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E.ROSEWATEB , Editor.
John II. Pierce In tn Chnrco of the Circu
lation of THK DAILY BKE.
Ooit.v is king in Nobrnaka.
IT looks as it ignorance is Bliss.
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The grain boom is just at present
the farmers' salvation.
IT is rumored that a general railroad
strike ia impending which will bo as
universal as that of 1877.
SKWKIUOK , pavements and gutter
ing nro topics upon which Omalm
cunnot'gain too much information.
crazincss will probably
increase t'if the present unfavorable
news from the While House continues.
DKADWOOIJ is trying hard to cncour
ago a carbonate boom but the attempt
in said by knowing ones to bo n sickly
failure.
HE At estate is rising and house rents
increasing. Meantime visitors to our
city are frightened away by inflation
prices.
'L'liK war of the monopolies ngniust
the rights of the people will bo mot by
: i wnr of the people against the wrongs
of the monopolies.
SWKDE.V aoiit 0,007 immigrants to
thin country during July agninnt 8,770
for July of last year. This exodus
miy : bo called the Swede bye-bye.
for county oflicvs are
mw'bcgiiiijingt to show their heads
.ibovo the horizon mid wear an un
wonted miitlu towards prospective
'voters.
JJy the time the third state fair is
held in our city Omaha will have two
metropolitan hotels.in which to care
for the Clients visiting the metropolis
of Nebraska.
INSIDE construction rings in rail-
Toad Bchomcs by which the people pay
for new roads and the managers
pocket the proceeds nro not popular
in Nebraska.
TUB republican campaign in Ohio is
not makiug much noise , but Charley
Foster is doing a great deal of silent
, and ulTjuctivo work. Ho discounts the
Uookwaltor engine for reserved nower.
Tun gram speculation in the .cast is
at foyer pitch. A few weeks , lionco
the lambs will bo bleating piteously
over the general lowering of the mar
ket temperature.
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Ouu city council is yet to bo heart
from on the Hro ordinance question ,
The growth of our city and the pro
tection of property uliko demand an
extension of the fire limits.
"VmniNiA has a colored population
of 032,000. The Mahono read jus tors
control 40,000 votes. An the blacks
propose to vote with the party which
promises thorn equal rights and a free
franchise , a victory for the Mahoneitos
Booms one of the probabilities of the
future.
AMONG the new oflicers just electee
by the American bar association for
Towa are George 0. Wright , vice
president ; and Oliver P. ' Shores am
JohnM. Rogers local council. Fo
Nebraska , James M. Woolworth , vici
preajdentjfjand James Laird and
Charles V. Mtmdorson local council
MINNESOTA , ono of the most ro
liable' ! wfieat raising 4 states , has liar
vested a very light crop this.Boajon
According to the PionetrtFffit > th
average lowest yield in Southern Mir
uesota is three bushels per acre an
the highest twenty bushels , but th
average for the state is estimated
ACCORDING to The St. Louis J'ca
Jtiijiatdi th'o managers of the Missis
aippi barge line deny the roporto
conspjjdatiyn.jjotwcon the two riva
barge lines. Notwithstanding
denial the belief is general in 6 3t
3tn
Louis that the consolidation lias a
ruadj - taken place , . buttha , $ thorp is ;
an flfort on Iho part of the consblida
. iora - - . to , keep the compact secret.
STATE AND LOCAL DEBTS.
The lotnl lucnl indebtedness of the
United States is $1 , OG9,07 < ! ,40 ! , or
about CO per cent , of the national
ilcbt of the United Slnloi , Of this
Bum nearly 000,000,000 is divided
among the cities of the country , 3225-
000,000 is classified "county , township
and village indebtedness , while the
remaining S2iiO,000,000 is apportioned
t debts of state * .
The researches of the census bureau ,
which have been most thoroughly
prosecuted by Mr , Robert P. Porter ,
show that while local indebtedness
has grown ( luring the lost fifteen
years nt a very rapid rate , state in-
ilobtodncss shows n much smaller
comparative increase. The state debts
to-day aggregate only 837,000,000
more than the same class of indebted
ness forty years ago , while the assessed
valuation of property has over
$13,000,000,000. According to Mr.
Porter , in 1842 the western states
wore in debt $ u,931o52 ! ) , the south-
urn Btntes $73 , 10,017 , and the mid-
dlo states 873,348,072. In 1852 , the
first reliable report of the valuation
of property , the southern states ex
ceeded in wealth the middle states by
8890,160,360 , and the western states
by 81,009,700,083. To-day the debts
of the latter sections are $45,072,575
and 830,505,300 respectively ; while
the south , before repudiation owed
$273,205,185 , and to-day recognizes
8113,007,242 debt. The valuation of
property in the middle states has in
creased since 1852 from 81,593,250-
934 to 85,310,099,187 ; of the western
states from .8897,000,017 to $5,532-
159,099 ; while the southern states ,
partly owing to the removal of slaves
from the personal property column o.f
the auditor's books which has in no
wise impoverished the- states
ahdpartly duo to a general un
dervaluation of property , lias de
creased from $4,801,970,035 in
J8CO to$2,220,144,381 in 1880.
Municipal indebtedness shows much
nioro startling figures. Now England
is debited with $120,459,737 of bonded"
and floating obligations ; the middle
states with nearly $400,000,000 ; the
southern spates with $75,581,237 ; the
western states with $112,409,990 , and
the Pacific coast with an indebtedness
of $5,072,703 , making the enormous
total of $710,535,924. From this
must bo deducted $117,191,500 , the
amount of various sinking funds leav-
ng a total not debt of neatly $000-
00,000.
Mr. Porters expresses the opinion
nit , within the last five years the re-
orm in our municipalities has been
truest and effective and that a much
lore cheerful view can bo taken of
ur condition in this regard than at
ny time since the war. The general
oalthyiinancial condition of thecoun-
ry , the development of our resources
ml the vast immigration pouring into
lie country all have aided in bring-
iig about sounder , methods of mu-
icipal business and have
ecossitatcd less borrowing. This
ritcrion of excessive borrowing
4 the property" valuation of conimuni-
cs. Debt incurred to develop re-
ourcos which in turn will increase
ealth and the tux paying power of n
ity is often nothing more than judi-
iouu investments. Local rings and
municipal thievery do more to roll up
icavy debts and increauo taxation
ban all the legitimate taxes in the
hapo of bonds voted by cities for im-
irovetncnt purposes. With simply
copt accounts and free discussion of
every measure tending to decrease
axes our municipal .debts will soon
allow a decrease as marked in proportion
tion as that which has in late years
marked the course of our national and
state indebtedness.
Tun attempt of Lee Ilartmann ,
Russiannihilist , to establish his right i
of .asylum and oven citizenship in the
United States , notwithstanding his
complicity in the assassination of
Alexander II. , of Russia , will bo
ikoly" to raise ft grave question of in-
.crnational comity. If the authorities
> f the United States should protect
lini from arrest , upon what ground
could they demand the arrest of Gui-
eau should ho escape to Russian tor-
ritory ? Chitago flerahl.
Upon the ground that no man in
.his country is' deprived of life or lib
erty without due process of law. In
this republic oven on assassin is held
to.bo innocent until ho has been in
dicted , confronted by witnesses to his
crime and tried and found guilty by a
jury of his peers. In Russia an irre
sponsible despot is sovereign , judge
and executioner , His wilt ( alone , is
law , and from that will there is 'no
appeal. His order sends a man or
woman to the scaffold , puts them to
torture , furcoa thom into deadly dungeons
'
geons or sends them in chains to
Siberia.
The fundamental principle that
underlies the right of extradition is
that non-political criminals , against
whom a prinm facia case is made out ,
* * a
M > \ Mare
are surrendered for trial in the coun.
try in which the crime was' alleged $
have boon committed. Wo surrender
only those whom , from the nature of
the accusation , we think will have a
fair tria ) .
To surrender a person accused of
political assassination indespotic
Russia would bo to turn him over to
the merciless executioner , with a full
knowledge , that m\yi triaj , ovotr'Jf
granted ) would bo a'merof .ree , ' '
Wo do not allow our citizens ,
matter how black their oflunce.i , to be
tried by Turks , Chinese or Japanese ,
or any other nation which we recog-
inV.o M in any degree barbarous , because -
cause wo think they will not receive
fair piny , or might , if convicted , bo
subjected to cruel and unusual pun-
Hhmonls.
Carl Schurz who made international
law and extradition study strikes the
key note of this question when ho
s.\ys in a recent review of David Dud *
ley Fields' proposition to include po
litical ntsansins among the criminals
subject to cxtrndition.
Wo trust no nation to investigate
political crime * without passion or
prejudice no matter how puru its ad
ministration of justice may bo , es
pecially no nation with n despotic
government , If wo are M make nti
exception to this rule in the case of
assassination it oiyght not to be made
in favor of any country thu govern
ment of which is above the law , and
which , like Russia or Turkey , Is ruled
by the prince's will. Neither our
laws nor our morality allow us to treat
any man as guilty until ho has been
proven to bo so under rational rules
of evidence. Wo surronilorcriminals ,
therefore , assassins ns well as others ,
for trial , not for punishment simply ;
wo surrender them also to judges , not
to enemies.
Wo do not give the thief up to the
man whom ho has robbed , but to the
oflicers of justice. And wo cannot
give even an assassin up to the man
whoso life ho has attempted , oven if
ho is a sovereign , lot attempts on the
lifo of rulers bo never so terrible or so
frequent. Wo cannot , in short , sur
render any criminal to any status that
are not law governed , or in which the
meanest man can bo deprived of his
lifo or liberty by an executive order.
Even if wo wcro certain that Oni-
toau will escape to Russia and Russia
would retaliate by refusing to give
him up , wq should still deem .it more
humane and just to let Quitaau escape
than to commit this republic to nn
unropublican principle in the extra
dition of political criminals.
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THE anti-inonoDoly conference held
lost Thursday at Utica , N. Y , , was a
representative gathering. Among
these present wore men whoso promisi
nonce in trade , whose sound judgsi
mont and high personal integrity gave
a weight to the conference which will
strongly influence public opinion upon
the great question of the day. The
prime object of the meeting was to
organize and concentrate public sontc
titnont upon th'o necessity of
a hold stand against monoplj
ely oppression nnd to" lay the
foundation for n canvass in which
atato and national legislation will bo
invoked for the protection of the pco-
plo and the regulation of the railways ,
The address issued by the conference ,
which wo publish in full , was
clear , concise and comprehensive ,
The resolutions accompanying it advised -
vised organized action on a nonpartisan -
partisan basis , through a searching
investigation of the records of oandit
dates for the people's suffrage. A few
years ago Now York denounced in
unmcasuryd terms what it was
pleased to call n revolutionary
tendency of the west. Opposition to
railroad dominations was termed an
onslaught on the rights of property
and a germ of socialism which the
press of the great metropolis felt it
their duty to repress. Since that time
the iron hand of the corporations has
boon felt on the throat of eastern
commerce and the opponents of the
western grangers have themselves bo *
comes the advocates of the very principles -
ciplos which they formerly denounced.
The growth of the sentiment
in favor of national restric
tion of railway corporations is
proceeding with rapidity which in
dicates how surely tlio need of such
regulation is felt by the whole coun
try. The western t/ranger and the
eastern merchant , the middleman nnd
the manufacturer , the producer nnd
thu consumer , are uniting on a com
mon platform which must sooner or )
later become a strong nnd prominent
issue in political campaigns ,
THE city council has adjourned for >
two weeks without taking any action
whatever on the proposed ordinance :
to license the liquor traffic. This vir
tually means lawlessness and turbu
lence for at least six weeks , possibly
until after the tail elections , If the
object of the representatives of the li
quor interest is to arouse public sym
pathy for themselves and a general
popular uprising in favor of
the repeal of"the obnoxious law
they will bo Badly disappointed.
This is a law abiding community ,
and while the great majority are lib
erally disposed they will aivo , very little
tnt
tle aid and comfort to any class { that
willfully defies the laws , or interferes ,
with their execution. Outside of
Omaha the Slocumb law lias generally -
ally boon acquiesced in without ro
sistance. In manji' towns nnd < cltioa
the Jiqugr dealers have given their
bondsTiiid taken out thojr license un
der the now law ; hence the attitude
of Omaha in refusing to enact the or
dinance and encouraging organized
defiance of the law will moot th
no popular sympathy ) If the in
object of the liquor dealers is to pun
ish the republican party by electing
democrats to the various county
offices , they may also bo disappointed.
d.io
The very fact that ( ho democratic ;
candidates for sheriff , county judge ,
otc. , are to become thu representa
tives of any organization pledged ate
violate law and obstruct its proper
enforcement , would react nnd mlly
i all citizens not directly interested in
the liquor traffic to the earnest sup
port of the republican ticket.
Hut even If the programme to elect
democratic ofilcials in this comity
should succeed , n hat good will it do
the men who desire moro liberal li
cense regulation * for the liquor traf
fic ? What does it matter who ii elect
ed shoriir , treasurer , county judge or
commissioner under the law which
grand juries nnd courts nro sworn to
obey ? The men who sell liquor in
violation of the law will bo indicted
nnd punished , and by the time
thu city school fund is
exhausted the reaction will
revolutionize our city government at
the next spring election. The $1,000
license ordinance will then bo passed
and rigidly enforced. How much bet
tor off the men who nro now urging
resistance io the law will bo by that
time wo cannot conceive.
LAST winter a law was enacted by
the Pennsylvania legislature providing
for the punishment of fraud nt pri
mary elections. The first practical
attempt to enforce it was made last
week by the democrats of Luzerno
county. According to nil accounts it
ccw
worked satisfactorily. In Ohio n sim
ilar law has been in operation for BOV-
oral years and the result has been n
01d
decided < improvement in th'o system of
primary .olectibns. In Nebraskannd
I"o
uspceialljrin this'city primary election
reform is sadly needed , and until
these elections are regulated by law
and frauds at primaries nro punished
as crimes , caucuses and conventions
will bo packed by non-residents and
repeaters , ballot-boxes will bo stuffed
nnd other shameful abuses will con
niti
tinue. Party nominations procured
by such moans usually fail to enlist
, .
the support of the masses and the out
come ( nt the elections is humiliating
defeat.
THE movement towards nn extension -
sion of hospital facilities of St. Jo-
soph'fl hospital should meet with the
cordial support of our citizens. Per a
number of years past the praisoworHiy
institution has been conducted under
soriqua disadvantages without ostenta
tion and with n free tender of its beds
to nil patients without respect to creed
or : nationality. It is the only
lj public hospital in our city.
Carried on by these who have
devoted their , lives to the care of
the sick and Buffering it has never
pressed its claims for public recogni
tion , hut has fulfilled its missionas
best it could under discouragement
which need only bo known to bo ap <
preciatcd. THE _ BEE is glad to on
dorse'cordially the efforts of a number
of our prominent citizens towards
providing this worthy institution with
the means of a greater and moro ex
tended usefulness.
TuE'editorial staff -TlufNow York
Herald ia to bo reorganized at an early
day. Charles Nordoff is to bo the
leading ] editorial writer , with J. R.
Young " and Joseph Howard , Jr. , for
assistants , while the managing editor
ship is transferred fiomT B. Conner }
to ( Francis Lawloy , a graduate of The
London ] Tcltyraph , ex-member of par-
Hamonient ] , nnd an undo of Lord Wen-
lock. 1 Mr. Nordoff has acquired a na
tional t reputation as a clear headed
and forcible writer nnd there is * no
doubt his ndvont as chief editor will
bo ] followed by a marked improvement
in tfio editorials of the great New
York daily.
Railroad Tax Shirkers.
Kearney Press.
In our last issue , wo had something
to say about the Union Pacific railroad
company evading the tax on their
lands which are located ten miles and
upward from the line of their road.
These lands are very valuable now ,
and'the value is enhancing every year ,
yet because the road has not seen
proper to take out their patent on
them , our board of county commit-
sionera has failed to assess them. It
will bo remembered that some time
since the road employed a man named
Phxtt to file on a quarter suction of
the land in question , in order to make
up a case nnd got n decision in favor
of the company , as it was held at that
time by Secretary Schurz that the
road had forfeited thi'Blands , and
that they should bo opened for home
stead entry. This poor and beggarly
corporation and great American men
dicant wont into the court with the
proof and pica that the lands had
been mortgaged for millions of dollars
and that they had received and hod
the use and benefit of the money for
yean , and therefore these lands could
not bo reclaimed by such an in
significant corporation ws the govern
moiit of the United States , and upon |
such proof the court held that the
parties loaning the money to the
road stood in the position of inno
cent purchasers , and therefore had a
title to the land. Of course it was
generally known that the lenders of
the money wcro one of the rings with
in the ring or , in other words , the
principal stockholders of the road ; in
order to hold these lands without
4th
complying with the Jaw under which :
they were granted and to avoid taxa
tion , loaned this money to themselves
and took a mortgage on the land for
it , to beat the government and the
people. Yet , they are outaido of the
penitentiary , and are engaged to-day
in fixing the price you nro to receive
on the products of your lands , which
are taxable , while you are adding to
the value of theirs , which are ot
taxable. Tlio courts say these lands
are not government lauds , because
they have pawed by mortgage to inno .
cent jiarties , nnd , the railroad aaya you [ . ,
niu l not tax them because the titlpjs
in thy government , andr.thogovern
nent lamia nro sacred. What ! tax
lands to which the government
jias never yet given its patent. This
idea sounds like treason to n Union
Pacific ollicial , no great is his rever
ence nnd respect for our "greatest
'oycriimeiit the world lias over seen.
It is true that the land of the home-
iteador , who has lived five years on
us claim , is taxed , whether ho has
Tikcn out his patent or not. But
what has the homesteader done fortho
country ? Ho has not stolen $200,000-
000 or § 300,000,000 trom the general
joveniment. Ho 1ms not robbed the
nation of millions of acres of its most
crtilo lands. Ho does noh refuse to
lay his tnxcu. Ho has not erected
gambling places in Wall street in
vhich to rob dealers in stocks. Ho
ias not built over the Missouri river
n National Stealing crib , called , niag-
mnimoualy , the Union Pacific bridge.
Ho docs not rob the pcoplo of tliia
section of the state of 20 cents on
every bushel of grain they produce.
Ho OOCB not stand in the legislative
mils and demand immunity for crimes
committed , nnd therefore is not
generally known by our grand
uid glorious government , and 'could
not reasonably expect to bo recognized ,
since it has been so long since no had
nything to do with or say about the
; ovornmont of his father's house.
kVould it not bo well to _ wake up ,
iond homesteader , mechanic , laborer
and business man , and assort your
rights ? Would it not bo well to tax
ho property of this insolent , bigoted
uid corrupt monopoly ? If the U. P.
corporation can mortgage their lands ,
hey have sufficient tit'o ' to pay taxes
on them. If they can sell them on
on years' time , nt 0 per cent interest ,
ind give their bond for a deed they
are entitled to pay taxes upon them ,
and the man , men or court , who de
clare otherwise are either the pliant
.ools of the company or their pur-
ihaacd goods and chattels , whether
hey bo courts or commissioners.
This soulless corporation has a cap-
talized wealth of $100,000 per n > ilo ,
i ipon ] which you have to help pay
tltl ; hem a dividend of ten per cent and
tl ; heir main line is assessed only
311,000 her mile. If it was assessed
alTV two-thirds of the amount upon
which you must pay for riding or ship
ping over it , it would pay taxes on
300,000 per milo. It lias 40 miles of
track in Buffalo county , and at § 00-
000 per mile , with a taxation of 0 per
cent , it would pay to our county
treasurer § 170,400. If the taxation
was reduced to 3 per cent , it would
amount to $85,200. Would it not be
justice for them to pay these sums ?
Do you wish them to bear their share
of tko burdens of taxation in the fu
ture ? If ywi do organize nnd prepare
to elect men who will bo true to
themselves and to you. There is
danger ahead , if you delay lontjer , in
assuming control of the affairs of
state.
POLITICAL POINTS.
Senator George saya that the defeat of
is colleague , Senator Lamar , would bo a
"calamity not only to Mississippi , but to
the whole south. "
The press of Iowa does not favor the
dual candidacy of John A. Kasson for
speaker of the house of representatives and
United States senator.
Senator Thurnian's red bandana will
wave in Ohio early in October. The sena
tor doesn't seem to bo over zealous about
the fortunes of Pocketbookwaltcr.
Boss Keyca * fine hand is eaid to be dis
cernible in the management of the War
ner boom in Wisconsin , while the fedora1
regency of Milwaukee are not yet decided
as to which is the biggest gubernatorial
boat.
Ex-Senator Wallace , of Pennsylvania ,
has ' retired from the practice of law as
well as from politics , to devote himself to
his 1 bituminous coal intercuts. Hid Intel
lect is beautifully shaped for the coal
trade.
Ex-Uov. Curtin will make an address a1
he first annual reunion of the "Sixteen
r , " or the graduates of the soldiers' or
ilians' school of Pennsylvania , which wil
io held at Harrisburg nn'-'lth. 25th am
. ! Uth.
Ex-Treasurer P. E. Spinner declines .
scat in Congress because of his "sense o
> ropriety and justice to others. " It is B <
rate tlmt a declination is put on mic ]
'rounds that many will regret that Mr
jpinncr feels called upon to mcnt.on
them.
Figures of the late Virginia election , ti
> e pasted in tlio hat : .Republican vet
ant year , 83,039 ; Headjustcr Democrat !
i-ote , 31.527 ; combined nnti-Uourbon vote
115,100 ; Bourbon vote , 1I0.44U ; maloiity Q
combined anti-Bourbon vote over Bourbon
, -ote , 18,717.
The republican state central committe
of Georgia at a recent meeting passed
esolution rather condemnatory of a futur
alliance with the independent democrat
of the state , who , as noon as elected t
ollice by the aid of republican votes , hav
resumed their old relations with the bour
' 0113 ,
Judge Allen , who will bo appointed to
the Massachusetts nupreme court bench ,
ivas appointed to the superior court in
1872 , and U the fourth member of that
Jencli who haa been promoted to the bench
of the supreme court , Mr. P. Knowltou ,
who will succeed Judge Allen In the lower
court , ia a member of the Massachusetts
senate. He was graduated from Yale college -
lego in 18CO.
The federal officeholder in Virginia ia
jreatly troubled. ' 'Unner which king ! "
is the conundrum which he labors earneat-
ly to Holve. It is not PO long ulnco Coin-
mlitioiier ltaun discharged a revenue olli-
cer because ho lent the light of his counte
nance , personal and official , to the repudl-
ators , Haum telling him that "to exert hli
Influence to secure the readjustment , which
meant the repudiation , of the debt of Vir
ginia was looked upon by thinking men M
Immoral and inconsistent with the dignity
of an ollklal. " Now , however , the cabi
net officers are wheeled into line fur Sena
tor Mahone , and the federal official who
would repudiate repucliators ia made to
feel that lip must do it at the peril of hla
olliclul existence.
Mr. Barksdnle , who was an antiLamav
candidate for the democratic nomination
for governor of MUoigsippi , thus accept *
hid personal ; defeat but the victory of liig
faction in a ehort editorial article in his
own newspaper , the Jackson Clarion ;
"Tho contest for the various offices was
exciting and protracted , but finally re
sulted harmoniously. General llobert
Lowry , the candidate for governor , is a
strong man , and will arouse the enthusi
asm of the people , anil the whole ticket
will be supported with like zeal and de
termined effort to achieve success. Our
paper is going to press as the lost nomina
tion is made , and we have no room for
more than this bare announcement and for
sending Kre tingn to the democracy of the
whole state. "
The employment of female clerks was
considered by the civil service commission
in Canada , It wai deemed not advisable
\a employ- them for this reason :
It would be necessary that they should
be placed in reoini by themselves , and
that they should be under the immediate
supervision of a pcnon of their own sex ;
but we doubt very much if sufficient work
of similar character can be found in any
one department to furnish occupation for
any considerable number of female clerks ,
wid it would certainly be iuachisable to
) lncc them in email numbers throughout
ho departments.
The howl of Indignation that will fo up
nt thin from the female MiffrAuMs in the
United StaUs ia quite too awful to con-
emplatc. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
PERSON-AI/ITIES.
Gen. Grunt is the won ! of the nntum ,
> ut Dr. Bliss l.i the pi .
Vftnderbllt Is healthy at sixtjnotwlth -
landing that IIR wears no mustache.
I'nttl wears false hnlr find picks her
( lack brahUuith great care in Paris.
TftlmiRO I * preaching at Saratoga. He
iasno\cr yet been Induced to bundle a
, oy pistol ,
People have their wpatherej-es on Ha-
sen and Vcnnor. They lia\o cxj > eri-
ncntcd long enough.
Alexander Mitchell , the richest man in
ho Northwest , own * a houeo In Milwau
kee which 008181,500,000.
Dan lllce is getting a divorce from his
vifc. The poor woman couldn't laugh at
ils gray-haired circus jokes.
The oldest child of Mrs. Hulf , of Cliu-
on. Ill , , U ! ghty-ono years of age , Mrs.
lull herself is a giddy thing of 100.
Whltelaw Held was shocked In London
nt bolng taken for O/icar / Wilde. Mr. Held
too modest ho does not half appreciate
is points ,
Ytim Yum , a young Chinaman from
toston , drowned hiimelf in the Kcponset
river , from homo-slckncng. It was not a
case of yum yum ,
Mr. llaycn has at last received employ
ncnt. He is nolo executor of thu will of
Irs. Abigail Warren , with nn estate of
20,000 to distribute.
The wife of Wm. Black , the author , is
i blonde , and a lady of moro than oniln-
ry ability. The novelist is a fine-looking
man , and ready story-teller.
Don Carlos proposes to spend the nu-
unin in Scotland , nnd inquiries have been
nade with a view to his renting a villa at
3ridge of Allan or Callandar.
Iron Eyes , the father of Bright
as six wives. Did Editor Tibbies realize
vhen he married , how many mother-in-
aw's he was getting ? Boston Post.
Comanche Bill nav Buffalo Bill It no
rontiersman. and Buffalo Bill says Co-
manchc Bill is a tenderfoot fraud. These
gentlemen seem to be pretty well acqualnt-
d with each other.
The three prettiest young women in
"Newport society this summer are said to
jo Miss Perkins of Boston , Miss Cham-
> erlain of Cleveland , and Miss Montague
of Baltimore. [ New York Tribune. Dr.
tfnry Walker ! In Washington.
Hie Palmers having had their family
reunion , the Coffin family mil next meet
at Nantuckct. The i ofhn family on earth
s not very extensive , but the Cofh'n fami-
y underground embraces pretty much the
whole human family of the departed gen
erations.
Prank Wnlworth , who shot his father in
'Jew ' York tome years ago , is now at Sara-
oga , where he has achieved a good deal of
luccess as n tennis player. It is said that
10 will shortly marry n beautiful young
icircss , who has spent several summers nt
.he spring * .
Cadet Whittakcr has written to a party
n St. Louis offering- lecture throughout
; he country for BIX months for the cx-
; rcinelv modest compensation of 83000.
Mr. Whittaker's ears are evidently longer
: han was popularly supposed. They will
jcar cutting again.
Sitting Bull's home Is to he located in
Dakota , where he will chew reservation
jeef and be treated in nil respects like a
cnminon Indian. It would be a pity to
kill him , and yet it would bo choapcrthan
keeping him. But tliMi , if wo keep Gui-
; eau , it.would be a burningshame to kill an
"Ingiin. "
Col. Benjninin F. Weymouth , who has
just died in New York , bore a striking re-
'emblanco to President Lincoln , both in
features and figure , and is raid to have
been several times mistaken for him in the
street. A Her Lincoln's assassination Col.
Weymouth mt xeicral times for pictures
and statuettes of the president ,
Mme. Mustache the only name she
had who , in the old days of Cheyenne
ke t a gambling house theru and was
known in tlin same business in other far
western .towns , died not long ago in Idaho
from poison administered by herself. She
was nn expert gambler , and at one time
was very rich ; but bad luck 6vcrtook her.
and when uho died she was penniless and
friendless.
Asphalt Pavements.
Tlio English have hit on a way ol
preparing asphalt for roads which is
said to add greatly to its durability
and value as a paving material. It
is thus described in The London
Times :
Although the value of bituminous
asphalt for paving has long been
recognized , it has always been fell
that one of its defects is n want ol
density , while ( mother is its slipper
inuss under the influence of slitrlil
nuisturo. To remedy the first ol
these defects heavy road rollers have
been used , while for the second sharp
sand or some other similar material
has been introduced into the body ol
the bitumen. The most recently de
vised method of treating it in order
to icmovo these drawbacks , and
apparently the most successful ,
consists in sombinimj limestone
with the bitumen and molding the
comroqnd , under pressure. The Ihno-
sfono is crushed , " heated , mid nii.\cil
with the bitumen at a tcmpcrcturo ol
252 Fahrenhei , , the stone having a
ijreat nflinlty for the bitumen whei
lieated. The combination is then
pressed into rectangular blocks of con
venient size in molds under a pressure
of about fifty tons. The blocks are
then submitted to cold-water
a- - bail
until they are cold and ready for USD ,
They then form a paving material o :
? reat density , nnd in which the nngu
lar points of the limestone are alwayi
being developed under traffic. A per
manently rough surface is thus pro
ducod , which , combined with tlu
crrcks formed by the joints oj tlia
blocks , presents an excellent footholc
for horses. A portion of the roadway
in Queen Victoria street , adjoining
the Mansion house station Metropoli
tan District rail way , has just been laii
with this material , which has been ii
use for some time past in the Unitec
States with excellent results.
Don't Throw np the Sponge-
When suffering humanity are endiirlnj ,
the horrors of dybpejitia , Imligebtlon , o
nervous and general debllty. they are to
often inclined to throw up the uponge am
resign themselves to fate. We say , don'
do it. Take UuitnocKBi-OonBiTTEBH , th
unfailing remedy. Price § 1.00 , trial tit
10 cents. eodlw.
„ . , OMAHA. July 11 , i881.
To Lucy A. Zcller , non-reslileut ; defendant.
You MO hereby notlflcU that on the Slit day
May. jSSl , William Zoller filed a petition usaln
l ou In tin District Court of Douglas county , Ne
braak , the object and prayer ol vhlch are to ob *
talnaduorrelromyouon the ground that jo
hat e been irullty of extreme cruelty tow ard th
pU | iitlB. without coed cause. Yeu are ruqumx
to Miner laid petition on or before Monday , th
22d day ot AuyuJit , U81.
WH. ZEU.KR , Plaintiff.
Bu > ouhU attorney. ] yl3-nlt
PUBLIC KINDEHGAIITEN ,
Couodl Blufls , lona.
Conducted by ilhs Bura Eddy , ol Chicago , Ills. *
Will begin fcpt. 6. 1S81. lig Eddy will t
cel o low wcll-qualitled ladlw to train In
Normal Kg , Cour c. tb
, unUI >
, Chicago , alO-w i <
CHEAP IAMB
FOR SALE.
1,000,000 Acres
*
OK THE
FINEST LAND
IN
EASTERN NEBRASKA ,
SBLICTKD IN AN EAIUT DAT NOT KAI
IOAD LAND , BUT LAND OWNED nr NON
llESIDHNTS WHC ABB TIBED PAYING TAXES
MID AUK oKrsniNo THKIH LANDS AT rum
t rnicK or SO , $8 , AND $10 ritR AOUR
N LONO TIUE AND EAST TKRMS.
WE ALSO OFFER FOP. SALK
IMPROVED FARMS
IN
Douglas , Sarpy and Washingtoi
GO u AI "JL- ;
ALSO , AN IMMENSE LIST OP
OmahOityRealEstate
Including Elegant Residences , Buslnea
nd lleiidcnco Lots , Cheap Houses nnd
xt . nnd a large number of Lots in most of
lie Additions of Omaha.
Also , Small Tracts of 5 , 10 nnd 20 acrco
n and near the city. Wo have good oppor
unities for ranking Loans , nnd in nil case
ittsonally examine titles nnd take every
rccautlon to insure safety of money BO
nvcsted.
lie ow wo offer a saint list of SPECIAL
UltOAINB.
BOGGS & HILL ,
Real Estate Brokers ,
14OS
North Side of Farnham Street ,
Opp. Grand Central Hotel ,
OMAHA. NEB.
C AI C A Beautiful residence lot
OHLC California bctwcon 22nil and
2Jd streets , $1000.
BOGOS & HILL.
CAB IT Vciy n'co ' house and lot
< WrtLC onOthar.il Webster streets ,
tithbarn , coal house , well cUttrn , shade ana 7j
nilt trues , everything complete. A desirable i
) iece of iiroiwrty , Ilirurcs low , '
UOS & HILL. J , '
HAD CAI ET Splendid bmlncs lots S. B.
rUH OHLC corner of 10th nnd C-ipita
A\enuc.
C AI IT House and lot corner Chicago
OH Lil and 21st streets , S6000.
BOGUS & HILL.
CCID CAI IT Jfcw home , 6 rooms , half lot ;
rUil OHLC 7 block * from court house ,
onlytflDOO. LOyUS&HILL. V
QAI C House of 6 rooms with 1 lot , >
OHLC. near'butincsx , yood location ;
81650. . UOGUS & HILL.
QAI C Corner of tnocholco lots in
OHLE. Shlnn's Addition , request teat
at once submit best cosh ollur.
ollur.coca
coca ? & HILL.
CAI C A S ° ocl an aes'rable res
OMLU dcnco pro ] > erty , 4000.
UOGUS & HILL.
RESIDENCE Not In the market
Otter will sell for $0,600. /
130GCS & HILL. /
CAI C 4 R001 lots > Sblnn'a 3d ad
OHLC dltlon SIM each.
HOCUS i HILL
Iflp CAI ET A very fine residence lot , to
UII OMUI. some party desiring to build
flnu house. 82.SOO. COUGS & HILL.
, 'fl D C AI C Ab ° ut 200 lots In Kountze &
. Un OHLC Utah's addition , fust south
of bt. Mary'v atcnuo , HLO to { SCO. These loU
are nuar business , nurroundeu by line Improve
ments and nro 40 per cent cheaper than any otho
lots In the market. Save money by buying thca
lola. HOCUS i HILL.
QAI P 10 Iota , suitable for One reel
UrALE. dcnco , on Park-Wild a\entic
S blocks S. K. of ilejiot , all covered \rith line larc
' - I'rico cxtreiiitly low. 8800 to { 700.
TJOGOS & HILL.
QAI IT Some very cheap loU
OHLC Lake's ndJitlon.
liOCOS k HILL.
QAI IT Cheap corner lot , cornif
U/iLU ) Douglas and Jefferson Sts.
' HILL.
CAI C 9Siots on 20th , 27th , 2Sth ,
OHLC 2lth ! mid SOth SU , bltwucii
I urnliaui , Uouxkw , nrd thy proHcd | extension o (
Dodsfo street 1'iices mni from 5200 to S400.
> i eliaxu concluded to \ semen \ of email means.
one mare clianco to secure a home and will build
hoii8.i9 on tliubo lots oil small payments , and nlll
sell lots on monthly luj uients.liOOOS
liOOOS & HILL.
CAI C ICO acres , U miles trom city ,
u OnLb about 30 acres \ ry choice
\alley , with running water ; balance ircutly rolling-
prrlrio , only 3 uiUca fjom rallaoad$10 per oue.
UOCOS & HILL.
CAI C 400 acres in one tract twelr
OnLk miles from city ; 40acrusca
thntctl , Idling Bprlir'of water , some nice i
leys. The land la all Unit-clans rich prairie. Prlc
10 per acre BOGUS It HILL.
CAI C 720 acres In one body , 7 mlle i
OH L C weet of Fremont , Is all level
land , juoduclnif lieaiy growth ol grass , in high
lallcv , rich soil and J roles from railroad an
side track , In good settlement and DO better Ian
can b found. BOGGS & HILL.
CAI C A highly Improved farm of
OHLC 210 acres , Smiles from city.
Uno linproicmcnti on this land , owner not *
proctltal tanner , determined to kdl. A good
openhig lor name nun of means.
means.110GGS & HILL.
CflR CAI P 2,000 acres of land near MIL
rUil OHLC land Station , 3 , X > near Elk.
. "if3 ? ? ! ? 00 acrcs ln north \rt \ ° > caan'
ty , 7 to 10 , 3,000 acres 2 to 8 miles from Kior.
BiK. " > ciS Unl2t.6'OOQ ? acrc ? west0' ' thoElkhoru ,
M U JIO aCrC" BcattredthrouKl > thccoun.
The aboie landi lie near and adjoin nearly
eicry farm in the county , and can mostly be sold
on tmaH cash pajmeut , with the balance In 1-2-5-
4 and fi vcar e time. BOGOS & HILL.
FflR QAI C Several fine rcsiacnccs prop
run OnLb ertles never befrro offered
and not known In the market aa rdng for eale.
" I-ocatlong will only be made known * a purcliasen
"incanlnsr builnca. IJOOOS s HILL.
IMPROVED FARMS
iniproi e farms around Omaha , and in all part * of
Douglas , Sarpy and Washington counties. Also
farms m low * . Fer description and pitcc * call on
"L „ , BOGGS &HILI * .
I II Pusinc88 Lots for Sale on Farnam and Doug.
IU Us streets , from $3,000 to $3KX > .
BOCas & HILL.
PCflR CAI C 8 buslncsa lots next west
( run OHLC of Masonic Temple price
adianced ol e 000 each. HOGGS & HILL
QAI E B Business lots west of O > ld
OHLC Fellow u block. (2 600 each.
BOGUS & HILL.
FflR QAI P 2 business lots outu side
yn OHLC Douglat street , between 18IU
and 13th , 83,500 , each. BOO08 & HILL.
FOR SAI F J.60 rE > ociercawiU > young
OHLC
timber ; Uilng water , ur
rounded by imiiro > ed rms , only 7 tnU from
f-tt ) , Chcapcil Und onhind ,
BOGGS & .trru <