERINO TI1EIU LANDS AT Till
tow rmoE or $6 , $8 , AND $10 rza. ACBB
OK LONO riMH AND KABT IKHM8.
WE ALSO OFFER FOR 8ALR
IMPROVED FARMS
IN
Douglas , Sarpy ani Washington
OOTT3XI 'JL'l"nS.
ALSO , AN IMMEN8H LIST Of
OmakCityRealEstate
Including Elegant Residence * , Business
and Residence Lots , Cheap Hout > < * and
Lotp , and a large number of Lots In meet of
the Additions of Omaha.
Also , Small Tracts of 5 , 10 and 20 acroo
In and near the city. Wo have ( food oppor 413
tunities for making Loans , and in all cai > e
personally examine titles and take erery
precaution to insure safety of money so
invested.
io ! ow we offer n mnall list of SPECIAL
BARGAINS.
BOGGS & HILL ,
Real Estate Brokers ,
14OS
North Side of Famham Street ,
Opp. Grand Central Hotel ,
OMAHA , NEB.
A benutllul residence lot
FOR SALE
California botw mi 22nd and
23d streets , glfcOO.
'
'I10GG3 k HILL.
O AI C Very nco ! house and lot
. . . C/lLk onUthnnd Webster stroote.
u 1th barn , coal house , well cistern , bhade and
fruit truvs , 01 cry tiling ; complete. A desirable
piece of property , figures low
UGS & HILL.
Splendid bustnm lota 3. E.
FOR SALE
corner of ICth and Capita
Avenue. BOGG3 & HILL.
GAl C House and lot corner Chicago
OHLEl and 21st street * , SWOO.
HOGGS k HILL.
Q AI ET Largo house on Dacnport
OHLE. street leUccn llth and 12th
Roop location for boarding house. Owner wll
null low HOGGS t HILL.
C /I I ET Tlvo ncw houses on full lot
OHLX In K'ounUo k Ruth's adtll-
tton. Tills property will bo sold very cheap.
BOGOS k HILL.
FOR SALE Atop phcaton. Enqu'ro ' of Jos.
Stcphcnson. SKM-U
CAI P Corner of two choice lots In
OMUL Shinn's Addition , request teat
at onec submit beat cosh otter.
otter.BOGOS
BOGOS k HILL.
Q AI C A good an , desirable ros
OMLL dcnco property , $1000.
BOGUS k HILL.
A CIMC nr-SIDKNCB-Not In the market
rlNC Oucrnill sell for SO.UK ) .
BOGUS k HILL.
FOR SALE 4 good lots , Shinn'a 3d od
dltlon ? 1K > men.
BOOGS & HILL
FOR SALE A > ory fine residence lot , to
some party denirinp ; to build
a One house , 2,300.
FOR SALE About 200 lots in Kountze tt
Iluth'a addition , lust south
of ht. Mary's a\enuc , SIM to { SCO. These lote
are near business , surroundeu by fine Improve
nients and are 40 per cent cheaper than any othe
lota In the market. Sa > e money by luulni ; thei
loU BOOOS k HILL.
CflR QAI C 10 lots , suitable for fine rest
run OMLU denco , on 1'arlMVlld avenue
S blocks 8. H of dfK | > t , all cohered \\lth One Uirir
trees. I'rlco cutruinely low. WX ) to ? 700.
UOG08 k HILU
FOR SALE 'cry rhaip lots
BOGGS & HILL.
FOR SALE p corner lot , corner
las and Jcflcraori Kts.
BOGUS k HILL.
Q AI C 8S lot ° n 20th , 27th , 28th ,
_ _ _ OHL.U SOth and SOth Sts. , between
tarnlmm , Uoujflas , and the proponed extension of
Dodge strtet. 1'rlcts range from ? JOO to S400.
\Venaxeconcludt-dtoKt\onicn of unall means ,
ono more chance to t ecu re u home and Hill build
homo * on these lots on email payment * , and will
bell lota on monthly pauncnU.HOGGS
HOGGS k HILL.
PHri QAI P 1M ncres , U mileo from city ,
lyll OHUE. aboutSO acres very cholte
\ alley , Hlthrunnlnc water ; balance Kcutly rolllne
prrirlc , only 3 inllt * f join rallaoad , 810 per acjo.
BOGUS k HILL.
CflR QAI P < 00 acres In one tract twoJr
rUn \J rl L. C mil es from ci ty ; 10 acres vu
thntcil. Living Hprlnirof vatir. uonie nlc t
los. llio land Is all Orst-claw riih prairie. I'rlo
510 per acr IJOGOS ft HILL.
CAR QAI P 7M acres In ono body , 7 mile <
rUn UflLC e t of Fremont , la nil loiel
land , | uoducliiK kcavy grow th cf jrrass , | n high
\allcy , rich soil and } rales from railroad aa
kld track , In food settlement and no better Ian
can bo found. BOGUS k HILL.
PAR QAI P A highly Improved ( arm Of
rUIl U/Aui. "lOncrcu , Smlleii from city.
Unu improvements on this land , owner not
practical farmer , determined to tell , A good
opening for bomo man of means.
means.HOGGS k HILL.
QAI F MOaerciof land ntar MIL
OfiLIu land Station , 3.SOO near Klk.
horn , 83 to * lo ; 1,000 acres In north mrt of t-oun-
ly , * to 810 , 3,000 acres a to 8 mlloi from Klor-
erne , * 5 to 0 ; 6,000 acres west of the Elkhorn ,
il t00 ° aCr ( ! ' SGittcrcJtnr J8u thecoun'
I M
Ihe abo\o lands He near and adjoin nearly
o > ery farm In the county , and can mostly be told
on small cath injmcnt , with the balance In l-z-S-
I and 6 t car'i tiiiia. UOOQS & HILL.
PflP QAI P B crol fine resldencci prop
rim OHLu ertiin not-r bvfrre offered
inU not known In the market as hclng for sale.
locations will only bo made known tD purchaser *
"mcaulnv busliies. WJGUS k HILL.
IMPROVED FARMS .v.1ehaDe'no ;
> mpro\ farms around Omaha , and In all parts of
Douglas , Sarpy and Washington counties. Also
ranut In Iowa. Fer description and pitces call on
! UOGOiJ&HILL.
I fl Business LoU for Sale on Farnam and Doug-
IU La bttcttj , from 3,000 to 68,600.
BOGOS k HILL.
QAI C 8 business lots next west
OHLd of Uasonlo Templo-prica
000 each. JJOGGa & HILL
QAI IT Sbiulness lots vrstof O.U
OMLL Fellows block , * 2tOO each.
UOOGS k HILL.
QAI P z business lots touth tide
- OHLH IXiugUs street , between 12IU
r IStb , awg ( Mb UOGGa & HILL.
CAD QAI 1C IMacrcs.ocrerea wlthjoung
PUtt DALE tluiUr ; Ililnj ; wattr , iur
rounded by Improved rms , only 7 ciUe from
t. . CteatHvt Satul onbajod.
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