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    IBE OMAHA DAILY BEE : TUESDAY' OCTOBER 11 , 1881
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BUSINESS LlTPTEn'AJI Kjirfne *
Letters and Ilcmlttencca nhouhl bo ml
dronsod to Tnr. OMAHA nrnLiHinsn COM
PANT , OXf.ltA. Mrtfts , Checloinnd lost-
office OrclMH lo lo nifcde paynblo lo llio
order ol tbo Company.
B.BCSr T.ATER , Editor.
TJsvIs , Manager of City
Oirccliitloc. _
.Tohn II. I'tcroo IB in Charce of the Moil
Circtution of Till : DAILY MEK.
A. ll. ' totch.corrcsiioiiilcnUridiioHcUor.
DHMOCUATIB patriotintn consists in a
oflico nnatchinir.
TiiAThislojic cabinet will romnin
an'AVnshington only in photographs.
"tTiiB ngony has begun nt Washing-
ion and the funeral hyiim him given
plnco to the ollico-holilors1 chant.
IOWA will now have nn opportunity
of doing for honcHt Sam Kirkwood
T-rhat Minnesota will do for William
IVindom.
THE gratiGcation expressed by our
German citizens over the composition
of the democratic ticket isn't loud
enough to bo hoard a block.
Mn. Scntniz thinkn tlio roorgamV.a-
iion of the party machinary in Now
York was not thorough enough. Mr.
Schurz is a chronic grumbler.
THE resignation of .Senator'Edger-
ton , of Minnesota , in favor of Secre
tary Windoin , is an act wh'.ch will bo
appreciated by the people of the west.
ST. Louis is complaining that
limestone macadam is a fraud. Gaz-
incr on our Farnham street quagmire
Omaha tenders her sincere sympathies
to St. Louis.
THE cloHO connections between the
opening of our rivers and the decline
in railroad tariffs makes the coming
convention of vital intoiost to every
producer in the atato.
Mit. JOHN KKU.Y is flourishing the
Tammany tomahawk in a manner
which is peculiarly disagreeable for
the kid glove democracy to contem
plate. It means scalps.
THE localizing of trade centers is
one of the BUI cat marks of a city's
development. Omaha's growth as a
wholesaling point is indicated by the
grouping of great commercial houses
south of Farnham street and nearer
to the center of transportaion.
THE § t. Paul Pioneer Press thinks
that the $1,000,000 not earnings of
the Chicago , St. Paul , Minneapolis &
Omaha railroad is an interesting and
instructive exhibit. It is particularly
o to tlio Urmcrs and shippers of Wis
oonsin and Minnesota.
SUNDAY was the tenth anniversary
of the great Chicago fire , which oc
curred on October 9 , 1871 , and the
Chicago Tribune publishes a mam
moth memorial sheet in communiora-
iion of the event. Chicago is one of
the wonders of the west and the moat
singular fact is that her people and
newspapers don't know it.
GALKY , the troubadour , touched hia
guitar in vain in Saunders county.
Our Bpucuil dispatches announce that
the bond proposition for the Lincoln
& Fremont railroad was beaten in
every precinct in tin county , including
Wahoo. Tlio farmers of Saunders
county liavo Uius given public notice
that no more mortgages will bo voted
on their farms for the benefit of rail
way construction rings.
TUN yearn ago General Garfield
wrote to a prominent lawyer who hud
.opposed the insanity plea in a murder
itrial "Tho whole
: country owes you
; d < deht of gratitude lor brushing awny
.tho Kicked absurdity which has lately
ibaen palmed off on the country as law
.on the subject of insanity. If this
thing had fiono on much further al
ihttt man would need to socuru him-
jiclf bora the charge of murder woult
"bo to # vo a little and tear his huir a
Jittlq , , uad then kill hia man. "
broken out afresh at
.Annapolis and Admiral Ilogora is ilu-
vermined to sift tlio matter to the
bottom and to make an uxiunplo ol
the offenders Baziug is a form oi
low brutality without ono red-joining
feature. The young men who arc
being educated ut the goTemmciit ox-
ponsu at West Point and Annapolis
should bo mudo to underaUnd that
they are pUowl'thero to study and not
fU > make life miserable to others.
THE PRESIDENTIAL fjTJCOES-
SION.
The democrats have organized the
senate by electing - mes F. Bayard
president pro tcmnoro. In Iho pres
ent emergency Una ii nn event of
unusual itniorUuico Although Mr.
Bayard ns president of the senate does
not enjoy the title or prerogatives of
vico-prwideiit ho occupies n position
tlmt places hint in direct line of nuc-
ccAsion tii the itrcftidonuy. The
president of the sonata has no casting
vote like Iho vice-president in C.IHO of
a tie vote , but hu bocoinoa constitu
tional succrsaor cif the vico-prcf idont
should ( hat oflicur while Acting us
president of the United States bo re
moved from ollico 1 y iiinjeachment ,
become disublud or die. In other
words there is now but ono life bo-
tvroon Mr. Hnyard nnd tlw presidency.
While tlio country is conscious that
Mr , liayard is it gentleman eminently
fitted to discharge any duty that may
devolve upon him , and while there is
not a shadow of corruption on his past
political record , yet the fuct that his
political view * are radically at variance
with thoao hold by n majority of loyal
tlinuricans , his elevation to the presi
dency of the sonata becomes almost n
mcnaco to the nt ability of our institu
tions. Nobody will dare impute any
design or dcsiro to Mr. Bayard to become -
como the ntieccR3 < jr of President
Arthur , and yet the fact that a Demo
crat may be made president by
; ho removal of ono man is u
most tcrriblo temptation to cranks ,
who tmy imagine the salvation of the
country depends upon the resumption
of national control by the democracy ,
[ mpressed wfth the grave problem
that is presented by the election of a
lomocrat to the presidency of the
senate while a republican vice-presi
dent occupies the presidential chair ,
Senator Edmunds made an earnest ef- .
ort to Bccuro the admission of the
tfow York'and Rhode Island senators
) oforo the ennato proceeded to the
election of its president. In this effort
10 wan seconded by every republican
n the senate as well as by Senator
David Davis , who usually
votes with the democrats.
Hut the democratic caucus had laid
mt the program for democratic sena
tors. Mr. Edmund's proposition was
voted down by a party vote and Mr.
Bayard was duly elected and ii.stallod
in the vice presidential chair.
As the leader on the republican side
Mr. Edmunds entered a most digni-
icd and unanswerable protest against
the exclusion of the Now York and
[ Ihodo Island senators , and , as on
'ormor occasions. Mr. Edmunds has
; ivon proof of his profound knowledge
of political'history and his mantorly
ability to donate constitutional ques
tions. In protesting against the
course pursued by the democratic ma
jority Mr. Edmunds has also laid
; ho foundation for justifying tlio
course which the republicans intend
.0 pursue when they are in the major-
ty next winter.
THURSTON'S CAMPAIGNS.
Some of the most disastrous defeats
on both sides during the war were duo
to incompetent leadership. Field ofli-
cors who were able to handle a batal-
lion or a regiment proved complete
failures an commanders of u brigade
and many excellent brigade command
ers wore utterly unfit to command a
division or an army corps.
In politics as in war , ability of a
much higher order is essential to sue
cess in leading and handling largo
bodies of men on an extensive field
than in conducting a fight on a very
limited territory , A politician who
can successfully pack and manipulate
a ward caucus is not always competent
to organize n atato campaigner
or manage a sectional contest.
Nowhere has this fact been moro
strikingly illustrated than in the po
litical campaigns that have been fought
during the punt four years in Ne
braska. When John M. Thurston as
sumed command of the political forcjs
of the Union Pacific it was expected
ho would rovolutionr/.o our politics ,
completely stamp out till opposition to
monopoly domination nnd become the
arbiter of the political destiny of every
aspirant to ollico from constable to
United States senator. In UIOHO ex
pectations Mr , Thurston has sorely dis
appointed his followers and admirers.
With one or two minor exceptions bin
political leadership has boon a series
of disgraceful disasters. Throe years
ago ho organized n campaign for Mr.
Hay ward of Otoo county , whom ho
promised to sent on the supreme
bench. With the party machin
ery , in his hands ho selected
Omaha us his battle ground
but when brought face to face with
the opposing forces ho capitulated un
conditionally , leaving Mr. Hayward
in a sad plight. The senatorial con
test last wintcr'nilinrded him a splendid
did field for displaying his leadership ,
but like the Austria" goncra ! in Italy
that surrendered to Napoleon I at
Mantua , ho allowed the enemy to
concentrate whiluho was scattering his
forces , and before he could prepare
pare for retreat , Thurston nnd his
Nance boom were bottled by Van
Wyck.
Last week Thurston led his follow-
en recklessly into another political
slaughter pen. Ho tried to play Sitting -
ting Bull on Judge Maxwell by plan
ning a treacherous ambuscade , mid
when ho found that his plot wnn dis
covered hu had the foolliardincts to
attempt its execution in the face of a
vigilant enemy massed in over
whelming force. Such persistent
blundering would demoralize the
bravest men , it and Tlinrstou's follow
ers wcro not regulars fed by the Union
Pocific commissary , ho could not
muster a corporal'n guard for another
campaign. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Illinois the slate board of equali
zation were neb elected nnd are not
controlled by Iho railway corporations
much to the satisfaction of the people ,
the regret of the monopolies and the
profit of the state. At its last session
this body of public ofliccra increased
the assessment of railroad property in
the state $7,000,000 over the .IRSC
munt of last year. 'This was nt the
rate of 14 per cent , and the railroad
manage complain that there has been
discrimination exercised agaitmt them
because other property in Illinois has
increaHcd only 1 per cent during the
same time. Tlio board retorts very
properly that the assessment of 1880
was too low mid that in fixing a higher
rate it xvas forced to take into consid' '
oration the increase not only in now
lines and improvements on the old
ones but also the handsome percentage
age- which the companici have earned
upon their capital investment. It
would bo worth § 300,000 in the pock
ets of Nebraska tax payora if they had
such a board of equalization as that
possessed by Illinois. As long as the
railroads control political conventions
and public officers are not hold to a
strict accountability for their acts by
the people the burden of maintaining
our government will be yearly shifted
Irom the shoulders of wealthy corpora
tions where it bolongn to the backs of
the people who are -daily taxed to fill
the coffers of the monopolies.
TIIK BKK cannot join those news
papers that have been urging our
farmers to hold their grain and corn
indefinitely for higher prices. The
sustained price of UICBO articles on
eastern boards of trade has been large
ly the result ; of speculative manipula
tion by Chicago nnd Cincinnati cap !
talistfl. The ablest judges of the fu
ture of the markets do not believe
that the quoted values of two weeks
o can bo maintained during the winter
tor and the closing out of tli3 Cincin
nati ' 'deal" and the consequent drop
in prices goes tar toward sustaining
their judgment. It is a good rule to
sell on a high market and to buy on a
low one. What a high market is can
readily bo ascertained. Waiting for
top notch prices liua often resulted in
heavy losses to those who would in
the end have made more if they had
boon contented with obtaining moder
ately remunerative returns for their
investment and labor. It isnot
probable that the prices of wheat nnd
corn during the winter will fall to
anything like the figures of last sesson ,
The shortage of crops will prevent
this. But at the same time it must
Hot bo forgotten that there is a largo
surpluH remaining from last year's crop
and that the foreign demand will not
bo as great an was anticipated before
harvest timo.
OHIO holds her election to-day for
state officers. The result will bo
awaited with interest. No state con
tains a constituency HO open to argu
ment and less inclined to hold firm
within party ranks when local issues
are concerned. In national campaigns ,
when a full vote in called out , Ohio is
republican , but in general , "off years"
are moro "off" in that state than in
any other. The present campaign
has be-jn fought to a great extent
upon the personal merits of the rival
candidates for povernor , Foster and
Bookwalter. Mr. Foster has in times
past been extremely popular among
the "Buckeyes , " and Mr. Bookwalter
has the advantage of a largo income
and a clear record as > a loading manu
facturer nnd employer pf labor. The
president's death interfered somewhat
with the clotting of the campaign but
is counted upon to draw out a heavier
republican vote than if it had occurecl
earlier. There HCOIIIS little reason to
doubt that the state will give a sub
stantial republican majority in to-day'i
elections. Last year the secretary of
state received 10,000 over his compet
itor. Such a majority can hardly bo
looked for this year.
SKNATOII GOHHO.N , of Georgia , re
mgnod his scat in Washington hist
year with the remark tlmt ho could
imuo § ir > , COO a year outside of public
ollico , Mr. Gordon is now worth over
a million and is said to have made hia
two brothers and Governor Colquitl
worth the samu sum. Since his lesig
nation ho has organised the Georgia
Pacific railroad nnd sold it to tlio
Richmond nnd Danville extension
company , itself controlled by the
Pennsylvania company , for $700,000.
He still holds the presidency of the
Gimrgia Pacific and with his brother *
and Gov. Colquitt holds $1,000,000 of
Itichmoiid and Danville extension
stock and § 2,500,000 in the Georgia
Pacific. Gordon was given the charter -
tor of the Georgia Western unbuilt
railroad by the Louisville and Nashville
villo company , whoso counsel huvan
This charter gave Gordan the entrance-
to Atlanta and an outlook westward.
Ho at once obtained over 100,000
acres of coal land , muted on condi.
.ion that n rortl from Atlanta to the
Mississippi nliould POAS through them.
With thnso privileges the negotiations
with t'.io Pennsylvania company wore
easy. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
lr is stated that "delicate political
considerations" complicate Prnitdent
Arthur's choice of a successor to Jus
tice Clifford upon the supreme bench.
It is difficulty to BOO why political
considerations should have any place
in the selection of n judic of the
Hiipicmo court. There is a growing
feeling in the ranks of both pnrlitH
that thu judiciary should be separated
as far ns possible from the disturbing
influences of partisan politics. Cus
tom has in tinu'3 pant dictated that
selections for vacancies in the court of
highest resort should bo made in such
a manner ns to prcservo the political
balance of that body , but factions
within party have never been recog
nized in tljo making of such appoint
ments. The "dulicato political con
siderations" which complicate Presi
dent Arthur's choice are likely to have
mi other foundation than the fertile
imagination of some hair brained
Washington penny-a-liner.
THKY never believe in doing things
by halves in Arkansas. The throe
youthful train robbers who boarded n
train on the Iron Mountain railroad
on the 22d of September have been
captured , tried and sentenced to sev
enty years each in the penitentiary.
Tlio people of the entire state consti
tuted thomsolTcs detectives in the
coso and were aided by the governor
and public officers to the utmost ex
tent of their power. It is unnecessary
to say that Missouri's border ruffians
are still at largo. Any remarks which
St. Louis papers may hereafter make
at the expense of Arkansas civiliza
tion will fall very flat upon the public
oar.
The Mississippi River Route.
Mew York Time * .
Perhaps the most important ques
tion connected with the general sub
ject of transportation is that of the
great tuturo route for carrying grain
from the upper Mississippi region , to
the sea-coast. Our I'reat strength as
an exporting nation lies in our capa
bility for the production of food sup
plies , nnd the bulk of our surplus for
years to como must bo drawn from the
vast tract drained by the upper trib
utaries of the Mississippi river. In
the call of the St. Louis Merchants'
Exchange for a convention to promote
the improvement of navigation on
that stream and its branches it is
stated that "within the area of states
and territories drained by the Mis
sissippi and its navigable tributaries
is produced 90 per cent , of the corn ,
7i ! per cent , of the wheat , 8.1 per
cent , of the oats , 01 per cent , of the
tobacco , 77 per cent , of the
cotton , and" * 00 per C2iit. , 'of
the live hogs of the whole coun
try. " These are the products which
make up n very large part of our experts -
ports , and the exchange of which for
foreign commodities constitutes the
bulk of our commerce with other
countries. Consequently , the route
which these take from the fields of the
interior to the sen-const for shipment
abroad will determine the points of
activity and of profit in foreign trade.
The ports through which they pass
will enjoy the benefit of handling and
whipping , and will have a strong hold
upon the traffic that comes to the
country in return. There is no likeli
hood that any ono route or any ono
port will monopolize the business , but
that through which it can bo carried
on to the best advantage will rapidly
gain an ascendency over all others.
New York owes its present position
to the circumstances of the post. The
settlement and development of tlio
western country proceeded Irom this
direction , and the moans of transpor
tation followed the advancing line of
population and industry to bring buck
their Burplim products. The Hudson
river and the Erie Canal gave Now
York a water connection with the
great hikes , and so with the grain
fields of the west , and the great sys
tem of railroads in its development
spread from this point westward.
During the dajs of slavery in thu
South , and these of the war and re
construction , an industrial barrier ran
across the country , turning thu course
of transportation to the east
ward from the upper Missis
sippi Valley. From these circum
stances ( ho ports of the North Atlan
tic coast , and New York in particular ,
have derived great advantages Now ,
however , the sectional barrier is re
moved , and the region of the Missis-
eippi valley is so far filled up that its
people no longer look back to the
eastward for an outlet for their pro
ductions. They aro' looking for the
most economical and profitable route
to the sea. They have discovered
that the Mississippi river and its
tributaries constitute a natural sys
tem of transportation by water which
him heretofore been very inadequately
utilized , and they nro inquiring
whether it is profitable to send so large
a proportion of their bulky commodi
ties to the Atlantic coast by mil or by
tortuoim'Jake , canal , and river routes
when the drainugo of their own val
leys seeks the Gulf through navigable
.chiinnolH.
The earnetncss with which this in-
quiiy is pi cased is calculated to rouse
these concerned In through lines ol
railway , running east and west , those
whose interests are connected with
canal communication from the lakes
to the'sea , and the sea-ports whose
prosperity ami growth are bound up
with thu business of sending the pro
ducts of the west to foreign markets ,
to new exertions for the protection of
their own interests. Tlio Mississippi
route threatens a formidable rivalry
which cannot bo regarded with indif
ference. It is tlio purpose of the
convention to urge a liberal national
policy of improvement for the Mississippi -
sippi river und its tributaries , where
by all obstacles to navigation nitty bo
removed at the expense of the whole
country. The Governor of Missouri ,
in resjvondin to thu invitation to uj
point delegates to thu convention i n
behalf of the State , intimates that
what is needed is an appropriation
which "will yivo ns six feet of water
from St. Paul to St. Louis , eight feet
from St. Louis to Cairo , and ten feet
from Cairo to Now Orleans , " with cor
responding improvement of the Mis
souri and Ohio rivers. This is fu bo
asked for nt the natipnnl expense , nnd ,
considering the political power wielded
by thu States whnsu interests are in
volved nnd the libeinl spirit in which
the Buhoino has already been enter
tained by Congress , it is not safe to
assume that it Will not bo granted.
At nil events , there can bo little doubt
tlmt all needed and practical improve
ment of navigation on thcso great
streams of the West will ha secured in
some way before many years have
passed.
AVhnt will tlio etlect bo on the
course of trndu and thu development
of the different sea-portH of the coun
try ? Sumo faint suggestion may bo
obtained from the recent growth of
the Mississippi trallio with nil the dis
advantages of nhoals and obstructions
at times of low water. Prior to 1870
thu export tradu by the Mixsissppi
river route amounted to little. In
18711 it was nearly 500,000 toim , in-
eluding over ti,000,000 bushels of
grain , and in J880 over 81.,000 ) tons ;
including more than 15,700,000 bush
els of 'grain. This year , from the
opening of inn igution in February to
the 1st of August , the shipments of
jrain from St. Louis to Now Orleans
included nearly . " , oOO,000 lninh-
els of wheat and 0,500,000
of corn. A singlu steamer with a tow
of barges has token on ono trip 150-
571 bushels of wheat and 130,544 bush
els of corn , with other freight , making
in nil over 10,000 tons. It is said tlmt
it would require CO trains of 20. cars
each to bring the same bulk of mor-
candiso to Now York by rail , nnd it
may bo calculated how many canal
boats of 240 tons each would be re
quired to take it from the lakes to this
city. Another statement made in this
connection is that such vast cargoes
have boon delivered in the elevators at
Now Orleans within the week of de
parture from St. ( Louis , and that all
the railroads runningeastward from the
Kama point could not deliver a'hke '
amount in amonth. St. Louis already
employs in this business eight eleva
tors costing $3,500,000 , and having a
capacity of 0,700OOObushels , while ad
ditions are being made with a capacity
of over 3,000,000 bushels. Barges al
ready in use are capable of carrying
5,000/00 bushels per month. Still
more signicant is the calculation that
in favorable- seasons , with peed navi-
igatinn , grain can bo carried from St.
Louis to New Orleans for 2i cents a
bushel , while it costsabout 22 cents to
bring it from Chicago to Now York.
Thcso nnd other facts demand careful
study in all their bearings from those
interested in railroads , canals , and for
eign1 shipping in this part of the coun
try.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
STATE JOTTINGS.
Ulysses wants n shoemaker.
Grafton wants n decent depot.
Kremont creamery is completed.
Pierce feeh the need of more houses.
Blnir ia to have a Pleasant Hourx Club.
lipthria is prevailing in Cess County.
Bell Creek sent $70 to the Mstclisou suf
ferers.
Schuyler'rf new school house is to cost
? G,000.
Ga e county has organized a county al
liance.
Alexandria lias nut her saloon license up
to Sl.OOO.
Wolves are multiplying rapidly in Johiv
son county.
The Catholic Church at David City is
being remodeled.
'Arcadia , Sherman county , is suffering
fr an petty thieving.
The M. E. church of Beatrice has its
new b3ll in position.
Grand Island Buffered from a severe hail
btorm Friday afternoon.
Large numbers of cattle are being sold
out of Piuvneo county.
Fail-field boasts of one of the finest
school houses an the state.
Diphtheria is reported to bo playing ead
havoc in und around York.
Alma will invest $30,000 in new build
ings before the enow flies.
A number of antelope reward hunters
on tin upper Elkhorn river.
About 5,000 bushels of wheat was sold
in Kearney on Monday last.
Tli'inaauds of tons of hay have been put
up in Hall county this season.
.Tames Stott , of Dakata county , has pur
chased 400 fine Cutsu'olil nlieep.
Long Fine will be the winter terminus
of the JClkhorn Valley railroad.
Ku.il estate in the vicinity of Pining ts
changing hands at a livnly rate.
Fifty IMCB of grading are completed on
the Republican Valley extension.
Mr * . Ada Hiuvtel ! , of Harvard , liaabeou
taken to the ntato insane hospital.
Tlio taylor shop of John Morrison nt
Lincoln was robbed last week of $200.
Tlio city library and reading room in
Lincoln is [ louriihiri ) ; and well patronized.
Ts'emalia county has nominated a female
for county superintendent of public in
struction.
The Reform school at Kearney is com
pleted and is open for the reception ul
"students. "
The Nebraska btnto mi"sion' > ry society
of the C hriatian church met in Lincoln
last week.
St. Paul , county neat of Howuixl county ,
has a population of from liOO to 1,000 , AIR
is flouribhing.
Several thousand head of cattle aw
sheep will be driven into Johnson county
to I o wintered.
North Plrttto , after four years of hard
work by tin Nobraskian , has established a
reading room.
The neoplo of Valparaiso nnd vicinity
were numit twenty minutes in raising $1 ,
000 for a new church.
Geo. Garland , in Lancaster comity , reports
ports -wheat at twenty bushels to the aero
anil corn at fifty-five.
The Fort Calhouu flouring mills ha\o
been leased by Coy and will bo put in
operation about thu 10th insUnt.
A young girl , whoso name is withheld ,
attempted suicide by hanging in Tekuiimli
the other day. She was cut dowu.
John Blumgreen , living near Dnnno-
brog , was caught hi a hornu power last
week and his foot badly mangled
The stable of James P. Mclntosh nt
Ulysses was burned down 1-nt week.
1 uiiBC , children anil a box of matches ,
The Johnson County Medical Society
has ordered ila members to withdraw their
professional card * from the county papers ,
A law oflico at St .11 ton , containing n
safe weighing 1,100 paituls , was lifted by
the late cyclone und cairiud the distance
of a block ,
A farmer near Sheridan , Neb. , grew 300
bushels of potatoes on one-half an acre of
lc.nd this summer and sold them at ? 1.W )
per bushel ,
A farmer of Furnas county rai ed four
hundred luithcU of oluions on nn acre f
gioutul , and t > old Ilium for ? ! . - . ' ) pur Ininli-
el. Enterprise.
Kmerl Heady , charged with killing
Walker Miller , was found guilty of imudcr
n the first degree by the grand jury of
Johmon county.
Mr. .1. C. Campbell nhnt n jntk rabbit
near Ploasrmt Hill thntvraifIiiit' ; ! JxmmH.
Mr. C. report * chicken and nunil quite
abundant in th.it section.
The first number "f the Washington
County I > cmocrntl > n3m.idtils | npiwtrancr.
llluo . ' . .S.iinpiou are the publishers. This
Ivcs Blnir three p.ipurv.
1'tory saloon keeper In I'l.ilte county ,
titilde of Coliinibui. was indicted nt the
lost term of court. Thry wanted to do
uiucxs under the old law.
1 he Niobrnra New * tells of a wotmn , In
Verdigris valley , who , feeling herself In-
Miltvil , kicked u mnn with Michiulcnco
th.it lie had to call in a doctor ,
A Michigan mnn in Lincoln lost week
went tcmporfttclv insana and Imagined
hiimclf in the midst of cut thro.iti nnd
thieves. He wasn't co far "off. "
Fremont's canning company it now
chiefly cngnged in putting up "Pl'lcs a
largo number of barrel * ofilitch they
lm\e purchased at St. Joseph , Mo.
Burt county uommfotloners have oUnin-
ed SUl.COO of the $101,000 laiho.id bonds
to ho refunded At fix per cent. This will
save the county 67,000 in Intcicst.
An cntcrprixhit ; immigrant from Ger
many loceiitlyboupht .a fnim iiour West
I'oint , stock , implements ami all , paylnjj
for his puiclia e thu neat mini of ? 11OUO
cash ,
The twenty-fifth annual meeting of the
Great Association of Congregational
churches of Nebraska will be held with the
Congregational uhurch < if Blair , October
aithtoSOth.
The Lincoln school boarn has mndo n.
rule to illspensa with rccessesin the f-chools
of that city. The forenoon RCHHions will
hereafter close nt clovenand the bftcrnnnn
HU sions at half-past tliteo o'clock.
A ficight train was "ditched" on
Sunday night near Wisner , and things
were smashed up generally. A misplaced
tiu was i ho c.iusc. A brcakman was pietty
badly hint mid foiirc.iM wrecked.
The actual enrollment of both schools in
Blair is 415 ; the census of April 1st. 1831 ,
numbers 050 of Kchool ace in the distiict.
Of this number Hixty-fivc are em oiled in
the high school including clcxen non-resi
dents.
Blue Springs and Wyinore people do not
harmonize very well. Both towns nro in
one school district. The former town c"n-
trols the school board and contains the
school house , hut tne Wyinore people
clamor for a school of their own.
The school house in District No. 5 ,
( Parcell's ) cast of town , oil the half-sec
tion 1 lie , was burnen to the ground on
Saturday night. The cause of it has not
been ascertained. There has been a good
deal of dispute over school matters in that
district , which will now be temporarily
quieted probably. The build ug was just
completed , nnd cost about 5WH ) . Fremont
Herald.
Jiunes Reynolds , yard master of the
S. C. A P. lailroad , met with painful
mishap last week. While coupling cars he
caught his hand between them nnd had
it quite badly mashed. He is now laying
oil under surgical attendance. Norfolk
Journal.
Win. B. Yingst has been sentenced at
North Platte to twelve yea.s in the pcui-
tiary for shooting a lawyer of that place
named H. C. Colburn. Six shots were
fired , the l.itt two taking effect in Col-
burn's legs , from the effects of which he
will be more or less crippled the remainder
of his d ys
A distressing accident happened to Mr.
Geo. Wiggington , Mrs. Newell and daugh
ter , of Sterling , last week , while on their
way to Blue Springs. Their team was
badly frightened by toiuo herd boys and
ran away , throwing the occupants of the
vehicle to the ground , breaking one of
Mrs. Ncvvell's limbs , and smashing the
buggy all to pieces. The harness was also
badly broken. The herd boys collected
S200 to pay damages.
REAL
ESTATE.
We arc now offering
FOR SALE
ONE MILLION ACRES
OK TUB
Best and Cheapest Farming Land
In Kebnuka , located in all the best counties In
the state. In
DOUGLAS COUNTY
Alone v c ha ; e about
25,000 Acres
Tor Hilo nt 83 , ? 10 an < l 812 jier acre , 8 to 15
miles froaj Omaha , 15,000 Acres In Sarpy
County , 18,000 Acres In Washington
County , Larc" Tracts In all other counties In
.Seljnibka mm Western Iowa.
ALSO
An immense ll t of OMAHA CITY property con-
f.fetliurr ( FINt RESIDENCES , HOUSES and
LOTS , BUSINESS PROPERTY ol nil Miulx.
LOTS IN ADDITIONS to Oiralm. ACRE
TRACTS , etc. , lor halo , Kent and Kiehanu. ;
BOGGS & HILL ,
leal Estate Brokers ,
1408 Farnham Street ,
OPP , GEAND CENTRAL HOTEL ,
KOU HA LI !
H-.iOru.rei , 14 miles from the city , 40 acres c-iHi-
vuted , miming nttr , plenty oalle'i ( M'hool
house on tlio land , ( arms till around it , S12.CU
pur aero. 1IOUU.S Illt.l.
FOU
ISOncrcu , U miles from iltr , 75 aerrs of line
ialcj | 100 acres In lev I lunil , 40 ncrtn culti
vated , lUlnjf water , near timber , owner ex
tremUy anxious to ni.ll , $12.50 per acre.
IIOIKIS i I1IU , , Real Kbtcito HroVen ) .
FOU HALF
SO acres , 13 miles from i Ity , 47 acres nmlor cul
thutfxl > rry thol land 111 bo sold cheap.
llOUCJrf ti llll.I , , llial Kstatj Drokcra.
KOII BALK
MtioruK , 10 mill's Irom tlty , only § 10 per aero ,
If bold at oneo.
1IOUCS k llll.I , , Krai Estate llrnkcn
FOU HALK
JCO acres , 10 mllca ntut of iltyalley oiul wa
ter , near ttotlon , J,20t .
110Hm& llll.L , Kial litatu Drokem ,
FOU HALK
ILOncrp * , U uillcNuritof city , plenty of talley ,
lhlii ) , ' i > rlnj , ' , Improved Innm on all Hides , near
school and station , must bo bold imUntcr.
DOGUH& HIM
FOU HALK
ICOptros ultli rumilii ) ; ator , flnu \ allej ,
anrroundliijjs , 14 milts ( rum court houso. "nh
jlO \ ! t acre , If sold won. IIUOCH & HILL , .
FOU BALI :
M aeris. tuo mllcj tail of Kllhorn station , ory
thcap. JlOCaS&Hfl.l-
FOU HALK.
ICO rares , fito mlliN north of Klhhorn ttatlon ,
$10. tUntyuvitf , 10 milts f torn iltt.-IO sm
cultivated , ( fit , ISOddbA' llll.I , .
FOU HALF. "
100ai.ru , 11 miles from ill ) , il.'OO.
llOCiCSi llll.I , ,
FOU HALK
010 acres , III nnvlnut , smm wllc uirtt of Fro
wont , W ) acres eulthutwl , alllmcl land In tery
iholcv , Iliri'u fourths of a nulu from htAtlon
Hill tell all or ) url , or will vxihmi'o for Omaha
property. HOGGS Si II I IX.
FOU KALK
a Uiu.t , of llio i res rich , III titrpj county , $10
| H.r acre watir on all three quirtim.
DOUGH & III I.U
J-OU SALE
VOll SALT.
20 i ere , iJ ! mllei uoit of city : 40 acres Mur
n Ilu Kjnthttcst of lit } both nice pltcej ol
Uml-wllt sell cheap. 110(5(18 ( ( i llll.li.
KOU HALK
1 0 aero far n , 2J inllcn from c V , $5/00.
IIOIIUS & llll.Illcftl tiulu Ilro'vCM.
rou SAM :
ear Mll.int ) will ilMil to fiilt.
1011 SALI :
10laT onMo station , 82
rou SALI :
in.fWimreion the Kildiutn Miller , lictwron thc-
Klkhorn and Fremont. 1KKJOS & HIM *
rou KALI :
It nil rtt r tedious of Innd In townOilp \ > , ranjro
l julHO IS qimlcr scithnt In township 1C , rniijro
11 , only 11 ! to 18 mil s frtm Oinahn. Some \cry
IOM priced land In time lot * .
A , Illl , I , , Heal K Ute lirohcrx.
50 HOUSEJTAND LOTS
OS
Monthly Payments.
Will build these houu'S to onlcrr a fast no ic >
iiilml | , on our lots on Farnham , Douglas nnd
Dodge , nnd 27th , 20tn , 20th .and yOth Sts.
\Vu ( I * rot I'lilld nil ) tiling but ( rood solid , No.
1 houses , uslni ; lull w h'ooil in it urliln and dtiing
fullv nt ooil or ! < HH It done an Inrirc , first-class
Imliilltnis All lionset are nheetcil , tnr papered ,
aided , plastered two coats , to lloor aul Jrunn
nll piliited with best point , all Mliulovt hunp
on licjny weljhU. and titled fo Iml o nr nut-
xlila blind * , ns desired , All studding U I'lncvxl 16
Inchet fro.u ecntro to centre all framing lum
ber bcli R fully i hea > y n that xised In Inrjte
house . Ilotuci eont In f'om four to xlx roon.s ,
with ten foot cclliiiK * . ( oldlng door , rte. Wo
I Utc all pi < > | ilc wanting home * , to rail uiul ex *
ami lie the IIOUMH not.ru now bulldni ! > . Wo ro-
iulre | In all rases n cnth In hand payment of 8103
or Ji'1,0 , balance monthly.
BOGGS & HILL ,
Eeal Estate Brokers , .
1408 Farnham St. ,
OPP BRAND OENTBAL
, HOTEL.
Houses , Lots , Residences , Etc.
House and tot , 10th and Marey. < ) ,5GO.
Two hous H and one lot , 18th nnd I.VM en-
worth , * J2,2UO.
HOUMJ and small lot , 13th and Cast , 000.
Three hous s and lot , 12th ant ] Cai , JfJ.OOO.
House nnd lot , Oth nud Pacific , $ liitiO.
House nnd lot , llith nnd Tierce , l,2 : > 0.
Fine residence , Shinn'n luld.tlon , $4,000 ,
House and to IiU , 20th nnd Farnham. $2,000.
Houaoandlot , 23th nnd Farnlin , $1,500.
Two now liousts and lot , 17th and UarcK
$ i 200.
New houses nnd one-half lot , 22J and Capitol
arenuc , S2.WK ) .
Iloufcc , se\cn room * , ulthUt , bhlnn's addition ,
81,700.
Klne residence property , St. > Iarj' avenue ,
$5,500
House a' d lot , Davenport etrctt , f 1,000.
Houbu and lot , Shlnn'H additlo , WWO.
House and lot , ( iihnncl Pierce , & 2 , ( > 00
Largo house , corner lot , 21st and Hurt , low
price.
House and lot , AnnitronK's n Iditlon , 82,700.
Corner lot , tmall house. Armstrong's addition , .
SOW ) .
Hou c and lot , 12th and C'pltol a\enue , 93,200.
House an 1 1 t , 23 1 nd Harnev , S2.0UO.
Fine res dcncc , California street , 7,000.
link house , IWtli and Don l H , $1,800.
Full corner lot nd t.io Mouses , Kith and Cnpl *
tel a > unite , K12.COO.
Full lot JIH ! lion c , biHlncss locati 'n , S7.COO.
Klcjar.t residence , No. 1 louition , ST.UUU.
II use and lot , Ifcth and Hurt , Si.OOO.
CommodloiH risld nee , til co lots , 818,000.
Hou-o und lot , -th nml Farnham , i'lJTiO.
HOUHO at il lo , 2Uth i nd Dou-l.is , 1,5110.
H hid nco projicrty , California itrect , $0,700.
Ucsidcntu property , Park \ ildoucnucery
ihcap.
Homo nnd J lot , 12th n"d I'ac flc , $1,200.
llouiunnil lot , Docile ttreet , . - l.fiiu.
Tuo liouso and tno tliud.i of u lot , -ltd and
Oi H , ? 1,500.
Desirable r.eidenie , two lots on Capitol .Hill ,
, .
H lek residence , choice location , $5'iOO. ,
House i ml one acre. South Omaha , 3 > 0.
Five * ] > lndlliy located biiainca * lots , 22x66-
fcet < nc'i , as goo i a location aa can \ > i found ID
the city , each # > ,600.
T\vo r business lots , riiposi'e "Tn1 Millud , "
NOalh tide Dougl.8 , bctwe.u 12th .nd 13th , ocll
* .rinOO.
Six business lots onMi street , SI , 800 to
S-2.ROO.
Kull corner lots , suitable for buslneai , S7.DOO.
Twobusin ss ' lot , together 41\tU fcit , Ko. 1
locat.i 11,85,000.
&lK"od buslneDS lota , i-ich 22x120 , each
83,000.
Three business lots , 22x120 ftct each , all for
87M ( > .
llusincis corner , 13-2 feet tquarc , ono of the
best locations n the city , 3ll ) , < iuO.
CC\.120feetoii lorner , ver , cheap for all , full
lot , JSthand Harnev , Sl.bOO.
Full lot , 22d and California , 81,600.
Corner lot , Jefferson and Douglas , $1'JCO.
Kesidcnco lot , Dodge street , 82SOO.
Ijuge lo' , 21st and llarney , 81,000.
Corner , WixbO feet , Kith nnd 1'ierce , ? 0 ) .
Illock in West Omaha , * lfOU.
Ilrick cottage and two lots , well iinpro\ed ,
, .
iuenty choice lot : , Fnrk Wllda acnuc , $600 to
S800.
S800.Nin
Nin tj-chrht lott , south of St. Mnrj'a aicnuo ,
between l th and 20th street" , SO to 8700.
Ninety lots on I'arnhani , Douglas and Dodge ,
between 2 < ! th , 27ih,2tsth , 29th aiu 30th HtreUs
WOO to 400.
BOGGS & HILL
FOR SALE
Just What RAILROAD MEN WANT un EN.
flRE BLOCK OP GROUND cixht full lotx.
with line large hous of fou teen rooj.s aud
m.iny other xuluiblu mpr vrments
Will d \ idc this and netl in paieelsto suit the
purchaser.
purchaser.BOGGS
BOGGS & HILL ,
Real Estate Brokers ,
1408 Farnbam Street ,
OPP , GRAND CENTRAL HOTEL ,
If Touaronmanij fit younraa
i Man of lei , - i
' ened by the ttiuJii of ' UrstcllliwoTernm. .
jour duties avoid nlgbtwork , to rw-
ctlnmlantsand use . tore brain nerve ana
Hop Bitters. 1 watte , Uko Hop B.
If you are younir on JI I rufferlnj ; from any li
discretion or UifWim I tlun i 1C you am m r
rlcd or f Ingle , ulil or I vounp , tuifcrlnn from
.Inn un a bed of Kick-
nets , re'on Hop ! I * Bitters.
. TliuuMnds die * n-
Whoever yonftre.
, tarn-
feel nuallyfrom
nenevcr you
Kl'dnev
jonu-f
llint your nyittia -
needs clcansfnir , ton- -dlHCivj * tluic inlKkt
IIIK or ntlmuiatlntr , hove bt-eniireifiittC
wlthouKwioJta- ! by a timely uraot
tnlio Hop HopDItterB-
Bitters.
' D. I. O.
fTiirlnai acorn- U an ataoIiiUa.
ylalnt , uaeane
and IrreiiUta
of the rtomaen , HOP bio r u r e for
bnmlt. Moo - il , dmnkemieiB.
Itccrorven-at
uaa of opium ,
You will bo tobaooo.or-
curollfyouuec narcotic * .
Hop Bitter *
Itycuare ( Im
ply weak and . head fur
lowtplrltftl.try NEVER Circular.
Hi It may nor cmn
enve your
lira. It hn FAIL TO CO. ,
saved hun DockMltr , B. Ti
dreds. JkTurODlo , Dot *
GRAND OPENING !
Professor Fisher , ( from St Loula ) Danrln ? Ac-
ailcniy , Standard Hall , cor'Fifteenth and Farn
ham , Tuesday e\cniijt ! , bcptvmber Otli.
Clastcu for lAillet nnd Ocntk-inciHOinnicncIn
Tuesday nenlng Septcmbur Cth ; classe&jfor
MUsciand Mabtcru , commencing Saturday after
noon at 4 o'clock. Clashed for Fumilli > , will bo
arranged to suit the honorable patrons. Also
ballet danclnjr can bo tnuyht.
Tcrim liberal , and perfuc tatUfactlon tn nchol-
nrs xtiarintcud. 1'rliateInstruction * II icj r *
en at the Dancing Academy or at tlio < viUleuce
of the jiatronii.
I'm at u ordcri may b Itft at Mat Heycr Ji !
lira's. . iir30 If
Dr , Amelia Burroughs
AT THE WITHHBLL HOUSE ,
Tuesdays and Fridays ,
10 a , m. to 5 p. m.
Edward W Sime al ,
ATTOBKEY
Il