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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 23, 1881)
4 .ri'JE OMALfA DAILY BEK : WrfDNESOAV , NOV/MBEK 28 The Omaha Bee. t'ublhhcd very inornlnRexcept SunrUy. Tlie only Monday morning dally. I KltMS JJV .MAIL : Ht . S10.00 I Three Months $3.00 M.mtfa5.00 < | Ono . . 1.00 WKKKLY DEK , publWiml er fy Wednesday. 'IIKKMS POST PAIl ) . On Yenr . 52.00 I Three Months . . SO BUM'Aths. . . . 1.00 | Ono " . . K All Coinmnnl 8 Uoiii rolntilm to XOWK nnd I'/dltorlnl mut ton , nii.iild l > c ivlilrefwed tn the KlHTOH or Till Til r. HU.SINBSS LKTTKI18-AI1 Undue * . Lultei and HciultUtK--n nlmiilil be ml- rin1"11 TIIK OMAHA Ptmt.isiii n COM- PANT , , OMAHA. Uraftd , Checks anil Pott- uiliuu Ordcifi Ui IK ) iniulo | iaynlilo to tlic Of ( er ' the Conii > any. OMAHA PUBLISHING 00 , , Prop'rs ' , 1'xHtor. Dnvl , MnunRor of City . Olronlntinn. John II. Pierce in In Clmrpfl of the Mall ' Olrcu ition of THK DAIIiY BKK. t J. I ) , ( 'liatnbcrlaln corrcBpondcnt and valicitor. Tbn.nliKilvlnK Praclnmatlon by the Prosldant. P . It him lc > nifen the pioiiH cnitnin of our Iici jH-iU- | , with the clotting of tlio ye.tr , to ci look b.vsk ui > oii the blewiliiffi hniuijht to cifc them in tlio clninnlnB cour o of ne.inons fctl anil rnainH.I'VIIIII ' iliankH tliu nll-ftlviiu tl iniirco from w .inn they How , And i > l- tlT though at this pcnol when thu falling leaf T adm ninhivi IH tliat th ti t < u < if our nacrud tli duty in alhan ' , our nation still lies In tli ihadow of the nr at niuavoinotit nnd fe'f mourning which Iiu II led our hcnrlH. ntill 'ii finil-t ua liopeful xpri'Hslini toward tliu G.xl before ho wo U'cly howrd in urlcf u d u. application , ypttM"eoiiiitlp beneltn ! which u.ii [ liavo Klioeruil up > n IH during tlio pa-tt twelv * m-iiitliM i-n 1 for our fervent Krft"- in tuile , and in tko it fitting t nt wu htimi d lii rojdioj with th.inkfnlnu-4-t tlmt the L'ml In Ills Infinite mi'i-cy IUH sU-nally favored ha our country and peoplu. Pfaca withunt tri > nd pro-in tity within has been voncliBafed to MS. No poitiifiicu ban visited our ou xhoreK. The nbundnnt priviU-Kei of fiee- th doiu which our tathurH left in th ir wi- ! ioQ or" Still tmr iiu-rea liig heritage , and il in part * of the vaU domain dome nlllic- tlona hiv visited mir brotliren in their forest hollies , yet oven thin calamity lias boon toinncred in n iiiannur Hanctilictl y du the genuroiH conipa-Bion for the milfurerH dumi which hai been called thrntiRhont our mi cnnntry. Kor all tli HO tliln.-t it S meet th tint tlie vnii-B of the nation niinulil go up to ( ind in ferv-nt homage. dii \Vheicfoi-u I , Gliijuter A. Artlnir , iu l- ro deut of the United StntcB , do recommend tbat all people observe thu 21th day of JSo- rn vember. Init. , ns n day of nati nal thankx- ed I tgvinK and prayer , I ly ceaiiing < > fariw . maybe from their nccular lalwis and meet- pr faif In their H veral iiloco-i of worship , ro ithero to j"in In asserting h nor and pndie ropi to Almighty Odd , whuw gwdiietH has been piSi HO manifest in our lilntory nn.l imr HVCH , Si U'l olToriiiK earnest nrayerM tliatnlH boiin- HM mav continue to u and to ourcliil. tli Iii'witnoM whereof , I h ivo hereunto net trL uiy haivl nnd caused the great HCIJ ! r f the U Itcd SCaten to bo allixcd. 1" the of Washington , Done nt city thin seventh dav of. November , In tt [ o. H. ] ttm the year f our Lord one thousand ttII nd one , and oi lit hundred clgh y II of the independence of the United IIK 8taten the ono hundred and tilth. IID . AnTJlUIt. D Ily the Prssldent : JAM. G. BLAIKE. So rotary of SUto. cl clP "IMTROVK the rivers , " is growing to bo a watchword of the west. 1 fa YOUK considora Palti-cako do r nt oren five dollars n slice. OUKAI > homos for working men laoans a prosperous and populous city. SAUNUKIW has been niond- . img his foiicos in the South Platte i country. ' USINQ the cloak of religion to fur ther political ends is not popular in Ncbnutkn , OOITHAU is the sanest lunatic who QTOC plead insanity in court to oacnpo [ from punishment for crime. LONDON papers regard the Quitcau trial as a "farco. " It is a furco which the American people would like to ace turned into a funornl. EYBUV precinct alliance moans a ooutro of iuiluonco and information uu the great issue of the hour , Ohcup transportation and regulated railways. UHODH IHLANU has filled the vacnn- of created in the lower house bj thu promotion of Congressman Aldrich to the Burnsides succession by electing n republican. TUB great difficulty in uocuring n bankrupt law is to drnft a bill wnioh will not bankrupt creditors , swamp debtors and turn all the proceeds of the estalo into the hands of the court officers. TIJKKIS nro a tfood many Hichmonds in the lieldfighting forthoHpcnkorship but it is suggested by ono , of the ad mirers of our tall bass wood from the Klkhorn thnt ho is just the kind of timber speakers uro made of' THK authorities nt Washington are rory eager to assure the public that the assailants of Guitcnu will bo dealt with according to the law. I'ooplo would like to feel equally certain that impartial justice will bo do.ilt out to the cowardly assassin of the late presi r' ' dent. H < Ovrmu to the absence of a merchant marine the United States pays Great Uritain $100,000,000 annually for ocean frigates. If u little encourage ment > n the way of the abolition of consular dues would pave the way towards retaining this vast Hum of l money in our own country , congress n should not bo backward about coming forward. . ' ! r < , -il/Vi < v. DON'T BE HOGGISH Thia ia the cry wich is coming from hundreds of housekeepers In Oninln , mldrcspcd io our bittchorii , groccra , provision nnd coal dealers. The in crease of price * in ovoiything thnt is required for homo use i crcnting much destitution nnd want. A part of this great mo is due to the increiw- ed cost ol good * and high rents. A atill larger portion is owing tn the greed on the part , of dealers to make large profits. Tothcso parties THK MKK would repent the injunction , "Don't be Hoggish. " In the first place , thnt in a mrnii trnit of chnr.ictrr which .iccks to build up your own fortunes on the nicesaitius of others. 7t i certain tn bo found out by cuitoiners ind will lese you ns many patrons as 'rieiids , The public docs not submit to extortion any longer than tlio limn t I .ikes to discover the imposition , nd then il very naturally transfers its patronage to some other and moro .liisurving firm. It don't piy to bo loutish in business. Thure nro linns n Omaha who have discovered tine o their coat. There are othuj dualor.4 vhu , by modest profits nnd increased ilofl , have far oiitntrippod in tlio nee for wealth those who have du iciidcd on high prices nnd n moro imitod ciiritotn for their luisinusn in- omo. Tlicro is absolutely no ranon ir ninny of the outrageous pricrs nit Homo of our dealers are charging , hid c.in easily IHI proved by n tour of lu city. Thu dillurcnco in pricun ut ocory and provision ntores vurici oin five to fifteen ] > or cent. Thu IUSOM doingbusiiiD.M on u Hinall mar- n of profit nru attracMng the trade id making the nxmt monity. They ncovor that it dues not pay to bo ) ggish , nnd thu auoner the same . iit.li in found out by the remainder of ir rotailern the bolter it will bo for cmsolvus and for the public. [ TRAFFIC BY WATER- The trnllio on the Mmisrtippi river iring the post year lias been c'nor- iius. Notwithstanding the war of 0 trunk lines , which has tunded to minish shipinonta by the vviitor- ute. Thu number of boats on the vor and the ton * of fruightttaimport- , show a marked increase ever the ccoding year , and provo the great vivnl of interest which has taken ace in trunsportation by uutor. jino stntiatics have been compiled by 10 Davenport Gazette , showing the ado on the Mississippi north of SV ouis , which indicate the vital iiu- urtunco of this great natural artery ) trade and commerce. Although avigution opened us Into na April iith , 2,014 trips have been imido bv 07 boats throuirh the drawbridge at luvnnport , including boats of all : IMBOS rafters , freight and passenger ackola. Every boat on the upper MisHia- ippi was fully employed during the hole season now drawing to a close. ) vur ono billion feet of lumber passed lown thu river from April to Novem- lor , in rafts to the n umber of 47. Four hundred and fifty-nno targca wore in use transporting freight rom points ns far north as St. Puul .lid as far south as the gulf. This u tire business was done under disad- 'iintagos , well known to uvory resi- lunt of the west , and against the com- lotition and united opposition of the ailroada. The figures form a sub- itantial basis were thuro no othnra for the demand of the west for the iiu irovomunt of the great water courses The river route , oven in the present condition , has proved itself a groai safety valve against further opprossivi oxtortionn by the monopolies. A points where it competes with the rail roads it is the arbiter of freight rates It largely determines tariff's between all towns on its banks , and during th last summer it has also in lluoncod tariU's on thu land an ocean routes for grain shipments by wuy of Now York to Liverpool With a judicious expenditure c national .appropriations in dooponin the ohamuil and confining it with ! its banks it would become a imtioiu blessing. A larue portion of westur produce and exports would seek th gulf by water , at rates which woul leave the producers some uduqu.ito ru turn for their labor. Oaroful ofttimnteH plnco the annua siivim ; tn the west , iilouu , through th opening of thu Mijiinsippi and Mis souri rivers to snfo mwigntion , n $100,000,000 annuiilly. I'lio stimuli ! which such improvement of the groa natural highways would give to pri duction ahmu its banks is simply beyond yond calculation , OWKOI.A , Nob. , Nov. L'O , 1881. To the Kdlt. r of Tin : HFK ; Will you bo so kind as to ox plain , through the columns of TIIK BKK , how "Kentucky , with 70,000 domo- cratio majority , casts twenty-four votes in the national republican con vention , while Iowa , with 70,000 re publican majority , is only entitled to twenty-two votes , " as you state in an editorial paragraph of the 10th inst. Miw , AHA M , HITTUNIIKNDKU. The Representation in the imtumnl conventions ol all parties is based on the votes to which each slate is enti tled in the electoral college. Tn the election of presidents each state casts two voten for the state at largo for her two members of the United States senate , and one vote for each member of the lower houso. In the national conventions ouch state [ s 'A. , . ' ' ± 0 JJ.i represented by two delegates fir ever ; elector to which such state is entitled In tlio latf ntition.il republican enn vonlion the bails of n-prc.iontnti i wn.i for cncli utafo four delegatcs-nt large nnd two delegates from end cniigrcnsioiinl disti/ct. KontuckyV delegation consisted of twenty-foil mcmhorH , bccauno tlmt state luia toi congressmen and was entitled , under tlm call , to four dolui { to.t largo ii addition to tliu twenty mombora elected on the basis of her eongrcn aionnl rcpri'siiiitation , IOWA IIM nine members of congress , entitling her to eighteen delegate. ' , which with the four ilolujjati'B ' nt huge made up hordclcgiitrnn ot t\vonty-tw < members nt Chicago. Under tliii bnni * of representation no consideration i : liiul us to whether tr/e states nro re ; iublic.in' ' or doTiiocral rs. Status Iflto Kentucky and Mistotiri , which , in o > ery campaign rJ'll np heavy major iliYs iigainit tint repnbllijiMi party , arc given ri grrnier voice in tlio choice of o r prwi'hntiiil cnnduliti's than oUiuiu whuHo etjiully litnvy majorities iiguinst tliu democracy turn the tidu of victory. It was ajrrinsttiiM method od ( f roprcHuiiUtioti thnt THK JIH : protested , ns huiht ; unjtret to the ma jority of the party nnd li rfly t < v work neriotm injury to its 8iicet in rvntion- il enii-.yiigiw thn ngh tlm golertJon of immlidatui not acceptable rot'lugreat iiura 08 republican voter. " . TIIK annual report of flonernl James cnnUitin mncik in- itructivo and intcrei > ting informution ind Home1 , commendable recoc\nu'ndi- ; ion.s. SMUC of tliu Jtconiincndritn'.iis undo by the postmaster jjciwral do lot moot our npprovalY l'V > r instance , .ho poitmiMtor gencrtl recommendtt hu reduction of Huluriii.i of puBtinas- urn in tov/rm and cities of ICMI than 0,000 population and wt increnna of hoBahirie.i wt thu postmasters of Dliil- idolphia , Chicago , St. Louis , Ciiiein- luti , IJontoa , Haltimotu- and Hovoral ithur largo nitiu.i from lf-1,000 to-fT- K)0 ) per iiiinuni. As n matter of fact the postiimtor if our smaller IOWIIB a'.u2 citius nara ivery dollar Ihoy get , while the post- naaturtt of the large cititta ore drawing- > ay for wosls done by deputies and iiibordinutus that receive only from. 51,200 to ? : y)00 ) ] ) or nnuuai.f To i-aiao he KidaricH of tluae cinncuru pust- uniturs from § 4,000 to 87,000 would lot improvo- the postal uervicbin ho tusti Postitiaatera of ( Jits-liir o cihoa. ire for thu most part politicians thuU luvoto most of their tinio to other mrsuits , nnd 37,000 n jreur would not it-euro bolter niun tlmuare n < iw willinjj o starve ou $4,000 u yuar. The pcxituuifltor yoncrnl also uagev ongresa to nmko iiu ullowanuo- jhiof howl olorkn of r.iilwiiy mail oer- vice for their necossttyi traveling ex penses. Tlio chief head clurk in the- railway mail service whose headij.uu.rr tors liavo been in Omaha for nioro than five years has travelled u great deal during that puriod , but ho has always been provided with nulroail pusacs. If the government is to pay for such transportation , they ought to iilso deduct from his pay the ex pensu incurred in hiring substitutes forMuin while ho in away on JHiikntii g tours. THK Omaha BHK is fearfully oxer ciaed over the proposed Shoniindoah t Lincoln rnilrnocl as u bnneh of the Wnbush connection. THK J3KB fran ticaliy calls upon the Towa people to do nothing to aid Hio construction of the lino. Linco'n ' Journal. This is not the first time the Jour nal has maliciously misquoted TILP BKK in order to fan thu dying embersjol local prejudice against Omaha. If the Journal had the decency to reprint the articlu which it seeks to magnify into an assault on Lincoln , it wouli demonstrate to whnt bnRonosa envious nodiocrity will resort. Wo can conceive no railroad projccl thnt would in the least check tin growth of Omaha or curtail the circu lation of TIIK BKK. But we hnvi consistently for years opposed tin donation of bonds to railway corpora tions in our utatu , and wo regard thei voting of mortgages on thu home steads of Iowa fin-morn juttt as ohjuc tionablo as wu do any propoaition fo bonded pnhsidii's to r.iilroud.s in Ne brnskn. Having often condumned th prnctico of subsidizing railroads 01 this uido ot the Missouri HO huvu ex ereisud tlioaamu privilege in condemn ing the prnctico on thu other side o thu Missouri. If thia thing can b construed into hostility toward Lin coin let the Jnunntl make thu moat o it. SKNATOU SIIF.KMAN , who in perhap as long headed ns any political leiulu in the country , declared last week an address before the Cincinnal chamber of commeicu that hu couh find no ciuiso for u ( junriel but wee thu democrats and republicans of Urn city. lie knuw of no political issu worthy of thu niiiuu in Ohio. Wlnx is trim politically of Cincinnati ant Ohio is likely to be approximate ! true of other cities and states , and it sociim to be n question whether wu have any longer any political issues on which parties are divided. If not , what keeps them divided , and what is to bo thu Hourcu of their vitality in the future ? Whoa thu "distinctive principles" of thu republican and democratic parties * are spoken of , the roforcnco is rather to the controversies "f Mio past than to quasi " " > " "f pruicnt moment , Their illffiT Dice's groaini ; out of sla very , Rcc .isi" > 'V ' ftufl fec ntructioii v-ore very distfflCt , but thjt-o issues nro settled. It irf w liijiyer pnsiiblo to mnke any conttit on thu oil sec lional line. The- south hua its unset tied jiroWums , sirin | ii ) from Miu prwanco 01 the enfrunelihnd in largj minibers in the * tite of thnf scctitiii , but it is Hvidunt that their Bolutttm mint iiccomplinhed by the souMiora people Un.-msclvofi. While nil th-j oW iwiio that have furinorlt divided the nvo grorrt parties liavo pnjuil nvr\v , gr.i jiroblcMii con- frout thrt cmiHtry that demnnd an arly nnd di'C'.in't'cidutioti ' , TT. rela liom bctwr"'fi t'ia ntcoiiMratioii'i , more r ( it'cially t'ui r.ul'iay monopolies , and tTio people , i vi.it b * settled by milional antlatnto ] > want-i a mtirkut. Shu IICMJ.I n > placv whern ri'tniluri of provi.iioru nnd iiippliu-t f r tlio table c ill be plao- s 'in ' % .h Mlihyc Miipottti n. At pres ent tins pr < lin derived ftom thetjro' ceryniul meattradj htw < ever stiinu- ulud thu- business nnd the public nro ( Ktipollud tr > pay uctorlionatu price.n ortbo ivicefmriof of life. The oom- ) etttion imliicrjd by thfl l ingiii/j / to goth'cr of * number of'retaiJera under n commoni roof would not only prove ofjjbsr ofib i' ' JiDttoriny thoclns of foodd-but alai > in cheapttiriii'/ c ) st o purchasers. Jt woiiKl in addition , icncflb'oup ' ftiriftCTs who could find iv eady tnaket and competing [ > urclia.v m for their furut and dairy pioducts. iooiuiriir luior Oniuha tcust have n larkul and thu mmiuu' in these- times f high prici ) ? , blio butter. IN th9ioauiaigj ( pruciidiu-itho late leciion in- Swift county , Minnesota , ne of the o.mdidatos for district at- ornoy adviaod hiih party tn vote the traight ticket , even thuugh the devil wai on it.Vheit thu ruttirnuf'/rSis- lilo Grnvu > Sv ift eo'inty , were can- assud , thajisto'iil ' , s follows : 'or district itto nov TJia Devil . 7 W district ottnrnny I.V. . Aro.auder C The Devil'N timjoritj . 1 "This , " nays thoSt. . Paul Globe , 'is the firal'instancit ' : where the/ devil terally c.n-iixd an election. ' Tins improvcMimnt of Washington vill early unijaijo tho-ittention of both branches of congreaa. The great inwhea to the southof thu White loti.so , known r.s thu Potomac ilats , which have been an oyu snro and a uisancu to the public health , ever iuco the foundation of thocity. should > o oxtinguishod. It will bo an easy ob to till thum above the level oS the 'otomao to prevent overil > w and then o convert them into a. public gjvrdon. J'lWT MASTRltGRNKSAI. JAMUS who ntunds to retire from public life with- n a few wouka. closest Ilia antmu.1 re- wrt with n powerful ! plea foe civil ervico reform * Bvorv time u. polit- cul leader rutires t9 > privuto life , he eaves civil service rvforn : .19 rv prvc- oua legney Basint - M Lnl.ti iril > ne. Mr. Joseph Nimtiis , Jr r tup < irt on tiilroaila in , chief nt the Bureau of statistics. Ho diseovorn that frviuht att'.s luwubueu uiadually reduced , with increasing businois , from. 177- 10 cents pur ton per mile to 1U 7-10 rents , and recommends tbatacouimis- Hion of experts bo appointed to invea- : igatu the subject o railroad transpor- ation. This is thu old story. The wheat crop of th west , nuUbly of Dakota , has. increased by iniiliuns of tons dining the post four yearn. Thu crop was , of course , far from the iw--a- board , and to move it at all tliu very lowest special rates were given. Tlii , idded to other buaiuusx of the roadu , greatly increased the tonnauo and of coursu cut down thoavoragu ratcn , but it is very doubtful if uny ruductionn have been mndu on the regular height bills of the various roads. The nppoiuting of a commission of uxpurtx has been tried over und ovur , nnd al- waya with one result. Thu ruoMoning has been started from the b.-uiit that thu ownera or mun.igorn of nulroadii nro entitled , like the ordinary bimint- man , to make all that m poemblo out if their property. So long a that idea is idliurtd to thu wiongn of rail roadmg uill continuu. A murclmnl has a light to givu n hiiit of clotlm to onu mini and to clinigu u duubln pricu to another mini if hu pluuncs : bvcumiu if a man please * not to tr.idu with onu munhnnt tiioru uro plenty of others to apply to. liut a railroad company him no right to haul freights at half ratios to one man and to charge full latet to another ; because that jtursuud for n year must result in the making of onu man rieh and in thu insolvuiuy of tli othur. Railroads aru common car- rioia , they receive extraordinary riglita nnd priv ilo esn simpUed contract biixlH them to deal with exact impartiality with every mun in the community. . This goes to thu quest ion of discrimi nation only. Then thuro is n quui , tion of profits. Each State hna a ratu of legal interest of its own. In many States to charge morn than the lega rate is to lese both interest nnd prin cipal. That ia , if a banker h s his own gold in his bank , the law says ho shall not take advantage of thu nocen Mtiea of his follow men to charge i rate of interest which experionci proves no business will pay. Hu thuru is practically no restraint upoi railways which are n necessity und which every man alike must nntroni/.e A company can build a road , the act tu il cost of which ia $30,000 a milo nnd by contracts within their own or truniz.it ion make it appear that it cos § 00,000 , pur mile. Then they cai mortgage that road for 840,000 pu milu , can vote extravagant salaries t ( otlicers , and moke the public pay nl thn oxiu'iisos nnd interest ou throe and ono.thinl timoa the cost. In ndditioi W ' .t > / Y- . I . they soniptimcs water the stock , whicl doub 01 ihu whole ostensible capital and interest ( throuyli fares nnd freights is vxnulbd f r the \\holu Mtcal , Th result , is ( hut thoiiyh railroads hnvu been u power in tliu land only nbout n scor of > ears , to-dav there are tei rai rind men in the Union vtho h-ivo mom power than the ( Jovornnieiit it self , h-scniuo a pnrt of their rovunuu has hern for years nut ( widu for the , solo purpose of keepinjr elF hostile leg i lati m ontil Conja-ess is so com mi ted Dmt any 1 gislation ii the intrrnt of tlio pooplu wan imposOTbility. It is on gfoiinds public policy that bankers are re uteiined fromchitruing ejtwssivo in t jest to people who ( Feaire loans. LSuS M < fur no vrvll orgam/fd attempt linn been ninduto reduce the profits of tfiilroads to a small percentage. Hy nn occult cl tjfiification of freights the haRt of the pi-ifita of nil thetoilois of the country i turned over to tliu railroad' ' companies- bnlud oat hay is worth1 in timrki I two dollins per ton iiinro than bnled tltnnthy hay , thu milroiid nr us just two il.illara moru per ton W Imulinjs timiithy hay. Krnnni conj coits jnstax much more to movu b } ' ! ! ) ! ! ! ! than ordinary cojjias ordinary corn i.-i worth , le s per tun tliiin broom uorii. and R < > itgoes. And what n the Ufof more commissions. Huvu thuy n&t tried unaugh ? There should bo n certain charje permittefl bo railroad compmius foro-irrying psn- senaers , so nutoli per mHo , whether the distance is MIO milo orfc tliousnnd : ; liu same should1 be the ru'V on freight ) vith the ndditicnal clinvge of from * Aventy-livo to frfiy cents per ten fet < iVvlitr ntio nnloi Ung cnrs. Discrim-- nntioi ) bliould ho snudo a penitentinry ) ( runau. Thcso provisions would help- hK1 pre ent .situation but wsuld nut cnro the evils That euro will when the Government du - ) liouten all through roads nitd runs hem iiu thu inhjresita of the pwple ns ho INistnflicu Dupirfnient in now run , vilhJinnly such chirges ns will pay muni ) expuntcs and1 repairs , localise railriiHiT millionaires nro already n nunaco to free iustiSitioHH , n-xl the counkfy will not stand it to have many nero of them crentcd. Th. nkslvlnB..1881. | icnrerTHbtino. , & * t Mrfroli i.iy mine nuncKl outafrr.nd .Nfy vf'ri eloped in Atay \ . fiti ; bm o-ixit and bur. ed my barnu And all' thu stuck of h.vi ; 'he hoppers cleaned my cnrdcn out Jlv co\v tx Ht wick nnd diiil . 'I o li'irncH got the | tluk-oyo ad And drtipiied nn uvcry uid > 'h - banketiRp ndetl all at onee Tlie runt pot * > n the rye X cjc'ono-toro- whe.it fielJ ui And nil 'the wells went dry ; 'he c icI.'CTis-citfceued with t' ' e pip The hirsd girl ran on" ? ! ii- chili lren-i > u - by one to k down With iroupi.tntl whooping cough. And yet , dwpite thi * luck , I vnot Dow n lo lie grocery tore An' ' I for a turltay goi bier p .id Tim List t v < > dollaro'ur. . tlmugh I'd kind o' c lfbrate Th nlcH.ivinK ' | K > n my word A tiamp broke ID thu image liw'J night And stole Hie plaguey b nl. Some BotAsaaobiwatta Statistic * . The assessment of the state cf > Miipsacliiiautts for state , town.counter ; and poll tares for 1881 , shows semis facts that must bo of considor.-i.bli > interest to * people elsowhoro. The total valuation ! of personal property is < $408,274,140 ! real eatute , $1,149,905 , ' 827 - aygreene , 81,018,239,070. ' This- is a gain of $03,483,000 or nearly 4 per cent , ever the year 3880 ; but it tails 11 G per cent short of the total of 1875. Boston's share this year ia : Personal-property , 8210,15,5/07" / real estate , $455 > 388i < ! 00 ; toliil SGC5,6S4r , 597jor40.4 per cent of the whole taxable valna of the state. The popu lation of Beaten is but 20.2 per cent of that of thu whole state. So , with a very auulll fraction above one-fifths of the population , Boston pays a. simill fraction more than two-fifths of the taxes. The total vote of Massa chusetts at fciio hint presidential elec tion was 282,512 ; but the assessors tbiH year return 409,207 persons liablo- to poll-tax ; , of these 99,000 are for Boston , thouyh the total vote of that city hutt year was but 57,000. The average per cent of tuxes- this year fop alt purposes is § 1 47-7 . "on ths 9100. Thu total taxes for all purposes are 24,120,245. An the state tax last year waa below $5,000,000 , and is-lees- thin year , , the city and town toxus rnako up tuiarly four-fifths of thawhola amount. The following towns and cities aio ( axed [ is ahown opposite their.mimoou the 100 : 1'jkx luvy. nn , on tlio 3100 $1 3'J Jaivcr . 505 WoLuru . 1 50 Dudley . 1 'Jl Kite bnrj ; . 1 80 VVorciMter . 108 Jreat lUnington . 9- TaiinVjii . 1 filj ! | i.uc rt ( < ; r . 1 80 ! < iiwrenco . 1 ( > 0 Ii/nii . 1 74 saloui . 1 30 Saiifiw . 1 70 SprlnKfiulil . I 2- | ( ' .mihrlilgu . 1 ( iO J.ow ll . 1 57 ilu . 1 05 The number of polls nesuHsed ( $2 each ) is this junr 1 ,401 greater than m 1K75. Thu monuy on hand taxable , including bank deposits , is ? 19j > 27- \iW \ ; and public stocks , and secuiities , SU.'lUJi,585 ( ; Atnukholdurs in corpora- liona outfide of the state , $5S,4i3- ! ! 0iG. ; Thu total urea of iMiiss.xchnsutt.H -1,992,000 acres , nnd the aesessora this year return on their tax list 4- , 187,709 acres , or 90 per cent. The gain in thu number of dwelling-houses from May , 1880 , to May , 1881 , wiia 4035 , in hordes 3912 , in sheep 1U5U , but n loss of 8115 cows , The taxes for nil purposes in 1881 are less by $140 , 000 than in 1880 , and loss by 814U , 000 than in 1875 , Tno returns of total valuation from the fourteen counties of the state are us follows : Total V hies. llnriibtul.lo . . * ia,6S5l ! J KrUtol . 103'JIHM7 Dukw . 31K,7 ! ) H K.SSUX . 202-lit,42i : ; Fnmklyn . 10,808,5011 IIuuiiMhira . 25,28' > 174I Kuntuck . a.WS.ISi . Norfolk . 89,421,000 , I'lyuumth. . . . . 41 , 597,800 Suffolk ( Urtiton ) . 085,321,12.1i , 131,05 1,438 Total lH8,539tf70 Ilo.NKY AT Wll.LI.VM GENTLEMAN'S. n21-at " ' * . - - , . * POLlTIOAli NOTE3S. lioston ha * A tfty tlection on Icemb r nth , The ImjlcatloiH M > e th.it fimnr ! will b returncd to the Sen la from .Mi l . . . . Hoa of ' .iMaoliiiietts Ii nl- ready mentioned M hi * own successor In I COO , The new Mai-nch Bettfi Legislature will inrliidBt lenst r.inephrHlc ! iu-/our from H iston. Thu UiMton republican | iapcr a n-e that Ur .Samuel Green , city phy.Wan , is the niiui for mayor. _ In Tmli.jim , the Keiinblicano of tlie Leg- i lntitrc wi 1 fflro ite.l . a u sup ori l < < ( Jo love S. Orth f ( - the 8penkerslii | . , r .I'lliyrr1crn ? ' ! ! tle ! Senite frcm Vlr- cini.ll Jho Lntf Nh Inn imuc Ii quite fee- Me thl * evening. - [ A l.inta Constitntkin. H'liublirans of tlie First Ithode 1M m in t-let hiiro nomlnat-d Cnl. H nry ,1. bimmey fur Cot ie-f. He will I o ek-ct ed , and willmuke nn able nnd hone tvp He. ryOalwtLfHl.-t , one of he editors of tlitJSortli Amurio n Review , was d * . f nt u' for tlir .State Heimta in lh hssex diUrict tii M , n"n.-lniM > tU , The din- tnut hn ttken too inntry doiMiif Iutlcrtc ! nj > luciiiten rt'foun cn-f LodR . . . . . , . . - , io > "Ilnlf-bu-eiV Ktio .vnthmgfi , " mnl tlie like , haxo nlwuyiibtviia wimlrrto ( Virrluiiern , lint when a poitv i-niS itsi-U the" "Winter- lliuruika dwcrkftbiiTHchctiverwarti-ij . p rty : n Swltzer and rtti. ! < , it i cit O'H breath m > .y. Fivolllinors licpuMle.inn J candidate- ) 'or D vi I DiiviH'hent in tlie T"ni ctl Statoi Hunntou-hcn iH tune csplrvH In 1883i * : C. 15. Kar el ! , ( Jeiu-rnl T. .1. H ntUs-son , uier.Uteen. ! . 15. Itnumf Oenoral .Tnlin I. .iiKuer , nnd O Vfrnon S. M. Ciilloin. KOIIO of them can more than Inilf Hll it. .T. M. Hniiiev , the colored e"j-e iigre H- -nun from South fnrnlinii nnd wall known n N w JCiiK'liitid , liacli.imi for tlie.lico | > < clerk ol the Itouse of lle russatutive-1 , and a diepiMiti"n 16 imsh thum. He was loininatcd by thorcpul'li ' aim of thts .Kith Sm rt-ds wlie-i the. were in' the minority. Mr. Jliiin y now nslts the more subslantial ncioi-H. incut of cleciin . Semtnr Vborhcea tif I tltftnais itirrint ; ip hla br thei dcir.ocr.its a irood deal on < ie 'tarilF for revcnuu'1 drtctrin ? . Hu aidin.-ircu n interview : 'The mmvic- ioo , false or true , that our party favor ti I r de blazed tlirn > rli Indian ike a et. The poiyon' of thnt f"olii& . nil te re ° olntion exfoll ite < l like the leases of tri e ull over tbi K at - . " ' If the consent of Tovas conld bo ob- nined , fcnir morn stiit s could I e ndd l to lie union , a d the senate conld bo rein- wend with eifilit deino'nulo soiuitorH. Jut twowioiijt * do u t nmkc a riihtr and t ihec'inst-nt of Te.\u weie obtttlneit for ucli a div slon of her territoiy , the im- lolioy of fuiriiik' new atates int ( > < the union or solely political iUriusc8 | wouldirenuiin XM indisii | ) a > lo fact. Such iv p Hey HU- urli3-the liidance of olitioal - puver with- ut any adeqn to cause , putting into the mndti of uin 11 and indilfcreut couitnuui- ; ies the decision of mm tors of the largeat notn nt. fWasliinyton ata' ( Kep ) , . PERSONALITIES. Kate Claxton is now-performing ti > a cry small audieni-e. It's girl. Mtirie Coloinbier ( whoniidn'twritoBer - laint's.bofjk ) is fat nnd forty , Allan G. Thtirman wH J > actico- law at yolumbuti until his country calUmain. . It may have been notioeil tint the latest rank , J.I I ward Welles , parts hu name n tlio middle. Mun in , the bigaiuauKand foiger , h < m > een.ac. . d in the lioe < iuuartuient. of the iuhiuoDil peuiten i.iry "Lss * there is to bo a tratiwit od Venus n 882. K-cp a fronn.seat forv me. " " ' Oecay Wilde , the nj-thatic poet , , was a tupid boy at college , He ia. now a gorgeous uiui.ia ily , and utterly tun too. Oliver Wendell Holmes ha.i u.n ik > diouM voice. He in fond of noticiuK how En- ialnu.B pronounce certain' words. Mrs. . Zcldii Seguin Wallace willi not re- .oriir io the Blage b _ . t will dev < ate her p endhl voice to Boothin herbaby. . Mr , .iMncs Gordon Bennett has g. DC tu Eur jj * . \\hitelaw K id. M . Iro- ) Uni8i Ijorillard , und Mr. Foxhall Ketno lie a ! o tbere. M IM Kiniua Graf ton , .oi Hlioile Island , was kidnapped by her lover last week. If irre-ted the man will piobably , be tried or embezzlement. "Mr. MacVeagh" The non -you refer ois "Kiss Me , L..ve ; Jieforoye I'art. " n singing it under 1'residtnti Arthu 'a window i c sure to waar a helmet. A well- blown lx > o jack ia dangerous. The name of Kosuue Conkling appears n four-inch black letters i n th doors of < IUHIH 2-1 and 25 in the Bunk. of. Commerce miltting at Nassau and Cedar streets , New York. That is Us new law of See. .Jugde Cox , befoie whom Guitea'i is be- ng tried , i a man who e fago indicates tr mth of chaiacter. Ho h , nlceeu gr y yes , an iKpiilinu uuse and a firm mouth. Hew urea he vy mousUclie and goatee. Col. William A. Cook , who. is called the 'aggeessive man" on tde iuve. nnient'u kle in the star route , trial , enterwl the . 'eunxylvania letiaaturc ] when heVUH 21 years of a e. lla was tbea a deuuxiiut nod a 1 cat preacher m til * Methodist church. Eini > enr William. U onaiplaiiunt ; be cause his emliu iutio & ale admirers .hrtiw . bouquela nt him o.itfckleau y when ever he apDu w in. . public. On seveial oci cauions ho has ad thu aktn of his royal lose knocked nn * by the fbo of the adu.ir- ng sweets bcowed. . A numbo of. governors wo re ueig other day at Atlanta , Co. G verne of l'emi ylviuiia , wuigiud2'l8M } ] > uml rnor ltjel ! ( w , of Coiuisetifjut. 18Ji ( ; G v- rnor Colaot e , of Georgia. , 17C ; Goveniojp Inc. burn , o4 Kentucky , -23J , nml Gov- nior Vance , of Nort Cuvolinu , 303. Ikick I'omeroy , it iti Huld , is ai'ain ntrim- led in Den yet- . Tuiiye.u-H ngo he l.intltd n Dcnvar witli leaj than $2 , nnd in le-s liau or.a year tlit-n-iifLcr ho had an inv iuo M tliu salrn of ininliii , ' block of fully $10- 00 iiaily I'VKxently his daily mail rougUt him fro . $ ln,000 to $ > 0,000j 11 if thu m ney h&x ionu into inineH except hut which Iiu hai rawn in liis xxtrava- Kant operaiohs , Pouter Y , h wevtir , has iicccvdQil in pliciiiK himself it the hc.ui if whnt is called tlm A lantlc & Pacific Tunnel coiiijta.i > \ , and thi-i entetprire , it is t , will Liofi ro another yuar place his fuot again. Liquid Gold. Dnn'l I'lauk , of lirtioklyn. TIt ga county , Pa. , doneribes it thus : " 1 rode thirty ail es for a. bottle of TIIOMAH' KCLKCTIUO Oil. which elffcted the wundtfrful euro of a crooSvVtl limb in ix upplicatiuiu ; it proved worth more than ga\A \ to me. " 17eodlw FREE OF COST. DM. KINII'H NEW DISUOVEUY for Oonaumption , Gouglio nnd Colda Asthma lirnucliitls , etc. , is givun away in trial bottloa free of coat to the iiUlictcd , If you liavo u bud couyh , cold , difficulty of breathing , hoaraenoBs or any nllbction of tliu throat or lungs by all means give thia wonderful romcdy a trial. As ymi valno your existence you cannot ufl'ord tn lot this opjiortunity piiss. ru could not atl'ord , and would not give this romudy nwny unless wo know it would accompliuh what wo claim for it , Thousands of hopeless cise8 hnvo nlready been completely cured by it. There is no medicine- the world that will euro one half the discs tlmt Dn. KINQ'H NKW DISCOVERY will euro. For sulo by 0) ) TSII iv MoMAHON , Omaha. BOYD'S OPERA HOUSE JAMK-JK. I1OVD , I'roprlfor. 11. L. IIAH'II , Uunlncis Munixijcr. FOR ONE WttEK ONLY. C"lommo"ciQB1 Monday , Nov. Bl. Grand Mntlnee Thanksgiving Day nnd Saturday. tss / 1 APT1J HIS ( IKANU COJ1IIINA Ml s MUchall , Chlrroy.ii ; Al. Kim , -an , Vcntrl- lonuUt ! K niik Inwton , Comuliin ; I'n < vickoiy , dele rir.nltt ; i. II Murkn Siiccnlt. ' ' K'cgixr.t ' | > reicnt > given a nj nt cncn vertorm ante Alnil : oti , only Kc , 3Bc owl 10 . No' cxlr fofrt-iK.-roJi n < s scenrnl nt llox 0 , 1't ' * . _ _ _ . . . _ _ nnau-oillw United1 Stares Depository Mation lEank OK OM/rHAl- - Cor. l&rlv Ol.a-C.ST iA.\tllNiJ : KaVAnURtMIXN ! OMAHAt TO KOUNTZf fMKBTMl R8. ) " CAPITAL AND FUVrTSOViar1 l 9OC > OtQ ) orm r.t > > ji f > Min ii n. W. W.A. A. J. I'aiTjaror , Juil.S ' . ' / . * F. ' . : tmxi > < - > uu iii'mr > i ; inrnvt. . Drawsdralta on Saw S'/anclncn and iirliiiMr > lti < ol the United Stt oi , lso Lei on , DuMln- Mlulmrthtiml fir prlacijitil dtk-f nt tliocontl i' lit of Uurnpc. Selln | * > < mger tickets lor cinlirant by the In mm line nnvi i Th Olcleeit IN NEBRASKA , Caldwsli , Hairi&on i Uoslnoua tiamvctud KVUW w that ol in ( near ranted cjnki Acconnl i.k > ID curtu MJir old cihjtcli * Icht chc-ck without notice Certificate * of Jupoelt Dic ti yklile L-I thrjo , . ii anil iw&te months , j- rlc 1'ilcnnrOD ! oniAtid n-.bbou ] Intorcat. Advanccfl m-wlo to custom - "v . > RI-OII nppm"v ocau Itics nt rr. riteii nxr of Inti T - tiuy and. wl > ff ' < li b'Ha ' W exchange , uu-iit , BtnX county and city blew ! * . Draw siht .Irafts on Kuljrt-d. Ttel c 4i and , nnd all- part of Ki\rojw- Scll Elcopuan'futfiogi ; tkkan. COLLECTIONS I'nOSHTI.V MADK MASTER'S-BALE. In the Croult Court of the VtilML States to'tha * Wistricfof Nebraska : New K rcUi'd Mortgage J Secuiii ) i ompiuiy ) \s. J-IN GFTANCERY. Martha A4.Conndand | } ' George. P. Connd \ Pulilic notli-s bi lioicby .girvnr.t . nd by virtue ol n decree cr.tmwl In ihobovo - caiuo. OBI 1 he Smi day of 3ci > lembcr , 2881 , * I , . JLL13 L. Wi-UBOWK. Hpcfial llastcr-i In chance' ? inid ! Court. Vfi'.lA1" tr < c Cth-iIay.OW December , ! Mtf at the hour of 3 o'clock ia > the nflcmnon of.th aii d y , at thai vest door of bo Unltidsfc\lea : Court HOHO ; and Pont ( Hllce. mildlnt , ' , in the Cityol r Irica'o ; LincastezOeun. y , -tateaiid nUtrict.cf Ntbia-sfca , nil ot auc- lo'i * h follow iu UcscriLuI inopurty , to- wit : 1 k .aiorlb > 8 t quarter ot ntction numbcredi trn iiOln ) townthlp num'cMt ) thirty (33) 'Mid ' ( ng < | iuimbetiJ : lx (0) ) ea-t , la thu County ot ELMS I . BIERBOWEK , Special ia ttr In Cham try. 1) . Q. lluu. , Soliiltor for Cot plalna.nt. irlwit' Bend fAt.-outi 1 New Illustra ted rrico-List. No. 3CV , for- FallantLWin- . of 1881. Free toany nddrcs.1. Gon-- taina full description of-oM kituls of fiocxla. 'OK perscnal nnd family use. W < i deaL directly with the consumer , nnd. sell all ; oods in any quantity -Aofcso/0 / prices. Yuu can bnjr better and.cheapeivthan.at ; Home. 3IONTGOMERT1VAR& & C0 227 and 22U WabasU'Avcnue.Gliicngo.llL / , . * - , , Sx f\\ M' * V-\ - / 'N . jr j'.e- \ / la r P Sfe fr t : UWi-A Wind Mills. Culiivatori & Com stalk Culers | > Marseilles M'fg. ' Co , Jo as-wn 70 JOHN CONNOn. OMAIU , Nn. , Oct. 2Sth. 1881. 1 DOfOL-tS C'OUNTV. ) You orohareby notified that Ui.xtcr L.Thoma mrcliaicd Kt the county trioMircr'n utlite. on thu ith dnyof Juno. 1879 , at prunto nalo. 'Iho lol- oulnt ; parcel of land ( or taxes of 1677 , for clirht lollaruunJ niiict\-eii | t cents ( 8b6) ) , nnd tjs ! id Dexter L , Thornis ha tr referred uaid cai- incnte ot role to William Connor for the um of ten dollirn und t euty-tlirco cents ( * 10 23) ) . Dti- crljitlon of i > rnpcrt > ( to-wit : Coniniinc IIL' 10.27 halns Kof SNVt-orncrofbKl , thencu X 3.1UI halna , thence KS.lCJilialns.ilioncea lOlcJialna henc Wil : \ thaiiK , to i > ! ttct ) of ln'k'lHi.Jnu' . In 8 W ofa Ubeciloii Ko. Ib , jam , ' " 16 , 13 , < v tali | . nt ; 0.10 acru That ( will ml.u out u taxdcod In hrei mouths from datu ol Hilt notice. n2 at * - CAEPET HOUSE 1 -OF- J. B. DETWILER , 1313 Farnham 81. , OMAHA , NED. Hat a reduced prlct and are now tA jui. i : Ui Body UrusMeU , 1.2S to W.lO : Ifait 1W i t lirutMtds , 81.00 totl.Sfi ; n < .nts-ply ( hrti < ic , jl.l to 91.10 ; Ikbt liifraln , t-Oo to 41.IS ; Qiiua | ) In * Kmln , Sic to 06c , Mattings , Oil Cloth and Widow Shades at Lowest Market Prices Largest St ck iwid Lowest Prices ,