THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 26 , 1881
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CHrcu itlon of THE DAILY BEE.
A. II. litclicorrcaponrtcntnndK > licilor.
CLEANLINESS is noxt' to godliness.
"That is the reason why Omaha bath
Louses will have to kuop open on Sun
days. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
GovEimon Mono AN is seventy-four
yonfn old nnd wo nro not surprised
that ho hesitates to assume the active
duties us head of the treasury depart-
mcnt.
OHIO ham't given up all hope.
Ex-Governor Tom Young , who claims
to bo in special favor with the presi
dent , is pushing for the .secretaryship
of tke-intorior.
Now that Omaha adonis all classes
of amusement seekers a chance to patronize -
ronizo respectable throatros the inde
cent dram-a shops should bo vigor
ously suppressed.
A-NQTUER..vacancy in the Nebraska
legislature. Senator Pierce , of Lancaster
tor , an excellent choice by the way ,
has just boon confirmed receiver of the
Lincoln land oflico.
AHA ! wo have found it out. Wat-
aon B. is a Baptist and ho wants the
bathing rooms closed on Sunday because -
cause they interfere with the occupa
tion of his pastor.
WINDOM'S place in the cabinet is
not as easy to fill as was first thought ,
and the chances are that .nobody will
fill it with as much administrative
ability as was displayed by Windom
for come years to come.
> MUKAT HALHTEAD of the Oincinnati
Commercial does not want the govern
ment to throw countless millions into
the muddy Mississippi upon false pre
tenses of improvement. Wo have
never hoard Murat Hals lead's objcc-
iions to throwing millions into the
Ohio river whatever may bo the pre
tense for such recklessness.
IT is now thought at the national
capital that Qorliam will relieve the
republican senators of embarrass
ments by withdrawing as a candidate
for secretary as soon as Sargent's
name is sent in as secretary of the in
terior. Sir. Gorham need not disem
barrass the senators in that abrupt
manner. Air. Sargent's name will ,
in all probability , never bo sent in for
the Kirkwood succession.
No wollinformod person will over call
in question General Grant's pro-cm-
iuonca as a military commander , and
his tact in choosing subordinate olli-
cors competent for the duties ho as
signed them. But while wo always
have admired General Grant as one of
the greatest soldiers of modern times ,
wo cannot approve his methods of
selection for civil appointments.
General Grant Booms to labor under
the impression that personal worship
of himself , whether real or feigned , is
a passport for any-civil office.
AjBtriking illustration mayjbo found
in his support of Frank Hottonfor the
position of first assistant postmaster-
jseneral-n position for which Hatton
is just about as well fitted as ho would
beXorajudgodhtponthetupromobenoh.
But Gori. Grant only remembers that
on the occasion of his visit to Bur
lington when on his return from his
tour around the world , Hattou pro-
aentcd him with a copy of the Burling
ton ZTawfcj/e printed on white aatln.
Hatton'i inexpensive bit of rlunkyism
jnado a lasting impression on General
Grant. From that hour Hatton became -
came in hit mind one of the greatest
men in America , and like the great
Napoleon who picked up poor peasants
and made them princes by imperial
decree , General Grant is backing
Hatton for a position that
-will virtually make him a mem
ber of President Arthur's cabinet.
Such an appointment if made will only
add another proof of the dangers of
personal government patterned on the
the Grant * ideal. It is commendable
in General Grant to remember his
friends even , oven 'where ' their ser
vice has not been material , but when
-uoh friendsUr ] ® ro.wJde < * nvWl I'08 * '
iions in ( jlie publip iirvlco for which
they are utterly unfit the example bo-
cornea pernictourand/djuigeroiu to the
j > ubJlc wrf-r ' ' - ' >
BENEFITS OF 7.'I1E DQANE
With the personal controversy be.
twcen the editor of the Omalia Herald
nnd lion. George AY. Doatio this pa
per hns no concern. THB BKB has
simply extended to Mr. Doano the
privilege it has at all limes granted to
all men who desire to avail themselves
of its columns in self defense , espe
cially when the assailant is an editor
who nsfiiBcs to give his victim nn op
portunity to bo heard through the
medium hn has used in making
the assault. The editor of the
Herald has soon fit to charge over his
own signature nome days ago
that the anti-monopoly rosolu *
lions introduced by Mr. Doano in the
democratic stnto convention wore in *
apircd , if not drafted , by Kdward lloso
water , and ho has sought tu belittle
Mr. Doano by representing him as A
mere dummy. Tins statement was an
malicious as it was false , and the worst
of it is that Dr. Miller know it was
false when ho made it. Mr. Doano
is amply able to originate , draft and
advocate any proposition ho may doom
proper to bo embodied in a party plat
form , and white ho has not seen lit to
notice Dr. Miller's contemptible slur
about being "Rosowator's ' dummy , " wo
will state now that not one word has
passed between Mr. Doano nnd the
responsible editor of TUB DEI : , either
verbally or in writing for nearly two
months.
Mr.Doano's open letters wore deliver
ed at our editorial rooms by messenger
and inserted just as they were written.
And now wo propose to say a few
words about the Doano law which the
subsidized railroad onrans in Omaha
and all over Nebraska are trying to
make odious by every species of mis
representation. Lot it 1)0 remem
bered at the outset that the con
stitution of Nebraska , ( page 33 ,
compiled statutes of 1881. ) Article
12 , section 0 , ( abuses to bo regulated
by law ) , expressly requires the legis
lature to pass laws to correct abuses
and prevent unjust discrimination and
extortion in all charges of express , tel
egraph and railroad companies and
nofrce such taiw b\j \ adequate pen
ties to the extent , if necessary , for
that purpose of forfeiture of their
property and franchises.
This provision of the constitution
was a dead letter uutil'tlio legislature
in compliance therewith passed a law
providing the penalties for its viola
; ion.
ion.It
It was the sworn duty of every
member of the legislature to vote for
such a law and any man or paper that
opposed tho.onactmont of such a law
advised those legislators to disregard
: h"oir solemn oath and commit rank
perjury.
The Doano' law was a mild and con
servative compliance with the consti
tution and the legislature in enacting
that law did the least it could have
done in obedience to the mandate of
.ho constitution. That law cannot bo
lublishod too often for the informa-
ion of the people. It reads as follows :
SECTION 1. ( Equal facilities. ) Every
railroad corporation shall give to all
> ersons reasonable and equal terms ,
acilities and accommodations for the
transportation of any merchandise or
other property of every kind and de
scription upon any railroad owned or
operated by such corporation within
his state , and for terminal handling
, ho use of the depot and other build-
ngs nnd grounds of such corporation.
and at any point where its rnilioad
shall connect with any other railroad ,
easonable and equal terms and facil-
tics of interchange , and shall prompt-
y forward merchandise consigned or
liroctcd to bo sent over another road
connecting with Us road according to
ho directions contained thereon or
accompanying the same.
SEC. 2. ( Maximum rate. ) No rail
road company in this state shall hero-
tftor charge , collect or receive for
ho transportation of any merohan-
lisa'or other property upon the
railroad owned or operated by such
ompany within this state a. higher rate
or such service than was charged by
uch company for the same or like ser
vice on the 1st day of November , A.
D. , 1880 , as shown by the published
rates of such company , and no rail-
oad company shall demand , charge ,
collect or receive for such transports
ion for and specific distance a greater
sum than it demands , charges , collects
and receives for a greater distance.
SEC. 3. ( Discrimination as to per
sons. ) No railroad company within ,
his state shall grant or allow to any'
> orson , company or association upon
.ho transportation of 'freight either
directly or indirectly any secret rate ,
rebate , drawback , unreasonable allow
ance for use of cars or any undue ad van-
ago whatever , nor directly or indirect-
y charge to or receive from any person
or persona of association or corpora-
ions for like or contemporaneous ser
vice in the receiving , transporting ,
storing , delivering or handling of
freights.
SKC. 4. ( penalty ) Any railroad com
pany or oillcer or agent of such rail
road company who violates any pro
vision of this act in addition to liabili-
.y for all damages sustained by reason
of such violation shall bo liable for
each offence to a penalty of five hun
dred dollars , which mt y bo recovered
n any county whom such corporation
IBS property.
Could the legislature have enacted
any law more reasonable or conserva
tive , with decent regard for th
nandato of the constitution requiring
them to provide penalties against
abuses and unjust discrimination ?
'No rogue o'er felt the halter
draw , with good opinion of the Jaw , "
and the monopolies that ImVo for
'ears been riding lough shod over
heir "Nebraska " patrons are opposed to
all legal restrictions to their high
handed rapacity and merciless oxtor
lions ,
But in spite of their efforts t
make this law odious by cunning devices
vices and misrepresentations , b ;
clamor against it through their Omah
organs and the rural whipper snap
pcrs that sncozo every time
n railroad superintendent takes snuff
despite the outrageous abuse hcapoc
upon Mr. Doano , this law 1ms already
proved of incalculable benefit to the
people of our state. In the first place
it affords n fair guaranty that all the
patrons of the railroads whatever maj
lie their personal relations to the rail
road managers or their course in re
gard to corporation politic ? must have
oijual troalmont in the transportation
of their merchandize or products
with every other patron of the road
More than this it compels rival road
to afford facilities to their patrons at
terminal points or connecting nta
lions. When we remember the flag
rant discriminations and abuses
of the past and the frequent
quont delays and annoyances
shippers were subjected to by riva
railroads refusing to accommodate
each other at terminal points and the
extortionate exactions made at sue ]
points to compel shipments over their
own lines , it must bo conceded tha
the Doano law is of vast bcno
fit. There can bo no such a thing
again as a special and extortionate
local rate at Columbus , Central City
Grand Island or Kearney by the Union
Pacific for merchnndiso received from
the B. & M. billed to points west o
such stations , or merchandise coming
from points on the Union Pacific billec
over the B. A M. or any other line
whether these roads are at war or in n
pool.
In the second place , whatever con
struction the railway managers may
seek to give to the provision pro
hibiting greater charges over a shorter
distance than a longer onb , the flexible
maximum rate permitted by the law
is a protection against such unjust dis
crimination as was formerly made by
the roads against towns and cities
they wanted to crush. But there is
another feature in the second section
of the bill that has already saved Ne
braska producers and merchants hun
dred thpusaifds of dollars. Up to this
year the local tariff on grain and other
products was adjusted and regulated
according to the amount the tarif !
would bear.
Whenever grain advanced five cents
a bushel at Chicago or St. Louis the
grain rate was raised four cents or even
five and producers and grain dealers
were thus robbed of the ben
efit of > the advance. Under
the Doano law the local rates cannel
bo advanced without a complete read
justment of tariffs because the road
cannot legally charge a greater sum
for a shorter distance than for a Ion
gor one. Furthermore , a limit has
been fixed upon their local rate by
prohibiting a higher charge than was
exacted on November 1st , 1880.
It was mainly therefore to the
Doatio law the * producers and mer
chants of Nebraska are indebted this
year to the maintenance of steady
local rates which have not been affected -
od by the fluctuating and heavy ad
vance in grain in eastern markets. II
is impossible to compute the amount
this saved but it is self evident that
it amounts o n vast sum and will in
years to coma save millions to the
producers. Last but not least the
prohibition of favoritism to persons in
the shape of rebates , drawbacks and
the compulsion to charge no greater
sum to any person , association or cor
poration for like service than is charged
to any other person or corporation has
already contributed much toward
breaking down Ideal monopoly in
grain , lumber and other classes of
trnflic , If ono grain dealer or lumber
dealer pays the same porcar load as any
other dealer the chances for competi
tion are open to all alike , otherwise
each town or city would only have
ono dealer for each branch of in
dustry.
These outlines of the operations ol
the law even as now unwillingly
complied with must convince any
unprejudiced mind that the Doano
law is just , equitable and beneficial.
It is not expected , however , that the
railroad managers , their subsidized
editors , attorneys , stoolpigeons , nnd ,
ubavo ivll , the favored few that here
tofore fattened and prospered by un
just discrimination , will ever find
anything to praise in the Doauo law.
ALTHOUGH civil service reform is as
dead at a door nail under the present
administration wo 4 still hoar now
plans proposed for reforming the ex
isting method of appointments to the
civil Horvico. Ex-Commissioner of
Pensions Bentley writes a long letter
to the Now York Post on civil service
reform and practical methods for its
reform , llo recognizes the great
evil of the present system in the
manner of making appointments as
spoils for congressmen , lie says that
"tho evils which will not bo
corrected byii proper regulation of the
appointments are comparatively few
and unimportnnt and need not cause
anxiety. " Ho proposes that officers
whoso duties are local , like postmast
ers , and United States Marshals , be
chosen , or rather nominated , to the
president for appointment , by popu
lar vote , thus obviating any interfer
ence with the presidential preroga
tive. Second , that clerks in the de
partments bo apportioned to
the congressional districts and
appointed after competitive examina
tion. Third , ho would appoint
the consular service by a similar sys
tem , the examinations to require a
higher test Fourth , high positions
of fiduciary or confidential character
should remain , like the judiciary ap
pointmcntfl , in the hands of the pros :
dent. Mr. Bontly thinks n constitu
tional amendment is necessary to cfTcc
this end. That is hardly necessary
Mr. Bentley need not look for tha
constitutional amendment duiing th
present generation. Such an amend
mcnt would have to pass both house
of congress by a two-thirds.voto , am
there is not the remotest probabilit ,
that n majority of the senate woul
ever vote for itat least not as lontj
as the senators depend for their in
fiuenco at homo on the spoils of federal
oral oflico.
IN Now York the republican legislative
tivo nominations this year are n decided
cidod improvement on those solcctc
for the last legislature. In nlmos
every district formerly represented b
a railway monopoly capper , the eandi
dates this year are men of pronounce
anti-monopoly sentiments. Thodom
ocrats have also been compelled t
moot this issue. The anti-monopol ;
league means to contest the election
of every candidate who is not satis
factory in this regard , Where one
candidate is so and the other is not
they will urge the election of th
former without regard to his party
connections. Where neither will suit
they may put forward- candidate o
their own ,
THE Philadelphia American is o
opinion that Americans are becoming
very unpatriotic. Commenting on the
Yorktown centennial the American
says :
The victory at Yorktown is not ap
prcciated at its full magnitude by this
generation. Time was when almos
every American town and village hac
a militia display and sham-fight it
commemoration of what Cromwell
would have called "the crowning
mercy" of the war of independence.
The trouble is that the crowning
mercy of the 'war for independence
has been eclipsed by the crowning
mercy of the war for the union in the
surrender at Appamatox.
MR. DQANE TO DR. MH.LER
To the Editor ol IheBce.
During my absence the past week
the smut machine , called The Omaha
Herald.'for shert , has plied its vocatioi
very assiduously , and emboldened by
silence has become impudent. How
ever , out of the dirt and filth with
which the editor has surrounded him
self and in which he seems to revel a
few grains of wholesome truth have
been evolved.
First. Ho admits that there are
abuses in railway management which
should be corrected.
Secondly. That the legislature has
the power to correct them. In those
admissions the smut machine has made
seine progress and has committed its
editor to the main principle embodied
in the resolutions introduced > by mo
in the late democratic state conven
tion. But when it comes to the
practical application ot the princi
ple , the editor says the agencies under
which the abuses were created , shall
bo loft free to act in their correction.
And this is the logic of all the discus
sion on the subject by Dr. Miller. It
is only necessary to state it to show
liojv excessively silly and servile ib
is. The advocates of the railroads
who have House enough to ace , nnd
breath enough to comprehend the ef
fect of such admissions , are far too
wise to make them. Consequently wo
see such men as Curtis and Atkinson
aking issue directly with the asser
tion of the ri"ht of the law-making
power to rc"uliito the rates of trans
portation , either freight or passenger ,
3ii the railroads of the country , as
Mr. Morton did in the state
convention. Such men coin-
mand our rcspbct for their ttbil
ity and consistency , however
radically wo may differ with them
on the principle involved , but there
can bo nothing but contempt for n
weak tool , who in his zeal to servo his
master , admits awny his case , and ren
ders the cause ridiculous which ho is
so largely paid to servo. As for any
discusuion of the merits of this ques
tion the editor of The Herald' has
shown himself utterly unequal to the
task. I requeslod him to publish in
The Herald the law , which ho , in pur
Bimnco of a premeditated plan of at
tack dictated by his master , was mis
representing , and ho replied with a
column of Billingsgate against mo
Eorsonally. And by the way , that
iw ho has never yet dared to publish ,
although ho gave some garbled extracts -
tracts from it sufficient only to suit
the dishonest purposes to which ho ap
plied them.
I requested him in courteous terms
to correct a falsehood which ho had
uttered in a public convention , of
which ho was not a member , but in
which ho mndo himself conspicuously
officious , uiving him the date for the
correction from his own columns. Ho
responds by the childish retort ot call
ing nicknames. I will have to leave
Dr. Miller to occupy that field of ar
gument alone , In it , ho is a grand
luccess. Ho could probably add to
.ho efiectiveness of such arguments
- > y that other child's weapon making
ugly mouths at his adversary in clobalo.
[ n this 1 am sure ho would be 11 suc
cess , for it would require so slight a
change of features.
I do not doubt that this doughty
) r , thinks he hus argued the merits
if the transportation , question and
he "tub law" quite exhaustively , for
anity leads him to think that the
aw- itself was passed us a personal
Irivo at him. But if nothing more
an bo urged against the law by way
of argument , than the ailly vaporings
of Tho. Herald which have filled its
columns of late , the friends of Urn
measure can feel re-assured that it i
wise , beneficial and just. But then
show of service has to bo kept up t
prevent n suspension of the dividend
of the profits which are enforced ur ;
on the contractors and employes of th
Union Pacific railroad , In favor of thi
the patriotically democratic editor. Ii
order to Buccesifully levy blackmail
the victim must be impressed that detriment
triment would result from n refusal t
comply , or that benefits would follow
compliance. Now if thismndical editor
tor would assume openly his tru
character as a hired retainer of the U
P. 11. 11. whom it paid belter to ad
vocalo Ihn intcrusts of monopolie
than democratic principles , no impeachment
peachmont of his honesty could b
made nnd ho would notborcccivin
cursefl both loud and deep , us I hav
heard them from the lips of democrat
within the last week in the oxtrem
northern limit of the state , for hi
duplicity nnd servility to monopoly
influence. It is not surprising tha
Undemocratic party is reduced to
position of ridiculp to its opponents ii
its hopeless minority in this state when
its central oigan , tor a paltry con
Bideration in dollars and COUB (
espouses and advocates doctrines n
utter variance with all the tradition
of the party , nnd attempts to cmnmi
the party to its own odious sentiments
Such treachery differs in degree only
from thai of n Judas or a Boncdic
Arnold. This it is which has arousec
the bitter antagonism of which h
complains against Dr. Miller amen
democrats hero at homo whore ho i
best known , whereby ho has lost al
influence in local politics , so that hi
support of a candidate for nomination
is an assurance of defeat , and thi
fooling is fast extending throughou
the state.
Even the good fight which The Her
old once made upon corruption ii
high places in this state , has coasou
and wo hoar no more of the doctor'
ringing demmciationsof | printing steal
and rinRstor thieves. Why is he now
so dumb-when there is the grandes
opening for making party capital b ;
the exposure of the boldest fraut
which has ever been practice/I
upon the state in the las
letting of the printing con
tracts. If his own hands were clean
ho would cry aloud and spare not
But alas for the democratic "organ1
and its editor ! Their price has beei
found and their mouth is sealed.
Corruption may go unrobuked am
the printing steal unrentiluted BO lonu
as the swag is fairly appor
tioned among the ring consist
ing of the Omaha Republican , the
gieenback , and pity 'tis , 'tis true
the democratic organ of the state. The
party opportunity is lost , but wha
signifies that to the veiial editor , BO
long as his pockets are filled from the
proceeds of the fraud ? I shall now
leAve the doctor to the use of his fnv
orito arguments calling nicknames
and making mouths , until ho shal
print the "tub-law" in the Herald
and wnsh his hands of the printing
steal or attempt to do so
GEO.V. . DOANE.
OCCIDENTAL JOTTINGS.
CALIFORNIA.
Seventeen minen in the state have pale
81,765,141 in dividend , tin * year.
Five vessel * that have recently cnterct
the port of San Diego paid § 210,000 cue
loins dues.
The acreage of wheat BOWH thN BeiHon
in the vicinity of Vallejo will bo unusu
ally large.
A forty-foot whale came ashore the
other day at Point NewYear's Santa
Cruz county.
The farmers of Cplusa counly propose tc
test the practicability of an artesian well
for irrigating jiurposei.
The winery nt Cloverdale has produced
this ycar _ over 50,000 gallons of wine ,
which is being shipped to Santa Rosa.
A Masonic temulo is to be built at San
Diego at a cost of $30,000. It will be
uied jointly by the Masons-and Odd "Fel
lows of that city.
( train on the summer-fallowed lands in
Coluaa county is sprouting , and with the
help of a little occasional rain will soon
become thoroughly set.
A packing company , j t Los Angeles ,
has been canning quail with good success ,
a d are next going to try pulling up nmt
ton in Iho game manner.
The she of the burned Chinatown has
been purchased by citizens of Moilesto for
Ihe sum of $2,500. The Chinese quarters
will be moved ono block further south.
iS'ineteeu miles of Iraclc in already laid
on Iho California Southern from San
Die o , and the work is progressing at Iho
rate of three-quarters of a mile per day.
The citizens of Somerville and Norton-
villo propose lo erect a monument in Iho
cemetery to the memory of James A. Gr -
h'eld , to be paid for by small subscriptions
of 10 ccnls to $1.
The wine-making season in Ihis valley
is about finished. Upward of 1,200.000
gallons of wine have been made. This
amount is less than the quantity made lust
year , owing to the ( 'rupo crop bein
bmaller.
Itedwood lies are being shipped from
the Santa Cruz mountain * to Mexico and
San Diego. Nine Ihousand tics have
already been whipped to Mexico , and 7,000
to San Diegn , being the first installment
on conlracls that will amount to 300,000
The people along the river in Suiter
county are actively engaged in building
and repairing levees , in anticipation of the
winter rains. At Shanghai Vend , 2-10
uen and 140 teams ore at work , and about
$0,000 will be expended this year. 1'rob.v
ily SUOO.OOO have been expended on levees
a thin vicinity since 1809.
OREGON.
Koturna of the taxable property in Jack
son county show an increase of $180,000
over last year.
' A potato , measuring 71 by 10J inches ,
and weighing 4 J pound * , is ? ) iown as one of
hu product * of Union county.
The machine ehopu , foundry and engine
yorks of the Northern Pacific ( 'ompany
nt New Tecoma , employ alont 100 men ,
The farmers of Southern Oregon went
argely into the biulnesi ) of raising nor-
jhmn last season , and the resulta are rep-
eseuted to be very uatitifactory.
An immense force of men now working
or the Oregon Hallway and NavlgA'ion '
yompany , Matting rock around the
Jalle ? for the railroad , will be removed
text week to the Pun d'Orellle division of
he North Pacific Kallrnid.
WYOMING.
Subscriptions to the Garfield monument
und reach 3110.
Typhoid fever in becoming painfully pro-
aleut in Fort Collins and Ha vicinity.
Stations on the Jnleslurg branch are
mined after prominent people. Crook is
n honor of the gouoittl , llllf for the dead
attle king , Snyder for the late agent at
iidney , a'ml Ueuel and Orchard for a con-
ile of well known citizens of Omaha.
Several hundred pounds of gold bearing
re , which will go $00 to the ton , from the
Ivuntuiu George , Centennial district , wan
sent to Omaha to bo tested. This mine hat
two lead * , twenty feet npart , ono being
four and the other thrca feet wide , and
thev arc gradually coining together. ] L r-
amle Boomerang.
WASHINGTON TEfmiTOHY.
The territotiM fair ju t closed Rl Olym-
) > i won ft financial succc.n.
A soldier numwl Onhcnhcim , of K. Co. ,
stationed at Walla Walla , was accidentally
hot and killed t a target match.
The whnrvcfl , lumber and ) ilp yard * ,
machine nhops , mills , and boomi nt Poll
Oiunble occnpv fifteen ncrcB. The com
mon tides rice to fourteen feet there. Tbe
extreme high tides are eighteen feet.
MONTANA , i
At Ilnrlter City hay h worth SlOperton ,
and at lienton butter fetches BO cents tier
pound.
The asspCBinent of Chotcau cou'tythii
year will ainounl , in round numbers , to
51,750,000.
Tha Utnh & Northern ( surveyors are
working bclwcon the mouth of Sun Hiver
and licnlon. .
A ono hundred nnd seventy acre farm on
Bitter Uoot , produced 7,303 bushels of
grain this year.
Wok on-the Oregon Short line ii being
nusho k forward with unabated energy. A
large number of men will bo employed at
American 1'allx , this winter.
The work on the Oregon nhort line extension -
tension of the Union Pacific is progressing
rapidly. The rolls nro laid for a distance
of forty miles along Hahn'a Fork.
UTAH.
Ogden h about to inaugurate asystem of
fttrect rnilwaj'H.
The Ontario mine produced in 17 days
of September $ tl7G ! oss.iy value.
Pinkeve 1 * Htill making destructive in
roads oh the equlnes of Salt Lnko City.
Surveying on the proposed branch of the
U. 0. up Spanish Fork Canpon , is ttill in
progiess.
A distinct shock of earthquake was felt
at Mount Pleasant , Satipcte county , at
midnight on the 15th.
The trotting match between Bateman
und Ewing for $1,000 was won by Bateman
in three straight boats.
No loss than 250 carloads of ulccl rails
for the D. & U. U. R. 31. will be laid down
at Provo. this season , and as many at the
otlier end.
The canal which is to bring water from
the Weber River and pour its treasure ! ) of
water upon the barren acres of the Sand
Kidge , is making fine progress. "
A force of nixteen to eighteen hundred
men ure at work on the Salt Lake end of
the Denver k Salt Lake railroad , and it is
expected that the graders will cro a the
Utah line by the first of December.
ARIZONA.
The Copper Queen mine shipped , Sell-
teml er lUtn , 300,000 pounds of copper
bullion.
The Atohison , Topeka & Santa Fe rail
road engineers are locating a branch to
Tombstone.
A company has undertaked to supply
Tucson with gas , and promise that thi
worko shall be completed in four months
There IH universal rejoicing at the new. .
of Fremrnt's rcsignati n , but the feeling
avainst the possible appointment of Gen. .
Banks is equally widespread.
Many of the largest cattle owners arc
driving their cattle front Sulphur Spriiu
valley , near Tombstone , fearing that in ii
jhort time the Indians'wisl return frou
Sonora and make raids through the valley ,
run off the stock and murder the settl
One of the recent Indian scares had its
origin in the shooting of a chicken by r
returning cavalryman. A Mexican , her.r
ing the stiOt , rode twenty-two miles tc
Camp Thoma ? , and reported an attack by
Indians. Gen. Mackenzie sent out troop :
and people in the vicinity stampeded foi
shelter. - r
Arizona mines are doing well despit
floods and the red-skins. The "Westsrn , ;
wh ch but two or tbree years ago was bu
a 510,000 prospect hole , has paid sinct
July , 1880 , over 31,100,000. The "Tomb
stone" has produced SDOO.OOO in dividends
while the "Silver King" has paid 5750,000 ,
with flattering prospects for the future.
Five of the principal mines in the territory
mve paid 81,315,000 in dividends thus fai
; his year. " .
NEVADA.
The line between Nevada and Utah ii
jeing constantly crossed and recrossed bj
parties of railroad "urveyors. There is a
sharp rivalry in order to secure advantage
ous routes.
The twelve-inch equatorial telescope and
, he accompanying transit instrument , pur
ch.ved some tune ago for the Lick Observ *
atory on Mount Hamilton , have arrived
and are now being feet up.
Many cattle are dying in the vicinity of
Truckee from cati > g a poisonous weed ,
supposed to bo wild parsnip. The gross is
so scarce that the animals consume this
> lant , .and they die very quickly. .
COLORADO.
Denver lias an Opera club in running
order.
The American smelteV employs four
inndrod men.
Tim B. k M. has secured the right of
vay into Denver.
Important gold discoveries are reported
near thn town of Uunnison.
The Lcadville output for the fir t nine
nonths of the present year in § 9,072,000. ,
A prospecting company claims to have
found anthracite coal in the Gunnison
country.
Ore has been htrnek in the Dolly Var
len mine near Almu , assaying 500 ounces
silver jcr ton.
Wagers are being mode in Denver on
lip number of names which will be con-
ained in the next city directory. The
owcst estimate is 20,000 and the average
22,000.
The Little Ida mine at Del Norte is
irodncing from $0,000 to 810,000 per dav ,
vorking only ono level , the vein of rich
; old'l > earing quartz having been opened
ly a tunnel at u depth of 125 feet ;
The Matchless mine on Fryer hill ,
' . .eadville , is taking out 1,200 tons of min
eral per month , about 1,000 tons i'f which
come from the old shaft. The Fore aver
ages about 70 ounces of silver to the ton.
Two notorious cattle thieves have been
arrested in Denver. They are members
of t\i \ gang which stole five horses from
ndianolft , Neb. , last August. The num
ber of cattle and block known to have been
tolen by this gang comprise fifteen head
if Bteors , five head of cows and five
lead of horses , aggregating in value the
urn of 81,100. _
DAKOTA.
The Baptist college to be'bnilt at Sioux
falls , will cost 820,000.
Deadwood has a telephone exchange
mbracing 140 instruments.
The Second Presbyterian church of
ilmdrau was dedicated October 23d.
The dead mute institute at Sioux Falls
s all ready to be turned over to the terri-
ory. '
Silling Bull is leading a quiet life at
lamUll with his 108 pound penple. The
reateit exertion ho is called upon to un-
ergo is to Bland up and be counted every
lorning.
Articles of incorporation of Ihe Fargo
faslight and Fuel company and Iho Sioux
'alls ( Baptist ) collegiulo institute have
u t been filled with the secretary of Iho
errilory. . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
Bradford , Pa.
Thos. Fitchan , Bradford , Pa. , wriles :
I enclose money for Srni.va Bi-o.ssou , as
paid I would If it cured me. My dyspep-
a has vanished , with all its symptoms ,
tinny thanks ; I shall never be without it
i the house. " Price 50 cents , trial bot-
e 10 cents. 17eodlw
CHEAP
LOTS.
A NEW
ADDITION ! :
-TO-
Omaha ,
TM BEST BAEGMS !
Ever Offered
IN THIS CITY : .
ID CASH PATME ]
Required of Persons Desir
in to Build.
LOTS M PATIENTS !
S5TO :
PER MONTH.
Money Advanced !
TO '
Assist Purchasers in Building ;
We Now Offer For Sate
85 Splendid
RESIDENCE LOTS , ,
Located on 27th , 28th , 29th <
and 30th Streets , betweem
Farnham , Douglas and the pro *
posed extension of Dodge St. , .
12 to 14 Blocks from CourtHouse ; - ,
House and Post Office , AT'
PRICES ranging from
$300 to $400
which is about Two-Thirds oi\
their Value , on Sm'ill Monthly
Payment of S5 to $1O.
Parties desinng to'Build and :
Improve Need Wet Make any ;
Payment for one or two years , ,
but can use all their Means fox *
Improving.
Persons having $100 or $200 ;
of their own , But not Enough i
to Build such a house as they
want , can take a lot and wo ;
will Loan them enough to com
plete their Building.
Those lots are located between the-
MAIN BUSINESS STREETS of tho-
city , within 12 minutes walk of thn
Business Center. Good Sidewalks ax
tend the Entire Distance 'on Dodge1
Street , and the lots can bo reached by ;
way of either Fnrnharn , Douglas oxi
Dodge Streets. They lie in a part of :
the city that is very Rapidly Improving - -
ing and consequently Increasing ini
Value , and purchasers may reasonably-
hope to Double their Money within i
short time.
Seine of the most Sightly Locations
in the city may be snloutca from these ,
lots , especially on 30th Street.
Wo will build houses on a Smal
Cash Payment of § 150 or 8200 , and. '
sell house and lot on small monthly
payments.
It is expected that those lolsjwiH bo *
rapidly sold on those liberal terms , ,
and persons wishing to purchasei
should call at our ollico and secure :
their lots at the earliest moment. .
We are really to show those lots to ah
persons wishing to purchase.
BOGGS & HILLr
Real Estate Brokers , ,
14O8
North Bide of Farnham Street'
Opp , Grand Central Hotel
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