PUB OMAHA DAILY BEE : TuUESDAY , NOVEMBER 24 1881
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E. HOSEWATElt , Editor.
Kdwlu J3vin , Mnunjier of City
Circulation.
Jolm IT. Ticrco U In Charire of the
Clrcintlmi of Till : DAILY lin ! :
, T. I ) . ( : hninlerlaii ) correspondent mic
nollcitur.
\Vell , wo nhouh :
the ciiiiiint ; ycnr No
will bo a political sttinn contra
THE various railroads of the Unitct
'iifty wn 'ca to 8(50,000 ( jxjopl
and receive toll from from 49,000,000.
fiotn.n is aaid to hnvo "dropped
$8,000,000 the other day in New
York. A large drop
; bucket.
.AnoUT forty congrcsstnon nro alrculy
m the ground at Washington , wrent-
ling manfully with f Jiu ndviinoo gua
of the gr.-inJ army of lobyisls.
TUB proprietor < if the London Daily
Teftymph has purchased the Duke of
WeBtminslor'H estate for 81,000,000.
"Wealthy editors are not confined to
Nebraska.
II Klin SCHOTT , Iho colobratnd Oor
111 mi toner , ia coming to thin country
to sing. If Mr. Sihott follo H Patti'a
ncalo of pricca in hia concortn ho ia
not likuly to bring down very much
Ax indictment hat buon found by
iho Vmtod States ( 'rand jury , now in
session in thia city , agninst ono of tliu
stnr roti I o HU'iiidlcr.n , It romaiim to
bo BOOH , howovur , whether ho can bo
convicted.
TJI tiino in approaching tvhon
Omaha liquor dcalcra will hnvo to put
up or shut up. Mayor 33oyd will
shortly issue hia proclumationrolativo
t : > tlio applications for licenses under
the Blocumb Jaw.
.luiHiB AI.I'IIOU.SB TAKT haa reached
the national o.tpital . mid it is current .
ly ropurtod thnt ho would not object
to becoming the nuccosRor of Mo-
Vcagh in Prosidcnt Arthur'H cabi
net. Judge Tuft luiilH from Ohio. )
ST. Lotus ia making strong efforts
l < i retain the grain trndu which rail
road extension and the river route is
wringing to her doom Her present
olavator capacity ia 10,000,000 , bushels
and by July of next yo. r it will bo in
creased to iJ,000,000 : buahda.
Tan salary of n Notr York Aider-
mini is $2,000 a yuan The Chicago
nldormitn guts no balary , but wears the
biggest bruiatpin. The Omaha alder *
man only get } 8200 a yi'.ir , but salary <
IB not so much an ubjeob aa free
lunchea and tickets to the eiruua.
NHIIUVKKA will elect no nullify grab ly
bers to cither houno of congroas next
year. Loiut of all , slio will never is
ngain bo misreproientfd by the tall
bass-wood from West I'.iint , who lob
bied $ l,8t)0 back pay through the
legialaluro for himself for services ho
never rendered.
sue
Ouu KiuuaH ( ! ity neighbors who
bavo been groaning over the condi
tion of tlit-ir strtioU
arc now congratu
lating thoniHolves Hint Omaha lends
them in mud. Says tliu ICittiBiui City
Journal :
Oimihii ha ? tlio worst at roe'.a of any
city in the west. Wo thought thoao
of Kansas City wnro h.td enouph , but
those who have visitml Omaha assure
us that o\m nro delightfully clean
compared with theirs.
ICanaan City ia paved with mucadiim.
GUITKAU is still acting hl.s part as A
confirmed lunatic. After the solitary
horseman had tired hia pistol nt
Guiteau , Olllcnr Kdolin , who had on
fluitoau in charge , nnul ;
"Jlu wa nuful glad to get back to
the jail , I pni'.M. Do you know , gen
tlemen , " continued tliu Ullcor , ' that the
I wnrnod him Huainat tilts last Thurs
day'Ho / promibi-d iiu going down to
couit thut day not to cut up ngain ,
mid wlion he boyaii to make n noise I of
pulled him biwk in liis seat. Whiyi tion
wu got into the miiraliurs room nt recess - Iho
cess , iaaid to Guitcuu : 'What did
you iiromiso mo iibout not making any
noise in court ? You uro getting the is
jicoph- all down on you , ' And he If
aiu in ruply ; 'Don't make any inia-
Uko. I'm influencing the public mind
in my hohidf. There's not man in o
the court room that hoard mo to-day h
but will bcliuro that fm innnt. ' "
THANKSGIVI fU.
The Puritan father * when they in-
stilntcd "Thanksciving day" intend ,
cd to combine in it's "bservnnco the
features of a religious least and a seen
lur festival. Kor over two centuries
Thankfligiving h.in been the jjreat '
England holidaj- , dividing with "Past
l ) y" the IIOIIOM of universal obscr
vance and n general nuspuiision ol
buiincss. What Christmas was tc
England , and "Now Years' to the
New York descendant \Voultr Vai
Twillerin Xow Amsterdam , Thanlis
yivinj ; tip to recent times has hcuu ti
New Knglnnd. ] t was the day o
family reiinionu over the nnxiking tur
key nnd thu Bli'-uniiiK jiumpkit
pie , .to which all sat down witl
appetites welted by a two hours tor
inoti at the old meeting lionet ) . L
addition t > > this it was the "harvest
home" of old England a day for unit
nil ; congratulntioiiB over botintuoUN
crops and averted dangers from tin.
Indians.
Among thii many "Now England
idoi " which have been adopted by the
nation "Thanksgiving" is by nojneana
thu least important. Other utatos
throughout the north early in the
present century followed the lead of
JfnsHaclmaoUs and her sistura but it
wan not until 1802 tltot1 Prenidont
IJncoln inaiic'd the Jint proclamiition.
calling for the observance of a na
tional thiinkHgiving and fixing the
time for the fourth Thursday in No
vcmber , n date which haa since been
followed by his succensofH. Fallinj ,
thus late into Iho train of imtionn
holidays , Thanksgiving IUIH taken itn
jilace with "Christmas'1 and "Inde
pendence Diy" in ( ho public esteem.
It is thu national "harvest home , "
the annivonury when the nation turns
the pages of the year's record and
niarki the iirojjruiH of HN material
prosjiorily and duvelopmeiit.
The Tlniiikfigiving of 1881 is cloud
ed with the almdotv of a nation's ' loss
Thu chief magistrate whoso high am <
bition and noble character had won
for him the confidence of the w inlo
people has been removed from the
scene by the hand of an iiasus.iin I'.nt
the country to-day can utter uu
thunkn thut hia removal and the
change in the government were
Peeled without anarchy and \ulliout
confusion. It , iniiht over bo a soittco
of congratulation to the republic that
undnr no Buvoro a strain our national
institutions bore witness to the nolid
foundation on which they were er
ected and to the remarkable conservatism
vatism and patriotism of the people
> y whom thov are supported.
The harvests throughout the coun
try this aciuion have not equalled
hose of last year. Still Iho protluo-
ng claws uro on the whole bettor elF
than with the heavy harvests of 1880
and the comparatively low prices
vhich then prevailed. Every line of
rado is prosperous and industry
hews no signs of flagging Labor ia
n native demand and wages are gen
erally remunerative. The relations of [
c.ipital and labor have never been
nero friendly than during the present
rear , and the future indicatei a con-
inuaneu of the prcuent prosperity.
ur nation In at peace with every gov-
erninontjUiid evidences of international
riondahip have been called forth
without number by the country's sorrow
row of eight weeks ago ,
Omaha can bo thankful fora mini-
jur of public improvements inaugu
rated or brought to completion dur of
ing thu past year. H r waterworks >
and aoivoriigo system , a magnificent
opera IIOUHC. Two hotels are not the
east of thcsu mid should certainly
give each ono of our cituuiw a thor
ough relish for hia Thanksgiving tur-
ey.
NIMMO'S REPORT.
Mr. J. Merrill n Pennsylvania dol-
eguto it the TarifTconvention recent
held in Chicago , made thu stato-
mcnt that the coat of transportation
and always will bo independent of
the cat of railroad count ruction und
icrvice. This remark strikes at the
root of the
Tory transportation ques-
ation , and is interesting in connection
with the light thrown on this great is
by Mr. Nimmo'a
censim ropori , on
railroads and their relations to the m
country. Mr. Nimmo'a figures which
have been grei tly distorted by
monopoly organs show that the cost of
traunporiation foil from $1.77 per ton
perniiloinl873 , togl.OO in 1880 , a [ '
decrease of [ 15.5 per cent. This
marked dwcreaso Mr Nimmo frankly
confesses has not been the willing concession -
cession of the railroads to publio in
terest , or n voluntary conttilmtion to
their patrom. They Iwo resulted
largely from improvi'd methods of con
struction and equipment , and a better
knowledge of the rnilrond buaineBi.
Thus the changes in modea of service
railrondslmvo enabled leas capital to '
construct now roads and come into
competition for trade. Of the o
chiingBs by far the most important in j nil
increase in average loads taken by I vc
freight trains , With given expends '
fororgmiiwtion , debt , care and repair j ir
track and futures , and hire of sta ' do
Imiiib , the principal increase in nut
cost of tramportation , when u
railroad doubles itj freight movement , ' mi
in the engine , ita hands and ita fuel. pi
every engine on A railroad cau bo
with a certain supply of fuel ,
dniw A larger average load
rough the ycnr , the cost of
raniporUtion per Ion will thereby
bo greatly diminished. In 1872-
73 the average train lo d for
freight wan only 7.07 tona , but it has
increased nlmost every year , and in
1879-80 was 178.01 tons agniu of 81
per cent. U.onco the avorngo charge
for hauling n tr in load of freight ono
mile h incronBed from $1.5" in
3 to $1.01 In 187-80. ! ) In
fact , the railroads rcccivod higher pny
per train load moved in 187l-'flOthan !
in any previous year , Lecauao ol
their remarkable sucoa'H in increasing
the avenge ntitnuor of tons drawn by
ench 'tigino. It wdl readily bo seen
how charged are r.ffdCted by cost of
service and how badly Mr. Jlorrill's
remarks stand the test of actual
ntntistics ,
Uiit by far the most valuable portion
tion of Mr. Nimmo's report is that
devoted to Ins conchuions , drawn
from a study of the relation : ! of the
fir
railroads and thu people , This part
haa been very genorilly suppressed by
the monopoly organs as irrelevant
to the Btibjecl. Mr. Nimmo claims
that the government must intervene
for the remedy of undeniable evil :
connected with the present system oi
permitting thu railroads to regulate
tlieir own rates. JIo n.ays ,
ntnl ] with perfect truth , that
the ( j natural workings of the
jhi
law of nupply and demand are inmif
hifii
fieiont to regulate the difiiciilty bo
fiic
catuo ; no nuch n thing as iree and fair
competition is possible under the
. , , of railroad
present systoin manage'
inunt. Ho advises national lm\fi requiring
quiring nil rates to bo made public
and impartial and not to bo changed
niw
without due and general notice
and obliging railroad companicM to
furnish cars to shippers equitably. In
addition , ho considers that such laws
niall
should forbid preferences to ono ship
per over another in the facilities given
for prompt and speedy transportation.
In conclusion Mr. Niniino believes
that the railroads are the creatures of
the public and must transact their
functions with "direct accountability
to ] the people" which brought them
into existence.
WHY WE ARE THANKFUL.
JJcc.niBU coal is not $ f > 0 a ton nnd
cnn bo procured within three weekis
of the tiiuu ordered.
Because our streets nro now frozen
over so as to bo passable to pedestri
ans.
Because Patti is not coining to
Omaha with her $10 a so.it scale of
pricey.
Because boarding house keepers
liavo contented themselves with rais
ing their tariff rates 25 per coilt.
Because election being over , Church
Howe has rpcovored.from his periodic
al attack of mckncss.
Because the circulation of every ono
our country exchanges is "steadily
and constantly increasing. "
Because Omaha , while ono of the
youngest , is still the busiest and most
> ro3porous city in the west.
Because Champion S. Chase has
not been slighted by being left out < of
Jio next river convention.
Because Union Prcific job work still
coopa up in aufliciont quantities to
: oep our moraine eontomporanea
alive.
Because thu wicked ballads of the
'Mastodons" mingle with the mcrod
chorus of the church choir , from the
stage of Boyd'a opera houpc.
Because tin1 wringing of the noaka
our turkeys ia not interfered with
y Dr. Miller'8 society for the preven
tion of cruelty to uninmlp ,
Bocauio the Yato workH company
will continue to supply water for our
iroweriea , distilleries and milkmen at ,
ho same price , notwithstanding the , .
enfoicemcnt of the Kiocumb law , . ,
Because Omaha weddings continue ity . ,
bo just aa plenty , notwithstanding
thu high price of fuel.
Because the great American "sun-
" has called in hia tnffy pan for
the time being ,
Because congress doesn't ' moat until : io '
December and there are some pros-
locts of a aliort suasion. n
MK , KUIEWATKK haa become such a
nonomiiniao on the auhject of rail
roads that ho dragged in nn attack
upon , thi'in at a mooting ut Omaha to > r
consider the question of piving the sis
uireuta. [ lliutinga Nobrnskan. . , u
Indeed I nnd why , wo pray , * aa it
nit of place to refer to the Union $
'rteific in connection with paving thu in
irineipal thoroughfare that leads to , mr
md from their depot grounds / Why The
ahould not that co rporation pave
IVnth atreot between the railroad
nicks mid provide proper ap-
iiuiehoa to their depot grounds
vhich were donated to it by ho
mr citizens at a coat of $200,000.
11isn't Omaha exhibited uncommon
bibfliirnnco in accepting n big cow- to
'bud in plnco of a 8100,000 depot , to if f
vhich eho ii entitled by her contract , cans
ni-1 Imven't ' our people differed in infer
for yoa'rj the outrageous incon- erg
Mid rial ; * to life and prop- cans
to which they havn hoen ubon
jreu-d by being compelled to crosa a ere
, jn rniltrny trucks to pans in nnd lines.
of the U. P. dopot. hat
Jn view of all thcso fads , and the OOC
Kihcrnblo condition in which the upthr
naches to the depot hnvo boun for dm
many months , was there anything im
proper in'niking the Union Pnoilio to 1
pavu Tenth street soulli of the tracks
rcji
the city authorities in nuik- own
the principal Uioroughhro from plo
their depot to the business centra
passable for man nnd boast ? Tlio edi
tor of the railroad organ a ( Hasting ?
may not be nblo to comprehend how
the railroad cnn legitimately bo
brought into a discussion on the pav
ing question by anybody but a mono
maniac , but people who don't vrenr
bta.13 collars will concede that the
point raised by the editor of Tin : 1Jui :
was well taken.
A vidonot'H war has recently been
opened by the Philadelphia Timta on
a class of rogues thnt abound in
Omaha us well aq in Philadelphia.
The Tims calls thcso dofiauders of
juslico "jury-fixoH , " Sand declares
they have done were than anybody
else to shield political criminals in
Philadelphia whore all who have at
tempted to bring political criminals to
justice have encountered the greatest
obataclo in thu underhanded work of
thu "jury-fixers , " It ia ncldom that
the "jury-flxsr" can bo dolectwl in his
cunning pollution of the jury bo.x ;
and when detected ho can sum
mon a'l ' thu appliances of crime
to forswear the truth and debauch
the jury-box for hia acquittal or to
defeat conviction. It requires time ,
labor , expense , and skill to follow thu
"jury-fixer" in hia sinuous patha and
detect , expose , and punish him ; and
as crime pays for ita own protection ,
while honesty pays nothing for the
conviction of those who corrupt and
defeat justice , the "jury-fixer" csti
cipcs. The jTtmM has undertaken to
moot this emergency by offering the
following rewdrds :
1. The Times will pay $1,000 for
the first detection and conviction of a
"jury-fucr'1 in Philadelphia , and anyone
ono convicted of corrupting , or af-
tempting to corrupt , a juror or jurors
in any case , will bo regarded as a
" . "
"jury-fixer.
2. The Times will pay ? 500 for the
second conviction of a "jury-lixer. "
3. The Times will pay $250 for the
third conviction of "jury-fixer. "
4. The lima will pay $100 each for
the conviction of the next ten "jury-
fixers. "
It i to bo hoped the Timct will bo
successful in its crusade against scoun
drels that organize juries to acquit.
If a few of thorn can bo sent to peni
tentiary in Philadelphia , the trade of
"jury-fixing" will go into a decline ,
not only there but all over the coun-
try.
THK Washington correspondent of
the St. Louis Republican mnkea the
following report concerning recent
changes in the interior department :
Commissioner of Patents Marble has
resigned in order to place his knowl
edge of the inside information of tlio
interior department iit the service of
the Northern Pacific
railroad for a
big Hilary. Before ho became com
missioner of patents Mr. Marble
occupied positions in the department
which afforded him facilities for ac
quiring such information , and ho haa
followed the example of the late com
missioncr of the land ollice , William-
sen , who resigned to become the land
commissioner of a government land
grant railroad , having under certain
conditions , title to nearly 2,000,000
ucres of government landu. Thesu
even s are not without grave uig-
nigGcanco ) , ED far ns the
interests of the government and the
would-bo homesteaders are concerned.
Men -who have had such opportunities Sj
inMi official position as those enjoyed by
Marble and Williamson have at their
command , as agents of subsidized
roads , resources and knowledge of
home to manipulate things sucli as
men who have never been in oflico can
nut possess. T
This fully confirms what THE BEK
lias so often charged concerning the hi
baneful influence of corporate nuni-
rpolica in the gen oral lund office ,
while under the management of Gen.
Williamson. In those days Mr. Mur-
,
bio was acting as the legal adviser of _ tu
Secretary Schur < : , and in all probabil
ho waa very useful to the Northern nt
Pacific in that and is
position , now tei
receiving hia reward. its
it
Tun mathematical editor of the Now
York Iltrald is ofThis reckoning when 00
° makes the following statement : sel
There are 224,000 Indians on reser La
vations , and they cost the { /ovcrninent aei
great denl more than 81,000 apiece ne
annually , even when they behave lia
themselves reasonably well. ate
hi
Tlio actual cost of our Indian sor- '
fo
vise for the pr.st year was $1,207,224 , ag
loss than $20 a head. On the ba th
of the Herald's figures , the expenses to :
penses | of the Indian bureau would Di ne
amount to the extravagant auin of lai
$224,000,000 annually , which is with Wl
$35,000,000 of the entire cost of Ill
government for the past year.
ex
Herald ia bettor posted on Arctic
a
explorations than it is on government foi
statistics. to
bo :
THK independent movement against ' [
of Don Cameron :
dictatorship , "nd
which waa begun by Charles tj. Wolfe foi
luring the recent campaign , is liable tin
become formidable in the campaign and
of
1882. Many prominent republi tinsel
uro now disposed to join Wolfe sol
the revolt against bossism and un bu
organisation of independent republi waa
tin
ia being perfected for carrying tin
to the Cam-
organized opposition - pa
oroni , both inside and outwiilo of party kn
- . The fact that Wolfe , with no ho
tw
backing whatever , polled nearly CO , cv
votes has encouraged many timid en
Bertera who wt < ro dinaflVcted but
diuod not assrrt their convictions ,
DKLKOATK PKTTIHHKW , of Dakota , mcnt
reported to a recent mcutincf of his of
calling at Fargo that all the pee nari
ho had icon in hia travels through ecu
the territory were in favor of dividing
it , and urging the admission of Nortl
Dakota into the Union. Dclegat
Pottigroiv evidently doesn't want Ube
bo legislated out of congress whei
Dakota ia admitted into the Unioi
next spiing.
TUB announcement ia inado liy
Maine paper that claims to talk bj
authority , that when Mr. IJlnino re
tires from the
cabinet early nex
month , he will devote himself entirely
to his private affairs being a candi
date for no ollico whatever , and h
will not go ns minister to England.
Death of Goor-RO
New York Kv.nlnjf 1'oit , Nov. 13.
George Law died at his house , No
52 ! ) Filth avenue , at 10:45 : o'clock las
night. llo had been ill ten days , nn
for twenty-four houra hud been bu
partly conscious , llo loaves a widow
two sons Oeorgo i.nd Samuel um
three diiuyhturdMia. . Gualav Wright
Mra May , nnd Mia. Williams. Mr
Law was ono of those self-made mei
of whom Dean Kichmotid and Com
inmloro Vam'orbiit ' are other conspicu
oiia exnmplcs , His parents wer
small farmoifl in .lackhon , Washing
ton county , and in hia childhood h <
worked on the farm. In the white
ho wont to the village school. At tin
ago ot uiuhteen yi'iira , with $40 in hi ,
pocket , ho started nut to niiiko hi
wuy in thu world and went to Troy
which to hia ejo was even then s
big city , where ho procurot
work an a hod-carrier. For the ncx
seven or eight years ho labored : i
tt bricklayer , builder , nnd mason , let
ting no cliunco of bulf-unprovemeii
escape , and in 1832 ho was appointed
on ' account of Ins fakill ai a nmson
Buperintendent in tliu construction o
a lock nnd dam on the Lohigh Cannl
near E-iston , Ponn. The moment tin
work waa completed ho announced t
the foreman his determination to be
cornea contractor. "You will fail,1
said the contractor. "You Jiavi
neither the money or the influence ti
succeed. " "I will tiy , " was the quio
answer. Ho did try and secured a
contract to build a lock and aqueduct
Ho completed his contract , and witl
the money received from it found him
Bolf with a cash c inital of $2,800. H
cimo at once to this city , went to the
store of Marquand , who was then the
great jeweller here , and bought a gel
watch , for which ho paid fc300 , and
which ho wore with pride until the
day of his death.
The following year Mr. Law , who
was now 27 3 ears old , and in moder
ately good ciicuinstuncs for n farmer's
buy wlio had begun uith nothing , was t
m.irricd to Misa Anderson of Phila
delphia. He continued to take small
e mtr.icts on mil roads and canals , ? mi
in 1831 hu determined to tukc a vaca
tion. He had now a ca h capital l :
$28,000 , and ho decided to go west , a
great rush for that legion having set \
in. Ho went to Chicago , but wus-at
tacked by a foyer and returned. He a
now paid a visit to hia father at the
old homestead. Ho found that the
old gentleman had increased hia faim
of r > UO acres , but that it was heavily
mortgaged and ho waa in danger of
losing it. Ho paid oft" the mortgage
and presented the farm unincumbutcd
to his father. Before his vacation was
over ho secured a conttact for build sh
ing a bridge over the Lehigh .
River at Eaaton , Ponn. When
this waa completed he .
id a great amount of work on the .
Upper Division of the Lehigh Canal , ,
between Mauch Chunk nnd White .
Haven. In the.se works ho was en i
gaged for severilyears and from them
Iiu reaped a rich pecuniaiy harvest.
Hid reputation as a skillful engineer
spread all over the country , ho hnd _
plenty ' of money nt command , and if
iio bid for a contract he wai pretty
certain to receive it. In 1837 ho came
to this city and put in bida for three
sections of the Croton Aqueduct ,
securing two of them , and completing
the vroik at a gieat profit to himaolf.
Tivoyeaw later ho bid for the con-
atruction of IliuhBiidgv , and although
liis ! competitor * W TO many and some
them moro weal t liy than himself he to '
nocured the contract. The work wns
completed in 1849 , and with it ended
Mr. Law's career as u contractor ,
Ho waa now woith millions , and ho
turned hia attention to finances and
railroads. The Dry Dock bank w.is
this tiino in a condition verging on
insolvency , George L'iw became in
terested in thu institution , was inado
president , and soon iriHcd it to a
position of linanciil Houmlncss , Thu
stock ! of the Harlem i ail road com
pany , the capital of which was $2-
OOjOOW , had become nearly worthier ,
selling n * low as 5 per share. ' Mr. ia
Law invested hugely in the atock ,
secured an exteiibion < f the indebted-
iea < , bjught iron to build it from \Vil- "
iamburg to White Plain ? , and ran the
atock ii ] > to § 7 < , when ho dicpoaed of
iia : interest , making another largo
'ortuno. : In the HIJIIU way he man ia
aged the Mohawk r.iiivo id , purchasing
ho atock at $27 and running it up wi
$75 by judiciously con ra
necting it with the Utica road. nn
During all thcso yuan ho had been wt
largely interested in hteamshipj. It ra
waa ! his steamer , the Falcon , which , Iiu
1848 , took the lint I passenger from iv
this city to California , when the gold af.
excitement broke out. He established
as
regular line of hteamors to Cali- sent
'orma , which ho sold at a great' profit at
a rival company. In 1851 ho ta
iought u large intoum in the Panama tahr
tailroad Company , vibic'h he alao BUG hr
oeded in selling out alien the atock
yi
risen to a tiutitious value. In the
ol
ollowing year , 1852 , Mr. Law built an
he EngliBli Avenuj biirfaco railroad , jch
waa alargo owner in it at the tiino wat
his death. In 18 H ho purchased
en
Staten Island 1'Yrry ' for S < iO,000 , or
selling it in 181i at a largo profit. Ho orml
juilt the Ninth Aveiuio Railroad , and nd
one of the principal owners of e
hat road whim ho difd , and also of ot
Grand and Itoom'lt street news-
nu
for the nomination of the
021
uiownothing parry for president , but ot
did not reci-ivu it. For the laat ' 'o '
.welvo years ho passi d a Ufa of practi 'oeai
] retirement. HuIR \ in the sev
wi
enty-sixth year of las ho
tr <
trfi
To P ron A1 > out to Marry fi
"To persons about t > marry , " ] ) OUKIU ? < ho !
rr'lJ * iwlUio ttaH "dun't ; " we ni | > | ile- hit
by Kayiiivitluiiil. ) . laying In n upply lay ;
Krui.vu lii.onrtosj , vliii.li curt.i nlbum -
uliii other kldufv nnd bluililer com rn
plalntu , 1'rico M cent * ; trial but Ira , 10 nd
U , uotliln-vllw now
STATE JOTTINGS.
Franklio wantt n tihoen oker.
Tlio Oxford duetto Jim ttirned up It
to .
in so icarca lu Oenoa thnt corn
burned.
A tftl or wan b-idly thumped hi Osc < > !
for SiiMiltlnu n lady ,
The chetco factory nt llnrdyl.is been
I'reat s uc iu the pant eai n.
P.ivrnee cmmty 1ms ft larce . . . .
fnll wheat , which Is looking finely.
The I'lnUftimmOi Kurd nf trade hn\
lMVitp ncd their bnnqiltt until Dcceinbt
. , „ of Xel > rn ka City , sui-
cMcd with uhlo o otui. TointMrnry i-itat
Ity.
Ity.The
The vinegar woriis nt 2cura ) ii
will doul ) ! ( ! m capacity and vrvct a lar , ;
pickle packing liuurc ,
Sidney complains that the town.in of
prefecil with tlilcven and cut-throat' , wh
Imvc recently cumtnltleJ poveral mbbctUe
The people nf 3lic"Iti > ti ar too ) rotnl t
( ictr.e fir wiint if co.il wlillu train lout
by. Money c.m't liny it , therefor
they "nook" U.
West Point liai inaugurated a fcries o
cnttlu ff.lis. Tin first , uat ho ii on tii
luth iv il tli next in blllvd for the ttlr
i December.
Little Wolf , ft-id his ba d of two him
drcd nnd thirty-live unrriorc , MjuaWH nn
paixKi.-ifH hnvo reached Sidney on their wu
to I'itie Jtiilgo nitbiioy ,
} 'ornn.iti S huts1 of tlio IT. P. lilack
cndtli fliops : it iSnttli J'lutio ! i H invcnlc
* dtivicc fur making 1'ol.i-r rivotn Th
piocc-s IM tlirco tiliK'f fmttr th u
"I loppy Hollow. " the "Xedi Hill" o
I'Jntlfiiionth , in uallowiiu' m a Rocial seu
K A ) Ion in which u " | i tti.uclml inrnmoii
wan pandyztd Mild the iinf.-iltlifiil wlfu for
jjiven nnd rein.st.tteil in I he ulfections o
her husband. "
A ju tile up It l td e potinty ndvcrtiac
to puiform nmrn < c cvrvuiDtiies frco >
ulii cc.pieReutH nmrrlngu c rti'ditefre
to exo y ono fo utiltoil nnd pi-mant a drcs
111 tlio mother nf thd tii'-t yirl baby from
inaiiibgo of lil tiein ,
Two railroad men , while drunk , went t
a furmer's h H.PO . , nenr Fnll Oily , and too !
posee sion of the glrl'H room , g ing to bei
with the > r clothes on. Thu proprietor per
Buaded thorn locet up Mid walk , und l : > i
them gently in the gutter.
A beastlv female linn been discovered ii
Liucolu , who beat n little boy no brutall
that the nejjh orn inteifeivd. The bed
of the little boy is f.iiriy coveted wit
bniisfs and HOICK , tlio ri'Bii t of whipping
reciveil weels RO and reccntljTh
clii f of police has been appointed guardia
of the child.
I'eter O'Uanion son of John O JJanion
of Norfork , u o > witn n prx nful nnd seriou
hccid'nt last wee , wild- out gunning , b
accidental discliarg < f hia gun. liis liani
and arm were inmiglcd terribly , UKthum
being toin ne irly otf thu nerve torn oil
un ' the arm liulf wny up to the ulbos
badly shattered.
Cow boys along th line of 'he ' R. & Af
on the boriier ammo theinsilvr.s by iii1 < n
at full speed beside toe n-ti Motion trail
tiring tlieir revoivcrt nt the fcinoke-stncko
etc. Tliu railr n 1 met
ink mat the tbi > > g ha gone nbimt f
enoiiL'h , nnd they are s riouily ibinking o
arming ilienitelxs with \Viiidu-htcrs. \
H. H. Clo-'fion living thr e or four mile
from TJiy Fe < turned out a p.iii-of innhs
i B woik tain , ti allow iliein to play
i'hev gave linn the nit > au < l soon aiipemu
tlio d'ti ' r v r.l "i Ilia t.oxt neighbor
\V < nd * . Wo di lias a n f'2 ur 4 * > yetm
who , ace vdiui ; t nro. mil is defined tlii
g cat injiHtico to himself and family ,
uid aiiuin. him-elf u'itli ; i double I jii r ] ei
t gun , nhot both miller , ! { th wid pro
j.dily die. Woodii IUIH been arrested .
II. F. TomlOin , of lied Willoxv coanty.
lad an ulmo.-t niiirvt > lnud esca p f om I eiiij
mi ovt-r nnd kil ed by un engine utlndiuii
olu. Tniiihlin dva up , ami w H Htnndin
ue.ir the en iuewhe'i it wa * st rlcd , th
noinn nnd steam HC.ired hit team HO tu tun
rt around , throwing him directly u < de
.lie drive wheels of tlu moving .engine
The tngicecr insiantly revemid the eu
rine , and owing to the revcroerl uotinii o
.he drive wh"i-H a. < well ns the bio * ' mo
.Inn nf the train , w.ia pus ! ol forward m
he rail nearly a rod , when ihe .u.ine am
.rain werf htopi eJ. His clo'htM weio torn
sew i nl i > ace-1 , and excepting a few
tlight bmistH miraculously ciaual un
inrt ,
Erickssou'a Kew Triumph ,
Cleveland I < & < Icr ,
The little iron Monitor which dt >
stroyed the Merrimuc in Hampton
roads at the beginning of civil war ,
revolutionized naval urchiticturo ant
made the name of ita inventor , Capt.
John Eiic8H.ii ) , famous all over the
world. The Monitor VPaliy became
the basis upon which Great Britain
and the continental powers proceeded
construct their iron-clad fleets.
Y'ear after year they had gene on ex
perimenting with funs and armor ,
until the apparent conclusion has been
reached that the guiia are moro than a
match for liny uiinor which can bo
placed upon a vcBS.il and permit it to
float. Under such ciicumatancos
naval waif are ia simply reduced to an
equality of awift destination.
While thu nuval eiigmueia and con
structora of Kurnpo have been thua A
busy , reaping only unt-atiafuctory re-
suits , the inventor of thu Monitor
comes forward u it h anew invention
which , according to export testimony ,
again destined to revolutionize tlio
whole system of naval warfare Tlio
now vessel , which is known aa the
"Deatroyer , " recently gave a public
exhibition of its powers in the New
York harbor under the supervision of
Captain Ericsson. In brief , the vessel
described aa cylindtical , capable of
quickly moving in either direction ,
awift of speed , and of voiy light
draught. The "Destroyer" ia only ono
hundred and thirty feet in length ,
twelve feet iii its greatest breadth , and
drawa only eleven feet of water when A
almost wholly submerged. It in effec
tively armored , but ita principle of
safety ia in being put under water ao
to rcsiat enuiiiy'a ahot , and pre
but the aiiialleat mark for the
lattery practice of an opposing vesstl.
dcstructivciiceu consults in tiling
explosive orpedo charged with tr 'o
lirco hundred and fifty pounds of
ynamite frrm a gun of force enough ill
penetrate the heaviest armor that
ho floated. The construction is
that the gnu cin bo lired under
water. An automatic valve pro-
enta the admission ot wa-
to the nnuzli' . It is securely Tt
easily lo.idud at the breech , OIIK
id fired by ult/ctricity. Such a
easel i , moving nwiftly and noiselessly , n
betrayiiix ; its prest'iicu by tiitlmr
moke or nail , mid presenting no mark
an enemy , would ywvo dixlructivo
the lieavic.st iion-clads now afloat , > o
all uppoiuancca it cannot bo sue- 1 ;
easfully met except by a vessel of it ne
kind. Such IA the opinion of
lioso who have examined thu "Do-
troyer" nnd ftitnutsml the ojieration
ita machinery and gun. In view of )
destructive powers claimed for
new war vvs.el , loreign nationa
ad well acll their expensive
rmored : vc&HcLj to dealcra in old junk ,
begin tlieir irork of construction g
,
PILES ! PILES ! PILES1
A Sure Cure Found at Lastl
No One Wood Snfforl
A u enro for HIM , niewllnir. Itchln ? Jr
U1 r lc < ! 1'ilM h btn discovered by * * *
ll m , ( an Itidiftn remedy , ) c ll l l r.UIIUm
rmllan Ointment. A Klnglo tx > x has cured Ibo
won't ' chronic BUM of 26 01 80jw tUndlnif. J o
one ncitl miffcr nieinlmitm utter i > pllnt | this
wonderful noothlritr medicine , Lotion * , Instru
ments and clrcluirlcj Jo moro harm tlun Rood ,
\V lllKin'g Ointment t orb the tumorn , iOI J
the iiteiiwltchlntfi ( iwitlciilaal- night after
Hittlnc nrm In rictl. ) &cl * ng &ixwltlcp , Uc In- M
utAtit and palnlc- * relief , and lij > rq < arc < l only foi /
Piles , Itching of the prh ate yatts , ud lot noth
Ing else.
Ilc.vl wlmt Iho Hon J. II Ccfllnbfrry of OM o-
Uiul nays about lir. Wlllhm'i Inillwi Pil Oint
ment ' : I liaMS iol fcorcs ot I'llci curca nnd It
ndord * inei t'OMiio tofliy tlutllifnc ne\cr found
ntijtliltiirnnlcli pale such Inline htonrul pernit-
null relief n Dr. Wil IMII'B Indian Ointment
For Rtlc by all dru ylsta or mallid on receipt o (
price , 81 00.HJBNRY
HJBNRY & CO. , Prop' . ,
L'UVKLA > D , OHIO.
For cola tirCi F Goodman.
OcMOcl f IAuowlT
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f.iiSlii-hniii-
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r Hcmlnal
\Vcaknc8n ,
blinrniatur-
then , IniK ) > t-
cncy , ami all
follow as n
BEFORE TAKIHQ.-fMuciH-o MAfTER'
hut Aiiuso ; n lA ) < ! ol Momor. , Lnutrs.il L.wal-
tmlc , I'nln In the Had , , UlinnvM ) of Vl > lon , Pro-
inrUura Old ARO , anil linnj other lli < cisr that
Icid t > liminltj- Con uiu | tloii and a I'rcrao-
turoUra\o , A
Xfl't'ull imrtlcunP ) In nur pninnhlct , which ,
wn ilutlro to ( cnil ( no Irimil to cvi'iyoae.
JiTTlio Specific Mcdiclna ! H old \y \
nt giver PIIOI.VC , orl ) lncV ijis lor ? 5 , or llt
lie * cnt free by mnll n roj iitol the money , by
addressing THE QUA IKOICINKC'O. ,
IlufJalo. K. 7.
For mle liv C. F Coodr ocTaio-tcd
WAH IN PASSENGER RATES [
nROS. . Drokcro In nil lull road.
TlcliCU , Omaha , Neb , , Oder Ticket * to the Kael ,
until liirtlier notice , at tlio follnnlnp unheard of
Low Kates ;
Chicago , I2 ; Round Trip , r.M.OO. Thcoe arc
limited First-Class Tickets nmt irocxl for return ,
tliroUL-li the > e.ir , nuilii \ tlio Old Hfllahlo Chi-
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* ay to
lilt clv , 2d ok'g , .
NEW YORK , 20PO ,
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PHILADELPHIA , 2r , < iO. WOO.
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For lartlcutore , write or po dime ! to HOBDIU.
nilOS. , Dealers In Keiluced lute lUllroad and
Steamship TkketB , 809 Tctitli St. , Oinaha , Neb.
Remember the place Three Doom North ol
Union Pacific Railroad Depot , E&et Bldo of Teath
Street.
Omahft. Aujruat 1 , 1S81
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All sufferers from th f disease tlint nre nnxlotu.
to lc cured slioulil Iry DR. KISSNER'S Cele
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We don't w.i itj onrm lay until you are per
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life in uorlh wuiTU' , tl ii'iilel.i } in yMng- thc e
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of price. Ad < lr. nt , A.SU & ItOHHI.S'rf ,
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DISEASES
OF THE-
DR , L. B. GRADDY ,
Oculist and Aurisi.
LATE CLINICAL ASSISTANT IN ROYAL
LONDON OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL.
References all Reputable Physicians of Orrmt * .
tarOfTlce , Corner 15th and Farnham 8t . .
Omaha. Neb iu26meU
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Juat publlilied : Madeline. A splendid cow
novel by MRS' . MART J , HOLUKB , wiono novels
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w ith eucli lnere ! t. Beautifully bound ; price.
81.GO.
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NEVER GUMS !
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kinds olsortu on Horses ted Stock , aawe
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Strange Story/I
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Founded on Factt
HEADY THIS MORNINO ,
ID No. 4 of
The New York Weekly.
It la entitled
CURIOUS CRIME.
By P. J. JUGGINS , M. D.
The plot of ItiN docrlartectlnp itory Ii In-
rcnloui mil niMterloui , uid Iho IncldtnU arn
like and dramatic. From the oHimif ! | ch p-
to the H rtline ilenoumcnt thi Horj In-
reiiealu poncr BLI ! Intvredt. It n ty red
; In
The New M Weekly.
< e NKW YORK WIKKLT nlnacontilra ( Ireother
itorltn , riimber n { th'rt BkfUhea rd
oemi , nJiailutv ol Inntructlra a U enter-
alnlnx tiuttcr. It U th liciit tiou ; hold p per
thu w 01 lil.
K\cry newi igtnl tcIN the Niw Vo I WliKUr ,
The N > w YORK Wn KUV wil bo rtntbrmtl' ' .
Uxo tree , to 'iy iiUce In the United Htatos or
Uiuda , tlirco ni nth lor 75 cent * ; four months
BI | nionthi , 11 Hi emi ytar. ' , Two eel |
year , ? 'ioroneoop > two > caJ. .
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