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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : MONDAY OCTOBER 31 , 1881 The Omaha Bee. PublMied every mornInpoxc ptSnnd y. The only Monday morning daily. TKllMS UV MAIL : v nr . $10.001 ThrooMonth .83.00 Months. . . 5.00 I One , . 1.00 WEEKLY BEE , published HKKMS POST PAID. OaoYcnr. . $2.00 I ThreeMonlhs. . SO BUMonths. . . , 1.00 1 Otto " . . 20 CORRESPGNTJENCK All Comirmnl. Cations rclntinn to'NcwaAtulEdltorinlmnt- tr ehould bo nddrOMcxi to the Ewron or . BUSINESS LETTKRS-A1I BuMncw Letter * wul RcmltUnceii cliould bo iwl- drcascd to TltK OMAHA I'CnLIRIUNa COM- PANT , OMAHA. Drafts , Check * and 1VU office Ordcia to bo made payable to llio order of ttio Cojnpany. OMAHA PUBLISHING 00 , , Prop'rs E.nOSEWATER , Editor , dvrin Darts , Manager of City Circulation * 't 'tn .Tohn IT. Plcrco In tn Clmrre of the Mall drcurtlon of THK DAILY BEK. -A. II. Fitch , eorrocpondcntand solicitor t 1 Nr.nnASKA. hoists her flag wl th the two O's corn and cattle. ELECTION < lay will bo a very "cold day" for the Douglas county democ racy. \ McVKAOit thinks that a "stir loutcr" in the "jug" is worth two on the indictment. Fiva THOUSAND oflico-sookors in Nebraska are sitting their last week on the anxious bench. BKBOHBR hns resigned the editor ship of the Christian Union. It was loss exciting but harder work than being the popular pastor of an adoring congregation. THERE were only tliroo murders in St. Louis lost wouk. St. Louis must brace up , or Chicago will pluck from Lor the reputation of being the wick- cdcut city in the west. > ARIZONA is rejoicing over the re moval of Governor Fremont. There are several other governors of western territories who might find inoro i healthy locations in the oast. \ DAVI : MILLER owes his popularity to many sterling qualities which ho will bo vailed upon to display when the people of Douglas county elect him as their sheriff u week from next Tuesday. TUB crowded houses which hava filled the opera house during the past week indicate that Omaha is an amuse ment-loving city , and will handsomely patronize good entertainments when presented in a good theatre. CIIAHLK.S WOLFE , the independent republican candidate for state treasurer uror of Ponnsy.uania will draw 20,000 republican votes from the Cameron dynasty. Byron must have had Penn sylvania in view when ho spoke of the 4'Wolfe in. the fold. " WHEN Jim Keene went to New York from California ho took with him $5,000,000 and proposed to teach Wall Street in how to run a stock market. Jim has boon more successful in running horses than Wall street. A waiTEit in the Omaha Post offers to w gc8100 for the benefit of SI. Joseph's hospital that Chris. Hurt maim can't write three English sen tences from dictation. Chris has now an opportunity to exhibit his educa tion and assist a worthy charity. Mus. JANE BALDWIN hus boon con firmed us postmistress of Council Blufla notwitlistanding that private dispatch from the Nonpareil office , which was made public to the disgust of John Chapman & Co. The next time the Nonpareil wants to make use of the Associated Press for private po litical purposes it should bo careful not to send its message along with other press matter. TUB coming week will nmrkj as wo trust , the beginning of a now era in the musical history of Omaha. On Thursday evening the opening concert of the Philomathoan club will afford our citizens an opportunity of listen ius ; to the first of a series of concerts by local musicians , in which only mu * \ -afo of the highest order will bo pre sented. It is earnestly tn bo hoped r that popular support , will bo > equal to the merit of the performances. The effort which a few of our musicians 'arc making to cultivate a taato for classical music in this city is deserving of every cncour- ogemont. The appreciation of good tnusio is ono of it ho marks of n culti vated taste and a cultured communi ty. A cultivated tnsto 10 , Jiowover , largely a matter of education , and if Omaha in yenro punt has not shown that interest in musio exhibited by other cities further cast , it lias been duo to the fact that she has had few opportunities for self-education in this department of art. Now that the op "th portuulty is afforded it is to bo hoped that our citizens will seize it. TARIFFS AND STOCK WATER ING. The railroad managers hare con cluded that iv cut-lhro.it policy is not , in the end , r paying policy. The war in freight mid passenger rales between Chicago and Now York which 1ms boon BO fiercely maintained during a number of months , is practically end ed. Without nny concerted action the trunk lines Jmvo ordered ngoneral advance in rates on freight and pas senger l.iriffr , and while in the c.iso of passengers rates have not boon ad vanced to the old time figures , it is believed that before many weeks the tariff will bo rcntoiod to substantially its former condition. This restora tion of rates has boon dictated by the interest ? ) of the various companion. There is no doubt thut the low rites which wcro maintained during , tlio "war" could not bo continued with out seriously decreasing the dividends of the railroads and correspondingly diminishing the market raluo of thuir Blocks. In fact , the general decline in the Hucuritios of the Vanderbilt and competing roads ever which thu woatorn produce seeks the seaboard is largely attributable to the convic tion that they were earning little money on freight and passengers , car ried at thu figures of ; vcut-throat com petition. Railroad stocks are valuable according to the present or prospect ive dividend earning power of the companies. This capacity to earn divi dends depends upon two factors , viz : the traffic , and the amount of capi talization of the corporation. With an equal amount of traffic , a railroad stocked for $40,000 a mile can pay twice the dividends paid by a corpor ation whoso line is capitalized at $80,000 per mile. The ever capitali zation of railroads lies at the bottom of all the extortions practiced by the corporations upon the producers of the country. It is safe to say that thcro is not in the United States a single line of railroad which ia not Htoakcd at from CO per cent , to 100 per cont. ever its cost of con struction. All the eastern trunk lines are heavily ever capitalized and the public are compelled to pay divi dends on the watered stock. If the Erie , Pennsylvania and Now York Central roads were to bo built and equipped to-day and their capital placed at n figure nearly approximating their cost the "war" tnrills on both freight and passengers would return ouch handsome dividends on the invest ment that the nmnagora would bo forced , ns other roads have done , to water their stock in order to conceal their profits from the public. It is a notorious fact that whoever is robbed in the first place to build , equip and stock a railroad , the people are plun dered in the end to make up the de ficit. 'Construction rings fleece the bondholders , stock watering robs the owner of stock by diminishing its raluo and high tariffs filch money from the pockets of the public in order to pay dividends on the watered stock and reimburse the stockholders. | So eng as u reckless system of stock watering ip permitted to con tinue , "railroads wars" and fluctuating tariffs cannot bo prevented. Strife for traffic to pay dividends will bo followed by the cutting , of exorbitant tariffs only in ( urn to bo Huccoedud by their re-establishment. The time has come when the states individually and in congress must interpose their nu thority on behalf of the people of the country'and by passing and enforcing laws prohibiting stock watering , eliminate from the railroad question ono of its most disgraceful features. THE extra session of the eon- ate called by President Arthur n few da ) a after his accession to the presidency WAS ended on Saturday night by a sine die adjournment. The senate has boon in session twenty-one days , sixteen of which have bcon actual working days. Besides the election of Sir. Bayard , and his sup- plantal by David Davis , an president pro torn of the senate and acting vice president , and the confirmation of the presidontal nominations , nothing of national importance has been transact ed during the session , The contested nomination of Stratham , Mnhono's candidate for postmaster of Lynch burg , Vn. , has boon laid ever till next session , owing to the persistence of the democratic minority , but the evi dent intention of the republicans to aid Senator Muhono will , no doubt , have its weight in the present canvass in Virginia. Whore the crumbs of patronage are there are the fishes gathered together. COXHTITUTIONAL amendments will bo voted upon in many of the states at their coming elections. Wisconsin will pass upon the question of biennial elections and legislative sessions ; Maryland will decide upon the time of electing judges ; Minnesota will consider throe amendments providing for equal luxation , prohibiting special legislation , and n > iulatin ; [ . ' the pay of legislators , and Colorado will fix the place for lior capital. DKNVUK is the paradise to which till the spavined and knock-kneed theatri cal troupes in the country fly for news paper taffy. THE SPEAKERSHIP. The contust ever the speaker-ship of the next house of roprcBentntircs promises to be unusually npiritcd The lending cnndidntcs ns nnnounccd up to the present time nro Kauon of Iowa , Hiscock of Now York , Kicfor of Ohio nnd llccd of Mnino. Tt lias boon well mud that fully olio-half tlio law-making force of the lower cham bers sits behind the gavel , The npcakcr can not only promote , 1m can nlso prevent legislation. In his hands roots to n Inrgo extent thu efficiency of the body over which ho presided through the committees of which ho has the nppointincnt. It will rendily bo aeon thnt few men nro qualified to fill the npcnkcr's' clutir with credit tothmnsolvca nnd profit to the country. The fjualitien of n good speaker nro good judgment , n cool temper , skill nnd tact in the exercise - erciso of Inn power , a judicial mind Ycmcd in legislation and Iho practice of debate and the nbility to inspire nnd hold the confidence f thu body ever which ho is called upon to pro- nidc. nidc.There There are many reasons why John A. Kasaon should bo the next speaker of' the house of representatives. His long congressional experi ence , his admirable power in debate , his cool temper and clear judgment , together with the re spect in which ho is held by all his congressional associates mark him as the candidate above all others for the position. Mr. Iliscock , his principal opponent , is a citizen of New York. Other things being equal , this should giva Mr. Hassan the preference. Now York has already her share in the gov ernment. The president , secretary of the treasury and postmaster general are all citizens of the Empire state. If Mr. Kassou possesses only equal qualifications with Mr. Hiscock ho should receive the position. Whit are Hiscock'a peculiar qualifications for the spoakorship ? His term of service in congress has boon short , During that term ho has proved himself a good republican but ho has not exhibited any extraordina ry talents cither on the floor or in the committee room. His record in the house can boar no comparison with that of John A. Kasson , and his mental qualifications are equally in ferior. The republicans of the next house of representative "will , honor - or both thomiulvcs and the country by selecting Mr. Kusson as thuir pre siding officer. SECUETAHY KIIIKWOOD writes homo from Washington that ho does not ex pect to bo retained in office after thu middle of November , nnd that ho is setting his house in order prior to re moval. Commenting on tine , the Dos ] Moincn State Register says : The assassination of President Garfield - field 1I 1 served Senator Kirkwood espcci. ally 1I I ill. To gnitify the Into president and I the party , ho gave up the senator- ship agamsb his own wishes , and now ho ] is loft out of all publio place greatly I to his personal disappoint ment , it may frankly bo said , and greatly to the loss of public ser vice also. The people of Minnesota seta ii i have already returned Sec retary i Windom in the senate by the unanimous i vote of the republicans of the I legislature. Ho was the choice of ( the republicans of that state for senator i before Garfield needed him , and iI ii i they thought hia services with the I late president only made him the stronger and more desirable as n sen ator i again. Last winter four-fifths of the i republicans' of Iowa were for Kirkwood'fl return to the senate , and to-day i of the masses of the party fully that many of the party desirp his election to the sennto now. Ho is not only the strongest man wo have for the senate as a state , but ho also repre sents that typo of republicanism which is in overwhelming majority in Iowa. To retire him from the cabinet now because ho has represented and still represents that element of the party , and also to elect to the senate a man who has not been in association and who is not in sympathy with thut element mont or sentiment in the party , is virtually to disfranchise this state of its strongly expressed will nnd posi tion. Let the Bo-cullod stalwart or Urant-Conkling-Arthur administra tions make up its cabinet at it will , and wholly of its own kind , as it undobubt- odly has the riqht to do. But why should Iowa , deprived of the repre sentation of its real sentiment in the cabinet , bo also suppressed as to its sentiment and position in the senate ? Mr. Jamoa I1. Wilson wanted last winter to bo a member of the cabinet , and Qov. Kirkwood did not want to be , but preferred Iho sonato. Now why in tho- changed condition of things , should not Wilson go into the cabinet and Kirkwood bo returned to the senate ? The state of Iowa would not then lose representation in the cabinet , and two of its very ablest men would be uecured to the publio service instead of one. NISIIIUBKA'S vice president nt the river convention in St. Louis woa Judge Clinton Briggs. The following resolution was presented by the delegation - gation representing this utato : Resolved , That in the opinion of thin convention the Missouri river , with its J5,000 miles of navigation , nnd Hawing past and through four etntos and tliroo territories , tthoulil bo placed by the government in chnrgo of a commission of engineer * , organ ized , ns is the Mississippi tivor conv mission. The Country. Who Hint has over lived any time In the country but mint have heard of theUrtuea of liunlock ivi n blood purifier , llunluck Blood Blttoru euro dyspepsia , blllouintxta nut ] oil dUorilorn arising from impure Mood or deranged liver or kidneys. Price 81.00 , tilal L-cttles m 17 eodlw STATE JOTTINGS , The Hlairstookyards renowcomplctcd. Wolves are numerous In Johnson couuty. Utlca has four firms engaged In the grain The .Mmlison Chronicle ii served on the half shel , Central City has n church for every 1M ) inhabitant * . Tim contract for n new hotel at Cnhert ha i been let. The now ( lour mill nt Teksmah is nearing - ing completion. A pork packing factory will soon be started In Lincoln. Doichcutcrifi preparing for prairie fires by plowing fire gimrdi. The rtfonn fever hai struck Nebraika City- soiled doves must go. The mayor nnd c'ty ' council of Lincoln hate returned from KAmnmou. A. supper nnd social for the \ > oor of Ne- > rn k City netted * 2Wi , Nearly 3'.000 worth of town lots wcie Hold nt Sheridan la fit week . A miller nt Peru wan relieved of his beard by revolving ahaft. A farmer In lied willow county has jmt completed fencing GI50 acres , Schuyler'fl hualncs * in baled hay this year will amount to $2.5,000. Twenty dollar * n ton Is paid for hay nt tlio forks of the Republican river. | The foundation of the new nchoolhouse in West J Sen trice had been built. The comer stone of the now M. K. church at UlysBca was laid Krid y. The pohtolllco war In Hastings in over , n sulthblejbulldlng having been found , With n fund of S7.081.09 in the treas ury , the city of Fremont is pretty well 'heeled. " The Johnpon county fanners think their com crop will average forty.fivo bushels per acre. A few more good carpenters could find profitable employment In Wahoo at the present tin , Thai ) . & M. company are prepnr'ng for Winter by erecting now fences whore they will do tha moat good. The brick work on the new hot l at Wahoo ia about finished and the building fine appearance. Tha three saloons in Tecumseh closed their doom Ivst week. They will open again under the Slocurab rule. The mall agent * on the mute between Blair and O'Neil have secured an advance of 850 per year In their salaries. Additional nchool room IB the crying no- esslty of Fremont. Nearly one Imudred pupils are without Heating room. Crete claims the title of the "Flour City. " Another mill , 38.x 18. and fifty- n.ne feet high , will boon be built. Elevator facilitieH at Milford will be in creased by tha erection of u new building with a capacity of 00,000 bushels. Several wealthy Iowa farmer ) have pur chased farina in Webster county and are stocking them with blooded cattle. , Indlauola's molasses factory cleaned up for the season on Saturday. Two thous and six hundred gallons were made. The work of raising the IT. 1 * . track rckt of Fremont , where the washout oc- cuncdlnstrpnng , is ncaily finlshej. The Hurt comity court IIOUFO narrowly escaped destruction by tire during the meeting of the democratic convention. The ish commissioner * ha\e mad" a do nation t i northern el > ra kn of G 000 sal mon fry furtbo moiith of the Verdigiin. Dr.'G. W. Wilkinson , of Dakota City , has been confirmed ant commissioned as agent of thu Winnebago and Omaha In dians. County politicR and politician * are red hot. Thu campaign U one of unusual bittcrngM , and cracked skulls me-multi plying. Articles of incoiporation hive been \vith the Bccretaiy "of ( state , for the Lincoln tanning company , with a capital stock of 85,000. Duki's hurdvvarfl ftorc , nt Plattsmouth , was robbed lust wet ) ; of $100 wurth of revolvers , knn o * , etc. An expert gang ia doing the town 'hon'ughly , The now B. & M. depot nt Falls City Is now In the hand * or the painters. When finished I1 ; will be the neatest depot be tween Atchison nnd Lincoln. Plum Creek , Dawson county , has a board of village trustees , a bible class , n bmlc , andia to have , in the near future , n Methodist church costing 315,000.0 The Fremont postolBce , by order of the postal authorities , must be located in a brick or stone fire proof building , and the citizens tire now looking around for a loca tion. tion.One One of C. P. Dowey'a farms in Platte county linn produced n tcpiash measuring eighty-four inches fn circumference and weighing ono hundred and thirty-five pounds. A little six-year-old daughter of Mr. Henry Hooper , of Stroll ! , was burned to death on the 13th Tha child was ironing some doll clothes , and la some way her own clothe * caught fi re , The publio sale of lots at Sheridan , the new town at the junction of the Missouri Pacific and B. & M. , in Nomaho connty , wnt a uucceeH , and building will com mence immediately. Dodge county voters authorized tlio is sue of $3,000 additional bond * for the com pletion of the J'lutte bridge , which will give the farmer ) of Haundera county free access to Fremont. The grim vlsaged veterans of the war residing fn Pawneu county mustered one hundred strong men on the 19th , marched on Pawnee City and demanded the inner works of a public lunch. The citizens of Blue Springs have at last determined to > miid a public hall , nnd will vote bonds to tin nmoimt of $5,000 for that purpo > o. The building ia to bo of brick with two rooms below. Politicians are not always ungrateful , The editor of The Wilbur Opposition was recently publicly presented with a "knotty club or cane. " Tlio donation was acconi- companlcil with sereral affectionate cm braces , Con Covvpcr , somewhat notorious as n horse thief , escaped from tlio jail at St. Paul , mounted a horse in a neighboring yard and departed. Ho was overtaken by the citizens , brought back to town and se curely Ironed. Farmer Parson , of Syracuse , enjoyed one of his periodical sprees in Nebraska City lout week , and woke up minus 885 , n watch anil chain and several valuable papers. Three men are in jail charged with the robbery , Twenty-five thousand sheep will be wintered - tered in Merrick county. In Phelps and Kearney c.w ties , 00 miles west , thcru will bo a number of new sheep ranches among the t-Mnl hills on the Flntto rivur ami within five miles of the railroad. The Columbus packing house will bo ready for buslnesj Nov. 113th. The build ing will bo two stories high , and situated on a tract of three and a half acres of land lying in the eastern part of the cltv , and between the main track of the U. P , mid the A. fc N. The residents iif Ulysses are always ready to contribute liberally for public amusement. , Two citizens recently enter tained the town with a pugilistic exhibi tion. Justice itcpticd iu nnd demanded 830 from the combatant * , which was promptly a llected from the crowd , vvhilo the victor \viilkedolf with an addition of $10 to his exchequer. OIIAKLES SIIIVERICK. Furniture , Bedding , Mirrors nnd everything pertaining to the furnU turo and upliolstory trade. Has the best stock in Omaha and makes the lowest prices. SoptliUf IOWA BOILED DOWN. I DCS Mntnes Is to have the Herdlcs , Atlantic will sotn have two creameries in operation. Kirkville , for the fiwt time in Us histo ry , hat n cnloon. The T. > wft hay crop grown Ihh year is worth n foitune. Clinton has just contracted for 97,875 worth of bewcrtb Rlblcy feels the need of more dwelling houaci very much. A court houco costing S12.r , COO Is talked of fur Mninhalltown , Fort Doilgo already ban water work * , and next year expect ? to havogitit workc. There nro eighty-seven manufacturing home > In Dnbiuuie , cmployltig otert,6GO : , men. men.Clarion Clarion , by n majority of seventeen , haj decided to Incorporate. The De ? Molnes cigar makers have struck for'nn advance of wapcs.J Nine bur hrieiwero _ rciortcd | In Bur- litigton OHM night lost week. A Floyd county norghuin raiser made' 2,800 gallons of sorghum Hyrup this sen- I eon. Many corn field ? and hay nnd grain utaclit nru hiibmerged along the Charlton river. Twenty-five hundred piles will be used In malting the foundation for Burlington' * largo elevator. The university of Dei Molnoi ha * now ' an enrollment of 100 students , bojldci the musical department , . The students at the Baptist University , Des Moincx , all wear uniform caps of thu turban Htyle , The Norwegian plow company , of Du- bunue , have Increased their capital stock to $100,000. A movement U on foot in Mufcatine to o.-RAiiizn a colony for settlement in the lo cality of Los Angeles , Cal. The Cedar Fallsdriving park association lost between nine hundred nnd one thoub sand dollars tn their recent races The packing at Cedar Kapldsis reported t 193,087 hog n ngainst 250,004 for the sum mer season to date. _ A Herd ! : line of coaches Is to bo run in Sioux Uity , a company for tjiut purpose having been organized. The Ottumwa poultry Mocation ! hold their annual exhibition .January 17th , 1BSU , and continue three days. Dubnquo expectH the Milwaukee road to expend M00,000 ! in that city this year In building car shops , depots , etc. The Sioux county school fund received $1,935 , the proceeds of fines imposed by the last term of the district court. The late rise of the Little Sioux has ruined thousands of tons of hay in stack on the bottom land along that stream. The cost of the new Presbyterian church nt Fort Dodge , fully completed , will be 825,500. The expend ! uro ao far has been $15OCO. Watoon'a canning factory t Vinton , which ban closed for the season , put up over 500,000 cans of corn and tomatoes. A couple of gentlemen propose to build a hospital in Council Bluffs costing from $25,000 to $30,000 , if citizens will donate the grounds. Judge Cole , of Dea Moine ? , estimates that during I ho past year 150,000 tons of barbed wire worn sold iu the btntc , paying jv royalty of 2,2(0,000. A Musciitino m-n threw himself put of a second ttory window from hia residence while in n fit of delirium trcmetis. Hotvas badly hurt , but not seriously. Washington Allen , of Sac county , has nn orchard of dome 1,000 apple trees from Beven to twelve years growth , which have yielded the past three years from four to six hundred butthels. A 0-year-old boy beastly drunk was picked m > by the police in DecMoines the other night and lodged in the calaboose , His father and mother , O'Hara by name , are confirmed drunkards. \Varrants have been issued by the state auditor for 8880.70 for the construction of a wall nt the Auainosa prison , $9'J.'JO for the transportation of convicts , and $100 reward for apprehension of Convicts. Iowa last year racked the fifth state in the production of wheat , the yield being 31,000,000 bushels ; second in corn , 275- 000,000 bushels ; third in barley , 4,000,000 bushels , nnd fifth in rye , l.OOO.OOO.1 The Burlington , Cedar Kapids and Northern train wreckers captured at Mount Auburn recently , have confessed the deed. They are waifs Bent went some years ago by Whitclavv Reid , and not sons of prominent farmers in the neighborhood us Ktated. Mr. A. Webb , living near Iowa City , wns wnylaia by four men n few night * ago , while on his way home. They demanded of him his money. Cn his satisfying them that ho had none , they told him they would take his hone , but did not do to. ' No further molestation woa offered to Air. J i Webb. . I ! A sad accident occurred at St , Mary's * Orphan1 Hume , Dubuque , to a nine year' ' olu orphan , tie went into the barn ion- ncctcu with the Hume , and while there he wns kicked on the head by a horse. The back portion of his skull was broken by the hoof of the animal. At last accounts , it wan thougnt he could not live. Tlio body.of the murdered man found on the railroad track nenr Fort Madison , on the 7th inst. , with a bullet hole through his head , has been identified ns that of tlio son of Charles P. Lenighan , who lives iu Clinton county. The young man had ft considerable amount of muney with him when ho left home ; iieneo the incentive of a companion who was with him to kill young Lenighan. Some days n o two convicts in the Ana- rnosa penitentiary irot into a quarrel at fhe < in rry. One of tlie guard , fn order to quiet the disturbers , tired on the offenders , one of the buckshot taking effect in the knee , but no uerioua Injury wns done. Fifty convicts at once mutinied und re fused to work , but did not dnre to make a break , which was evidently the object of the quarrel. The deputy warden was Bent for and ihe meu were cjuieted down , and no further tioublo has occurred. Iowa has $1.700,021 15 invested in pub lic buildings for various purposes. The cost N distributed ns follows : New capitol - itol , $1,700,000 ; agricultural college , 9351 , . 39G.55 : deaf nnd dumb asylum. 33 < 2,793.- 10 ; fish hatchery , $19,350.70 ; insane bos- pital tit Mount Pleasant , $010,450.45 ; in- anne hospital at Independence , 8774-,37.- 27 ; normal school at Cedar Fall , $5,000 ; § Anamosa penitentiary , $222,203.11 ; re form school * , 3145,108.45 ; orphans' home at Davenport , 8130,745 ; utntu university , $04,987.45. /Don't Know Half Their Value. " "They cured mo of Ague , Bilious ness and Kidney Complaint , as ro- commended. I had a half bottle loft which I used for my two little girls , who the doctors and neighbors naid could not bo cured. I would have lost both of them ono night if I had to not given them Hop Bitters , They did them BO much good I continued their use until they were cured. That is why I say you do not know half the value of Hop Bittern , and do not re commend thorn high enough. " B. , Rochester , N. Y. Boo other column. bi American Rural Homo. net. IG-nuv. 1 Ladies , nsk to sco our Silk Bound , Finu , Heavy Mormo Vests at ( ! 5cts. , claimed to bo worth $1 by others. Wo moan what wo say when wo ad P. vertise , nnd repeat that wo shall cer tainly undersell everybody in Omaha this fall iu way of the bargains wo shall olFor in every department. Ask to see our Gluiika and Dross Goods also , nt BUSHMAN'H. octL'Otf THE LODGES , Notoa from Temples'of Mys tery Masons' Marks in an Ancient Land. The Regular Meetings Goat Hoirs-Tho Triple Link , Grnntl Lodfto Mooting * The Amor- Legion of Honor * THE FREE MASONS. MASONS' MAIIKH. Twenty-three varieties of Masons' marks from the stones in the Roman Bath tit El Hnmmn , or the Hot Springs of Uadara , are given by Sclnh Merrill , archiuologist of the American Palestine exploration society oty , in his valuable nnd handsome old oln work , entitled , "E.ist of the Jor dan , " Ho also gives supcimcns of the Masons' marks on the stones on the walls of the reservoir of the ancient city of Bozrah. These latter marks strongly rcsomplo the Aramaic letters of the seventh and eighth centuries , B. C. The former include right angels , triangles , Roman letters , etc. All nro very interesting. A MKMOUIAI , O11KUSK. Last Thursday night Bethel Lodge of Now York unvcilod nn obelisk of black . in the East , in memory of the late Brother James A. Garfield , Pro * ident of the United Spates. This obelisk lisk is not intended for a temporary affair , merely for tho'Dresonttimo , but will in future be used during the per iod of Ma < onio mourning for nny Brother of this Lodge who may pnis nway. On the fnco the pedestal now appears the name nnd portrait of Brother Garfi old. On future occasions of this character the name and portrait of the dead Brother will take this place , and thus remind those present in the Lodgo-room who the lost one was , and what ho wna like. 'THE REGULARS. The opening of the month brings with it the regular' meetings of the various Masonic bodies. It is highly desirable that more interest bo taken by the brethren in these sessions. A larger attendance of the older Masons is desirable , and would abate many of the mistakes made in the conduct of the lodges. A general nt- tendSnco of the younger brethren is equally ns desirable , for into their hands at some future day must bo committed the practical direction of Masonic work. Tuesday the of Arch Chapter Royal v" I Masons holds its regular meeting. Thursday St. John's Ledge , No. 25 , meets in regular communication. Tlio monthly meeting o Mt. Cal vary Commandery No. 1 will take place on Friday evening. ON JU1USDICTION. The Grand Ledge of Iowa has re solved that nn American Grand Lodge , legally constituted , has , nnd of right should exercise , absolute and exclu sive jurisdiction over all the Lodges and the territory included within the jurisdiction of the civil government of the state , territory or province within which the same is organized ; that the assumption of divided nllegi once is inadmissible nnd destructive of tho' unity of government essential to the welfare and harmony'of Musonary. GOAT HAIRS. Prince Frederick , of the Nether lands , the German Emperor's brother in-law , and Grand Master of the of the Grand Lodge of Holland the Nester of the House of Orange , and for sixty-five years Grand Master of Masons , died on September Oth. The Into General Garfield wns the eighth Mason , but the first Kniaht Templar , who was over honored with the presidency. Ho was a charter member of Pentalpha Lodgo. The Masonic Temple was dedicated by the Grand Ledge of Ohio last Tuesday. The Grand Royal Arch Chapters of Illinois and Iowa held their sessions last week. Iowa Knight Templars hold their annual conclave at DCS Moines last TRIPJL LINK. WYOMING GRAND LODdF. The Wyoming Grand Ledge mot last week. The present membership of the order in the territory numbers 418 , showing an increase during the past society year of 71 members. Tlio total receipts were § 1,270.38 , swelling the amount on hand at the commence ment of the year to § 2,10(5.48 , from which outstanding wnrrants nro de ducted to make § 928,50. The amount of benefits paid during the year was 878.90. 1'ATKIARCUAt CHICLE Three degrees , for uniformed Pa $ triarchs , have been prepared by mem bers in Milwaukee , Wisconsin , under the title of "Patriarchal Circle. " The organizations nro called tmnplcs , subordinate , and supremo. The chief oflicor is "Supremo oraclo. " While the degrees nro entirely outside of the regular ritual of Odd Fellowship , yet the S. U. L. has given its permission members to receive thorn , nnd a sort of a semi-ofliciul consent to their being worked under the immo of the order. Rather n doubt ! ul policy. $ They should either bo fully endorsed und incorpomtod in the regular sys tem , or vice versa. They are said to > very beautiful , interesting , nnd attractive , nnd will bo of benefit to the Encampment branch of the order. LINKS. ThoWildoy nsiociation of Chicago , Illinois , have secured the services of . G. Sire Nicholson , of Pennsyl vania , to deliver the oration nt the centennial anniversary birthday of the founder of the order , to toke place in that city on January 10 , 1882. Thomas Wildoy , the father and founder of American Odd Fellowship , was borniili London in 1780 , and not in 1782 , ns has bcon supposed unlili' Tlio now degree of llcirakah ledge nt Pcorin , 111. , is doing splendidly , there being over 100 members , lately. English authority now settles the date of WilJoy's birth conclu sively. IKCIION OP HONOR. I Omaha Council No. 320 , American Leqion of Honor , will hereafter moot every Monday evening nt their Imll on. Douulas street , between Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets , north side. Mumbora nro requested to bo present next Monday nt 7:30 : sharp , ns busi ness of importance nill bo transacted. Thu American Legion of Honor is n secret benevolent i < ociuly , composed nC no a Supreme , Grand nnd Subordinate Councils. Its objects nro ns follows : 1st. To unite fraternally nil persona. . of good moral chnrnctcr who nro socially acceptable , nnd if for bene ficial membership of Bound bodily health , nnd between ciglitocn nnd' sixty-nvo years of nijo. 2d. To givo.nll moral nnd material aid in its power to its members nndv these dependent upon them. 3d. To educate its members so cially , morally , nnd intellectually. 4th. To establish n fund for the relief of sick nnd distressed beneficial members. 5th. To establish n benefit fund , from which , on the satisfactory evi dence of the death of n beneficial , member of tlio Order , who has com plied with all its lawful requirements , a sum not exceeding ilvo thousand dollars shall bo paid to the family , orphans , or dependants , aa the mem ber may direct- This order was instituted in Boston , Mass. , December , 1878 , and now haa- ever 700 councils , with a total mem bership ofjover 35,000. Omaha council No. 320 , was insti tuted October , 1880 , nnd has now up wards ef fifty members , nnd applica tions are being acted upon at nearly every meeting. This council moot every Monday evening , in the hall oil Douglas street , between Thirteenthi and Fourteenth streets , north sido. REAL ESTATE , Wo or * now offering FOR SALE OVER ONE MILLION ACRES OP TIIK Best and Cheapest Farming Land1. In Nebraska , located In all the best counties In- the state. In DOUGLAS COUNTY Alone wo have about 25,000 Acres ror'snlo at 83 , 810 mid Sli ! per acre , 8 * ol { . n.Iles from Omilm , 16,000 Acres In Snrpy County , 18,000 Acres In Washington County , Largo Tracts In all other counties in * Nebraska and Western Iowa. ALSO An Immense list of OMAHA CITY property con- tistlnj'cf FINt RESIDENCES , HOUSES and' LOTS , BUSINESS PROPFRTY of all Klndn. LOTS Ih ADDITIONS to On-ahn. ACRE TRACTS , etc. , far Sale , Rent anJ Emhange. BOGGS & HILL , , Beal Estate 'Brokers , . 1408 Farnham St. , OFF , GRAND CENTRAL HOTEL Houses , Lots , Residences , Etc. House and lot , ICth nil Mircy. 83,500. THO houH a and one lot , IBili aud Lcarem worth , 82.2UO. II oiiHO and email lot , 13th and COM , 000. Three lioua a and lot , 12th and Ca < u , 32,000 , house and lot , Cth aiid 1'aciOc , ? 3W 0. House and lot , 10th and Pierce , 81,220. Fine res dcnca , Slilnn'a addition , W.OCO. Uou93andtuoluta.2Jtli and Karnham , $2GOO- House and lot , 2Sth and Furnha ,81,301' . Two new hoams and lot , 17th and Marcf 82 200. New houses and cne-lialf lot , 22 1 and Capitol a > enuc , 82,000. Jloute , seven rooms , with let , Shlnn'n addition , . 81,700. Kfno residence property St. 1'ary'a aicnue , . 85.54X1 House and lot , I > a\cntx > rt etrcct , 84,000. House and lot , Shlrm'H addltlo , 82,00V. llou&oand lot , 0 < li and fierce , 82,500 Laro houbc , corner lot , 21gt .nd Burt , low- price. * Ilouaaand lot , Armstrongs afdltlon , $2,700. Co ner lot , tinall house , Armstrong' . ) addition , . 53' 0. 0.Hou Hou c and lot , :2fi ami C pltol incnue , $3,200 House an 1 1 t , 2Jd ami Hari.er , 82oiii. ) Fine res deuce , California Btroet. 87,000. Ilr k house , 3Uth anil Doiul.6 , 31 , bOO. Full corner lot > nd t AO liouutu , IBth and Can toliucnuc , il' > tOO. Full lot and hou e , b'lelncas locntl m , $7 00v. Ukgaiit reside ice , No. 1 location , $7.100 , H.iusa an. I lot , ISth and Dur' , fi.WO. Commodious r lJ- nee , th eolots , 818,00V. Ilou'o and lot , 2ith and Farnham. $1,160. House and lo , 26th Hid Douglas , # 1,500. Residence property , California it reel , $0,700. . Iletildei ) < .o property , 1'ark Wilde avenue , very cheap. House and J lot , 12th aid Pac fie , 81,200. House and lot , Dodpo i-trcet , 83,500. Two housti and tno thud * of a lot , 23d and Ca B , 81,60u. Desirable rittldcncc , two lot-i on Capl'ol Hill. llrlck residence , choice location , $5,600. Houionml one acre , South Oroaha , $ SlO. . Flto epltndldly located liuamem lots , 22x68 fret rach , M goo i a location M can bo found In- Uii city , each 82,600. Two buelno'B Iot , cpposl'o "Tn Mlllard. south ndu Uouglu , between 12th and 13th , eich 5f)00. ) Six business lota on 25th a' reel , (1,800 to * 42,600. Kull corner lots , eultablo for business , $7.600. TwobuslntBS lot. , together 44x00 feet , Ko , location , $5,000. 8U good business Iota , rich 22x120 , each. W.OOO. Three business Iota , 22x120 f.et each , all for $7OUO. Business corner , 132 feet square , ono of iht- best locations n tha ilty , gl9,0oo. C0xl20 feet on corner , viry cheap for all , full. lot , Ifcth and Harney , 81,800. Full lot , 22d and California , $1,000. ConiHrlot , Jefferson nnd Douglas , 81,200. Residence lot , Ioda | sirv t , 2,600. Largo lot , 21st and Harucy , 61,600 , Corner. CfixbO feet , 13th and 1'krco , (050. lllock Jn West Omaha , Sl.MKJ. llrlck CO'.UKO and two lots , well Improved' Wnty choice Joti , Park Wilds n\cnue , WOO to. Nlnity.clsht lot , 'Bouth ol St. Mary'n avcnuo between 10th and 20th fctrtcti , $500 to $700. Ninety lots on Farnham , Douulau and llodgo between 26th , 27th,23U and 30th streets. JOOto400. GOGuS & HILL HALB J" t VVhat RAILROAD MEN WANT-nn EN- flRE BLOCK OF QROU.VD-cl-ht ( lull lota , with flno large housi of ( ouitccn roojs and ) ? ? ; 0lu Uo InipruveiiicnU- . Will dlttde this ana sell In parcels to suit purdiasor , BOGGS & HILL , Seal Estate Brokers , 1408 Parnham Street , OPP , GRAND CENTRAL HOTEL > \ / \