THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : MON UAY , NOVEMBER 28 1831
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OMAHA PUBLI8BIHG 00 , , Pro ]
E. UOSEWATER , Editor.
Kilwln Dnvlt , Maunder of (
Gironliitlcm.
John It. Picrcft N In CJiim-e f tlio
citcn .tmn .if nrr.DAii-v JJKU.
1. I ) . Clinmueihiln corrcspoiulHit
BoHeltiir. *
Ingratitude i. ) ono of tlio
hlumimiM ii the ohiiractur of tlio
eirago American i olilicinn.
I'mT.MAsrr.it lir.Ninui. .JAMIW ti !
the government is paying tlio
roads too much for Iraimportai
So are HID peopln of Nubnifk.i.
Tun last vaciincy in coiiL'ici'
boon ( illotrby tiio election of II' '
, ) . Slociiin , "f IMiodo Island. Jl
nn rotation to hii Nebraska mines
' mid Likes bis .spirits str.iight.
Tin : New York //rm'if ' .wl < a , "V
nhall'bo done with our immigrai
Send UUMII to Nubr.iska. We 1
plenty of land , excellent BOI ] , u t
brious clinulo , awl bread oiiougl
spare.
T'u : secretary ot tlio Nubr
Stntu Mudic.il society bus issued n
for n. mooting of Unit organization
bo bold in Lincoln on Tuesday ,
cciubor 27 , iu order li > take into
aidcr.vtion the enforcement of
state medical law.
"RAILWAY extension in tlio L'n
'States still progresses witb niarvt
rapidity. From .Inly 1st , 1880 , i
Juno IMHh , o [ tbo present year ,
postal firvico was placed on II
milca of new toad , and it is catiin
tbat between October 18tb of
year and Juno UOlli of next your t
will bo an addition of 5,000 mil
now postal railway service.
A O.UIBT little lobby is organi/'n
Washington to spring a sclionu
residence for
congress for a new
prcHidont apart from tbo "NN
House. Tbo real estate doalen
particularly zealous in tbo matter
proorty ] ) in locations which may b
upon fur tbo now executive hoadr
terH is held at fabulous prices.
Till ! commercial relations bcli
tbo United Slates and Mexico arc
atantly increasing in magnitude- ,
tlio current year it is ntatod that
000,009 of trade has loon transn
by our merchants in Mexican ei
Of this amount one-sixth was don
New Orleans. When the rail
systems connecting our con 'try
Mexico are completed u wide
will bo opened for tbo cntorpris
American capitalists and induslri
Tun Ur.r. i * in rcc < ii > t of the ai
report of Col. Iriah , chief o
IJurcnn ot EiiKKiving nnd jirinth
thu treasury dui artnmnt tit Was
ton. The rupurl proBenta tuhlcH
BchednlPH of cxponilituroa and
performed by the department foi
llacal year ending Juno tlO , 1881.
ing this period the nyareg.ito u :
ditnro3 worn SMI , 1(50 20 of \
nearly § 080,000 wore for labor ,
immunso amount of work donu h
bureau under Col. Iriah'fl ellicioii
pcrvinioii may bo feen from the
incut that then' voro eomplotoi
Ife delivered 7.17-1,7fil Bhouls of
and Rccnritiun of tin ) fucu value (
458,708,1)70 ; 18,170f.t ! : aheeta
termil revenue and customa At
containing ( } g-l-lullir , ! ) > atampa
OB' ' JJD Bhoot of ehockj , drafts ,
for the troisnror of the United
and dUbiinTing otllccrH of the B
denirtmunta , hcaidoa alargoauu
mi&celhneouB work , inc
? lMO,4a8DOO of registered
continued at 154 per cent. , whicl
tot anticipated when the est
ere made. From October
ion the work of printing the
ntary , proprietary and priv
nps was transtorrod to the L
902,955 of the Htamps wer
d and delivered to the c <
of internal revenuo. Co !
' .ho fact that steam power
> eon tried in thu dopa
ich success in thu placu
' d-rollor presses , and
notits in this regard
The bureau of en ;
ing is emu of tin
ly nnd ollleienMy n
ivnta of thu govci
u much of ita succobs in u\
is dun to thu qualification ! ! i
* - < . . ; ini which hi
VALENTINE
Tin : OMAHA llr.r. is uiven to apt
iim nf Con rcnsniai ; Yivlentino n
tinlinnry ability , nnd
man < > f vciy
the fame limo it is constantly ass
inn that ho is a monopolist , and
nulrctuil i > y tint t'ni n Pacific
iimlingtm. iV Mi > 8'inri ' ( Minpnie
ropiesont their interests in coiiKt
Are Ihcso asaortions reconcilable , i
sistent or tenable ?
\Vu think that unless a win's j <
monl i impaired by prcjudicu , ho
not , fail to diicorn tlir labored ell
of Till : IJun to make out a C.IRO di
mental to I\lr. \ Yalonlino. fSinnt
road cnrporalions do not n nnlly si
jiigmios to rcprcBcnt their interest
congress. If Mr. Valentine HOI ! > I
the position to the r.iilroidi that
! : : would lead itH roadciu to hoji
ho worn not tlio nonentity t tlie
'
niaKo him out. Tn any event ,
l ii : haslietl. - ! ' < I'uint.VyntWi /
The editor of Tin : Uni : has kn
Valuntino over since that lusaw
Htalesman act font on Nebraska
A'.ilenlino lived in Omaha five y
before ho removed lo West Point
his standing in this community
such tlmt ho could not have 1
elected ward councilman when lie
luiri1. The f.tot that ho Hccural
815,000 , bond itt rcgislur of the \
Point land ollico with the ntmoit (
cully his nxvn brolhoM in law n
ing to becomu hondsmoii shows
IHH stiindin while linro was dceid
below par.
Valentino moved to West Poin
180 ! ) and then , while acting as rot ;
of tiio land ollico , hug.in lo dal
in law , nnd soon advertised hiinsc
n lawyer.
His law pr.iclico nt Iho bur
however , for the molt ] ) art carrie
in bar-roonn and billiard hall. ' .
fo\v eastern linns that did not k
hin peculiar habits madu him t
collection a ent , but IMB moi
about collections was very defec
HO much so that Home lirniH , not
thu MeCormick raaner conua-n hi :
jo ' bin memory about mom > y.i ho
colluul'jd for them and pocketed.
Iu 1870 Valentino , who had t
boon defeated in attempts lo soci
nomination lor secretary of si
secured thu nomination nn diH
judge in a district where the rep
cans were very hard up for jut !
timber.
The board of canvassers awa
the certificate to his opponent , J
( irifl'uy , but the nuprcnio cour
versed their decision and dccl
Valentino elected by n wajoril
two and a half votes. This rows
bio decision may have been just
the o'evation of an ignoramoui
Valentino to a jndgcship was r
grace to our state and anoulrage
the people.
Valentino was posing on the lj
when Congressman Welch died
donly. The republican state cot
lion waa called for three weeks
and the Union Pacific managers
sorely distressed for want of an ai
bio candidate that could boat J
Crounsu.
A counsel of the monopoly man
was held and the choice full upon
online. Ten daya before the
ventiou met General Manager (
of the Union Pacific , let n proini
Omaha merchant , then a dclegal
to the republican convention , int
Hocrot , by informing him thai the
ion Pacific had decided to su ]
Valentino , ns their most avai
man. Valontinu'a location neat
home of Welch , his prominoin
Hint juncture in thu Masonic o
and his willingness to servo the
opoly , were the points urged in li
vor.Ylum the convention moi
supporter * of Grouse weru in tin
jority , but a Eulliciont mi
of delegates were b
then nnd there by monopoly h
men and by keeping lllnnchard ,
was put forward as * a dt
by the U , P. managers , in the
Valentino was finally nominated
however , without first making
with the 3 $ . it M.
Valentino's nomination for a s
lenn was the villainous conau
tiou of a bargain made by him
the railway corporations. M
belorothu convention mot Iho
was informed by an oilicer of ti
k M. , high in autli
that Vnlui.linu would have
supporl in return for se
rendered in securing the oatnhlisl
of a postal car service over their
Thus a man who is scarcely lit t
rosunt one of our frontier count
the legislature a nmti without ai
islativu experience , whoso only
lo popularity laya in his being
eociatu and boon companion <
room loafers has been fusited
representative in congress of 1
B million of people. Wornl of al
man ia as corrupl as ho is im
Corporatu monopolies do not
givu preference to men of brain
Boldom van bo handled over i ;
siiio.ll calibre who are willing
ihoir bidding in high place. TI
evidence of this fact may bo foi
i ho state housu at Lincoln.
h
Our estimate of 'Valentino
is 'rom no disappointment. ]
it connected with TIIK HKK ha
IUr asked Valentine for n favor ,
; r ii no oillcu within the gift i
c'B congressman or senator that wi
'B8t ' accept , If Valentine renders r
8td vice to the utiilo worthy of nn
; d rihall not fail to command it
'I ' , Hluill always rcsunttho oulrng
milted upon thu republicans i
in braska by Iho two railway woi
icf in forcing "Valentine upon ui
conjre innii.
WATER LINES AND
WAY5.
Ill a necnml report iesuett by
bureau of str.tistics , Mr. .losoph I >
mo continues his discussion of
railroad problem by an examinatio
Iho competition between thuv
lines nnd the railways. Mr. Nil
docs not incline to the belief that
inllucnco r.f the water'ways on
railways has been ns great as n
suppose , and he endeavors to B
tlmt such regulating inllucnco is
always mnr.t be r.tcjcdingly limi
Taking nn the basis for his litho
the statistics of the last soaf
trr.dc ! , ho inakcH a very pli
bio argument lo sustain
position , which ho fortifies
numerous comparisons between
nwounls of freight tran.iportoi
railroad , river and canal from vai
commercial centres of Iho com
According lo Mr. Ninimo's rctt
81 per cunt , of Iho grain receive
St. Louis was by railroad , and enl
per cent by river , nnd at Chicagi
pur cent , of Hour nnd grain
brought in by niilro.uU , and on !
per cent , by lake and canal.
Kiimuo very superficially concl
that these ligurej show tlmt to
r.iilrouds must bo given the wor'
colluding anddistributingthoproi
of the west ; nnd that no improvoi
of Iho walor ways can
from them their Huprei
in the carrying trade ,
funnaup lua argument by staling
following c.unm why Iho reguli
inlluouce of thu water lines is
much limiled ; First , Decauso of
comparatively s i all extent of inti
water tr.vnspoitatioii ; second , be (
of thu inclination of commerce
rapid tiansit , and third , becnu
the inlliiunco of trade ccnlres nnd
ilal in favor of transportation by
road.
road.At
At the very outset Mr. Nimmc
himself open lo attack in chosing
pasl tefiHou in the east as the b.is :
his comparative statistic ? of tiaii
tat ion by railroad and canal. Il
well known fact that rates
rail during that period
seriously afi'cctod by u vigorous
between Iho trunk lines whoso tl
cutting policy discounted the o
ary and stable low rates made bj
canalsFreigbta were carried bj
New York Central and Erie at I
cost , according to the statement
the railroad managers , and thin
their excuse a few weeks ago for
ing their tan Us on all classes of i
transported cast from Chicago ,
very lowering of rates was causoi
competition among the trunk
for freights which al higher rale
rail would have sought the outlet i
lakes and canal to the seaboard
V-a itself the direct result of
water competition which Mr , Ni
sets out to depreciale. To the
lakes and the Erie canal , alone ,
pers of goods to the cast of Oil
owe Iho fact that railroad tariffs
lower than in other sections ol
counlry. Ilow strong this regul
influence is , can bo scon from UK
that the close of navigation each
ia followed by nn immeeiato ri :
rates by rail or eastward hound f re
Mr. Nimmo's argument on
small extent of our inland water r
is equally untenable. No count
the world possesses such a magnil
basis for internal tranaportntioi
water. Nearly every state in our
producing sections is travorsci
streams which can easily be
navigable or washed by the wall
great lakes already highways of t
portation. The Hudson , Ohio ,
tiisaippi , Missouri ana Columbia
Ihoir tributaries furnish a not we
streams available for transport
purposes. It is not necessary f (
relief of this country , as Mr. N
would have us believe , that u
should run by every farm hou
order to ntlbrd a general compel
An improvement of thu existing
ways would itself engender BI
competition for tralo among tin
roads at terminal points on
banks as has resullud from Iho
01100 of the Erie c.iiml bclwec
lakes and the harbor of Now Voi
Nor does commure , as a wholu
suit rapidity in transit. The g
portion of freights Iransportcd
our railroads is of a nature
seeks cheapness rather thui ; ape
carriage. The vast bulk of wi
produce for export , if assured i
and cheaper transput to'ion by'
would at once avail itself of the
routo. With shipping points <
banks of our great inland water
i
from which divertim ; lines of r.ii
would penetrate Iho surrou
country , nino-tonths of the ex ]
groin nnd Hour would seek Iho
by natural roules , notwithstaiulii
comparative slowness of t :
It is dillicult to sue any force ii
Nimmo's tnirij point that "i
holds a stronger influence ovc
direction of commerce than d
natural conveniences all'ordod
free highways. " Capital nooks
investments as oll'or safe and
bin returns. It has Bought.rai
because railrondt , as a rule ,
higher percentage on actual
than any other available inves
Capital has shunned the walor
because in their present coi
they do not promiseprolltnblori
liut let an organized movomoi
bo nuido for systematic in
nent of our water highways and c
tal will miickly erect cluv.ilors , b
wharves and equip Meets of barges ,
In conchition the error in nl
Mr. Nimma's arguments lies in
comparison between our present
impiovcd water ways Mid our perl
ly clipped railroad Rjatcm. No
will deny that with their torti
channels , ami caving hanks ,
strong competition between our \ \
wnjs and thu r.iilromls is out of
question only because they hick
facilities for furnishing speedy
safe transit for western
dive. And it is for these
sons that Iho went tlununds I
congress such improvement ol the
liounl water courses aa will place t
in condition to compute witli Iho
ways in the carrying trade.
The nation has dealt most gi
ously with the railroads. It has
sidizcd them with munificent gift
millions in money. It has etidi
thorn with princely grants of the
Ho domain. Were half tlio sin
day expended on our great water '
many of the abuses of corporate i
opnliea would soou cease to havt
existence. A licnlthy and gum
competition would utonco begin ,
commercial centres would sj
lip on our river banks drawing t
f i om the adjacent country , fur'uis
a lively market for neighborhood
duccrs nnd ( stimulating agricul
interests for miles in every dirrc
Tiio railroads would find in Midi
creased production , incioasod t
f ir their lines at remunerative fi {
as auxiliaries for Iho Water ro
The river trade , long stagnant , % v
t.iku on IICT life. Fleets of b :
would float on their broad bos
bearing to the sen Iho wealth of
west or transporting to compel
points the bulkier products of
eastern manufacturers. Private
la ! would build up Ihu biokeii-t
levees ami fuiniuh every facilitj
the transhipment of commndilie'i
the whole counlry cast , north
south , as well ns the west , would
the benefit of free and cheap tr.iu
tatiuu.
WESTERN RAILROAD P
GRKSS.
The continued favorable wea
though severe betimes , has not i
rially retarded railroad work in
braska. The work of grading is
dored dillicult by the frozen cond
of the ground , but the pick and si
brigades are so fir ahead of the
layers on all new lines that they
laintain their lead for some tin
omo.
The contractor of the northern
f the Missouri Pacific have comp
no grade from thu junction wit
nion Pacific , four miles beyond
illion , to the Platte river opj
jouisvillo. Tlio entire force
Tossed the river and are now pu
outhward. Track-laying has iu
ommencod. The bridge over
'latlo at this point is npproa
omplotion. Most of the work is
t Pnpillion , and from there taki
ragons to the river. Farmers i
icinity do the bulk of this label
loir teams. The now tow
pringfiold is located opposite I
illo , on an elevated plateau ovoi
ig the Platte bottoms. Ton h
save already been built nnd a h
ard rponcu. The activity in
own has resurrected Sarpy Ci
few wealthy land owners in tli
inity being determined to cot
rith Springfield. The accumu
f iron and ties at Atchison is
nous , 7oli car loadi up to the
These supplies are being pushed t
'rout ' as rapidly as engines can be
Notwithstanding all denials t
ionlrary , the ghost of the C <
'acific's ' eastern extension wi
down. Surveying parties havi
uninoil the country for a distnu
JOO miles west of Iho Missouri
The editor of the Knox C
eiM recently interviewed th
oyor.in-chief , Mr. Wtimor , an
ioutenanls , who returned to Ni <
in the loth. Mr. Warner s
, vith considerable emphasis , thn
road ii-oiiM bo built. Ho hml bi
the field six months and foun
jest route over surveyed by a w <
railroad company. Warner is cr
with being good authority as
Iluutington's head man and cor
tial friend. Ho puts no failTi i
ports of compromises for Iho
that the company has already o >
cd thousands of dollars in
iug the survey besides
chasing all the iron i
for ita 700 miles of road. . Tl
posed louto is from the Bouth I
the Hooky Mountains to the hoi
tors of the Niobrara , thence i
Koya Palm , and then south t
brara , where the bridge will sp ;
Missouri. The route from this
to Yaiikton is through an
prairie. A branch will bo built
Yankton to Lo Mars , Iowa , ma
connection with the Illinois C
Locators , graders and track
may bo looked for in the sprint ,
is the substance of the int
above mentioned , and is publisl
what it is worth.
lluports are now current tl
Sioux City & Pacific compau
giuoora are prospecting thu 1 > 2
the Missouri river for a briil ;
The Sioux City Journal state
the honors are equally divid
twccn Blair and Uecatur. Tli
any favor Ulair , if a
an bo found on the nln.ft'"K ul !
) ecatur possesses a bridge ( l' ' ' ° U1
oiled llm river ' " '
by any on ,
each that town fifty iniltu ?
ddiiional track must bo b
u both sides of the river. Un
ho conditions of Iho govcrnni
ubsidy the present Irack from 3
ouii valley lo Fremont must bom ;
amed. This complicates the qi
ion nnd may delay operations ,
ho company , it is said , has dcci
o build at one of these points in
prin-j.
The citi/.ens of Laramie nro rej
ng over the certainly of early raih
connection with Iho mineral bca
regions of southern Wyoming
lorthern Colorado. Ground
trokoii on the loth on the Lirai
S'ortli Park & Pacific branch. <
iimdrcd men and forty-four le
ire employed , with orders lo gi
uid iron twelve miles hum
ttely. This will bring it
bo famous Soda hikes o\v
> y the company , which will bo do
oped in Iho spring. The road
nsa Cummins City and Teller ,
connect with the Oiceley , Salt L
md Pacific , now under way.
Pawnee City is gloating wver
irospect of a now road south
L'opuka it Pawnee City railroad ,
engineer ol tbo company bus ex
tied the route and will report fw
bly.
bly.The
The Utah & Northern is wit
milini ; distance of Unite , Monlai
hree miles. Over mosl of this
auco tlio company must blast its
through huge boulders of granite.
The Northern Pacific road will n
Alilus City , Montana , to-monow ,
lay ahead of contract lime.
The first sod of earlh was turuei
, ho Diiluth t Winnepeg railroai
the Xcnilh city hist Tuesday.
Track-laying on the Council 15
extension of the Chicago. Milwai
it St. Paul railway is progressing
idly from both ends of the road ,
from a point centrally loci
between Marion and Cou
Blufl's. Twenty-seven inilos f ti
are now completed from We :
oward Tania City. Track is e
ileled from Marion to Tania Citj
distance of sixty miles , and iu the
; er two stretches of track are
rcssing in both directions. In
ibout 200 miles of track-is laid , lea'
t a little over sixty miles yet
complete. The work of gra <
through the blufTs between We
and Council Bluffs is now under )
There will bo four stoop cuts in re
ing Council Bluffs from Woston.
is now thought that the road wi
complolcd and in running ordc
April 1 , 1882.
IOWA BOILED DOWN
I ted Oak IriR a Imird f trade.
Duburjue physicians vaccinated 1
persons in ten days.
There ia talk of another large
being built in DCH Monies.
Cher fifty new buil ings have been
i p in Malison the paat year.
The Harrison County Horticul
society is arranging for a grand i
show.
A coal company i.s miw bcing form
Imogcno to operate the Fairfax , Mo.
mine' .
Keokuk is happy liecauce work on
Wabaah bhopx at tbat place lim :
inonceil ,
Clinton county has within ita limit *
miles of railroad track , not inch
switches.
S"ft coal ia as high as ? 10 per ton ii
houn county , uml miiiy of the fxrmc :
hnrnliigccrn.
Tlie Iowa Poultry association ho'
lext meeting at Ottumwu January 1
mil 10 , 188' ' .
Die annual session of the Western
[ Iorticultur.il .Society will bo held i,1
antic December M.
The treasurer of Kla k Hawk conn
cently sent to the state treasure !
MMimls of wil ver coin.
Thu fu > t locomotive on the Chi
Milwaukee & St. 1'aul railroad arriv
lama City last week.
The town . f Manniii ? , in Carrel en
thr'O mo ths ol I , eighty-five buil
mil a population of 4M.
The building season has ( tlnml i
Varn Three hnmlieil now Uulilinj ; li
lave been put up hiiico Ajiril 1.
lied Oak put * in n bhl , througli
i'coril , for the location of the new
mal tcho.il for hontliwestcrn Iowa.
Several of the prominent i-itixo n o
.liibon are < ir.'aiii/.iiig a jo'nt stock
pany to build n 810,000 flouring mill.
Load i n has born dt'covored it
neighbo'ho ' d nf McC.regor , wliich IH
to contain 1MU ounccri of hilver to tin
Tim Gnawa flouring mill is bcinf
mostly with hay fuel when it can hi
cured. It require * about four loads
At the firht ilay of the Hhort-horn B
L , T. OolUnatl Jit Dodge on the
thiity head Bold at an average of
each ,
The lied Oak ( trect railway con
has been forn.eil. It hiw a capital ol
000 , luni thu corporation U for
yeant.
The Northwo tetn M-cillcal anil Si
In-titute , of Sionx City , has forwan
art clos of incorporation to the BCCI
ot state ,
nio forthcomhiK report rlStito Ai
Lucas bhowa tliat tlio amount of ulil
railways iu Iowa for 18" ! > wai § 70
for 1880 , 8370,2Ca. ,
The Algona Itepnhlican has bee
Hented with a nqua h welghin1 , ' 187 pi
The monster measure * nix feet and i
in circumference.
The Kort Uoilge UuiliHng ami Loa
aoclatlon has tiled its article * of iuco
tlon. It has a capital of § 500,000 , , d
into nhtreii of $100 each.
The city council of De * Moinc
patHe < t an nrdlnancn prohibiting all
day theatrical and operatic perform
exhibitions con rtrU uml ainuvemenl
The lioouo Hcbtxils had to bo clom
week until coal could bo had fr in
loosa , Iffii miles away , _ and the 1
minuB of the state are within four in
lioone.
The final oinlract lm been n\pn \
tha Kecknk city council and the A\
company for llio oreetioa nf railro" !
in Kcoknk , anil work will bo conni
at once.
It U now safe to say that the exc
to Shilow. proponed by Capt.l'owew
Blate land ollii-e , will bo made. A
about ninety per'ona hn\o
intention ol going.
The eighth [ itinn.il meptins f the
llnnroveil Stock P.rccih'rs' nnclatnn !
bo held in lonaCit' . conmieii'ing ' 1
flny evening , Decfiniier lath , and clc
Thursday evening , December Ifith.
The utatc grange of Iowa will hoi
nnnu.tl pefslon in Des Mnino , romni
is * the urc ml Tue'clay In Deecn
This Hanlmpntt nt iiiee'.lng nf ttie o :
! < < the rinl'aniiual elect on of iti oil
) ccnr at lhii intclhig.
A new i nJ fatal catll-1 dijo.i a
mad * its npjicar.Mico in Diihiiitn con
DUO farmer has tot nine uo in
ui lit. Th animals are ueized with ri
mil t'cmbling an I death eimies in a
hours afttr they nro . ttacked.
1'ottawatlanil" county , by thu ti
States c mil * , icatU c\try ! othtr coniii
lhu state in tlie ] niilucti n < > f corn by
11 mil inn buwhcU In 187 ! ) it prod
" , ! W > ,17i biHhi'l.Mnf IIIMI , i cing jnst a
nuial to the pidnclioii of thu six
ICnghind stnlo ,
Pome RliutcriU of the ftatc agricnll
college , i.t Ame * , have been nrrei
charged with burglary. It Ftcm.s
s.imo wect s a/o a s ore In A me * W.IH
tcr-d ami several brcech.loa'iiiigiill ' s
taken ; ul n a lot of catrlilgc * . A fjw
ninee , in putting down Iriy for the sto
the c 'llogo ' farm , the ftolcn yoyds w n
covered , itli residls as slatetl.
Itoono Stitidaitl , Kovciuber 1 ! ) :
Xee.lham . was killpil by a train at
gonayc-tenliiy iimriiiiig. Xo very del
particular have eaehed thin nljlec , I.
IH Cleaned that fho was walking on
track an > l was rnn over by a train-
report I eing th.it she W.IH eros ng < >
tlie finall br'ilgei at Ilk time. Slw v
widow , a former resident of Moin ;
latteilyo'X. braska , and hud rctnn
fi'wdayo since to tell her property in \
ioua. _
STATE JOTTINOS ,
Kearney eric forcn.il.
( Jsinlirldgt ) has the telephone.
Ha lings wants a Shr.kc&pearo club
Tlio pojtotllco site H btill agitating
niont.
Oakland rej. id'.s over a swcot bcci
tillo y.
W. . rk on the Lino'In tannery is 1
pushed.
ICerrnoy can't accommodate all
scholar * .
Platt-nmnUi saloons have a free fiel
next .htne.
1'mglars and thugs aio nmlliplyiii
the c.ipital.
Tin1 Beatrice Cornier and Kxprcsi
consolidated.
The boxes in the Lincoln poitofiice
be increased $ " > .
Tlie defim t fire dcpait'nent of lias
will be restineetcd.
David City's improve i entd this
w.ll foot up Sti',000. '
The town nf Chester has coinplel
SL',000 school house.
The "Homo for the Kritiidloas" in
coin h.\s become a fact.
Uuni' rsof a , lutvo union depot are '
in. ; the people of Columbus.
The total disburden-nts on the A.
last p y clay were $110,000.
Madamcs Brooks and liittcnbende
stumping the state f r sulfrage.
Thefenia'o suffragist * chiim eighty t
ninety-f > ur papers in the state.
Co'fax county's murderer , Joseph
aldsky , g cs to the i on. for life.
Utica had a § 500 hi ize last wecl ;
ho.Eo and a cow \VLTJ cremated ,
A Kearney doctor advertises his
nrss with a significant black border.
liutlf r county contains 45,000 sheep
thi d \ntd by a man named Stodan
The Chinese wash-house at North I ]
in closed. The citizens fired See Wai
The Nov raska Railway Co. are but
fences between Nebraska City and
cuee.
cuee.There are now thirteen inmates a
atatt ) leform school ; teven boys am
girlsThe
The bridge is b inz constructed i
the Platte , at Louisville , for the Mi :
1 > cilio.
Bill Whitehead , a drunken thus of
coin , slugged a man in the public s
Saturday nigi.t and et < capoJ.
A new town will ho built on the It
lican Valley line of the i . & M. , !
\vo-t of Culbertbon , and in Duniiy cu
M. TJ. Conrtwright , a switchman i
Platlsmouth yards , bud his ankh b
while attempting to step on a passii
Kind.
Kind.The p-ople of Firth are anxious ti
man named McKnight , who ( i
ilo away with a larga amount of
nonoy.
Sarpy Center refuses to die. The
ollu'e remains , new stores ar
stocked witli goods and a general rej
ition is going on.
The Decatur coal pro. pect'ng h
down nearly 000 feet. It is now in
sand , the same as found at Ponca tc
above the coal vein.
A Lincoln mother mu'ilatcd the b <
tier child with a strap for failing to
ur prayers , and r.m away to ave
wrath ot the father.
The section gan ; ; near Tccumseh
iinped into a ditoll by the hand-ear
Ing a piece of iron on the rail. The
Inul two ribs broken.
The North IJeml school board ai
[ avocito po lalgogues. They are n
[ nnds by public UMIICOS. A "ripp
excitement lasted but a "minuet. "
Massey , the ex-convict who inton
ituiup the state fir "Prison Uel
Slocnmbed at I-ino In , smashed n
rig. and skipped for other cl mo. .
Twistleton , the fugitive horsa th
North Platte , g ive'hi cajitors the i
near Imlianola and took to tall grass
wai soon reu ipviired and HI a kled ,
Postmatter lleilgei , of Plum C'rec
been sue i for tlandti1 damages 8.1
by Dr. llancroft and Louis .1. Davis
s ander is based on Hodges' uttoianc
both r bb.-d hid ding store
Nlobrara came very near being
out by a jirairid lirotlio other day.
only by bard lighting nn the jiait i
citizens that tnth Iho new and old
were saved from ilestiucf.i n.
Charles Watson met with n terr.L
cident while working ai'ont a tlir
macliino near Stronmhurg , Polk c <
IIis mitten caught in the g-a.ingi
litcr-iby tearing hw hand
cylinder , -
tlio wrint.
There arc parties lookini for a lr
in Ke .rney county to establish a MI :
mid sugar minui'acturi"g : e-tablial
with a capital of Slfi.OOO. Thov i ;
Newark in thu locution t > butt their
iiois , [ Newark Herald.
The btate board of canvassers wi
veno at Lincoln to-day for the pur ]
canvassing tlio vote cast for the o
judge of the supreme cuMct , regents
university and district attorney
sixth judicial district to fill vacancy ,
The state board of canvassers ha
dared Hon. ( K H. Caa ellof llluoSi
Cage county , elected 8late Htnatorl
Nineteenth district to till vacancy
Hon. Nile. . Anderson , of Killim r * c
for repieaeutativo ol the Fifty-iecon
triit.
triit.The
The Lincoln schoolmates nl
SmaUey , thu li tlo daughter of a llf
vict in thu penitent ! < ry , raised $ il t
chasa a pair of now shoes fur the lit
fnitnnatf , which the teacher nippier
wttli btockings and gloves. It was t
bin act of kindness. Mm. Smalley !
chi dren to enpport ,
The final tettlcmcnt of th accoi
thu last state fair , as made by theU
managers at their meeting in I.i co
Wednutday , how a tleticit of SSO
receipts lacking that much nf covtii
cxpeiiies. Ilia time for lioldlng tin
fair wan uct fi r th bccoiul week in
trinbcr , 18S2 , commcncins on the llth.
which is th'inqht to be the most . onven-
icnt pcn.'onfor fair pattonfi
The coiuiit : loncw of Sarpy cnuity re
fu eil to go behind the iitirm in the
enmity iioat cnntrst. A misti.k'1 In the
tally sheet of Pairview precinct ca\e
Tlioini son I" tntend . 'f ' 7 ( UK tlio l > n 1'itc
proved , glvii R Viim a majority ( 2i. the
co nty. The contcct KOCS into court in
or In'o fecnie a recount ,
A jouiiR 1'olieinliili girl about seventeen
' ncciib ntally thot last 1'ii-
yoirs of iipe'K
day at 1 IT fa'ber'H ' homo , abnut i-ixtecn
niHC8wet from Hcribrer , no.ir Olean , Col-
fax conn y , by her lover , wlm was vhowlng
lier the nctma of his sclf-cocVing revolvot
uldch be believe I wus mil ii.lcd Tlio
ball went in a little above tuc rinht bin ,
went through the cht t and W.IH found in
the nrni-pit , fnmi whfiico it was extracted.
The won. d is not fntal.
Tb heroines of Holt county are Mrs.
Yankee and her little dmglitcr. They
drove through a prai'-io the with a \ > dr f
oxen. Some h < y in the wagon touk fire
and tbo hair on the oxen wa Hinged , but
tney still kept on n , head long inn. Mrs.
V. 'imtnu.llatoly threw tle : bay out of the
wagon nnd threw HIIUO itiilk , which i hc >
was bringing fr" ' the ncighboni. upon the
oxen. They made their os ape by reach
ing a neighboring s.v.il Il' ' .
Oilicinl notice hai been received at the
( ifHiiHoflho secretary of state , that the
pco'ltt oi Wheeler county , Nob. , voted at
their recent election to erect a new county
fimn without the boundary < f Wheeler.
Tim new county includes the o < t half of
\ heeler , and was named ( iarfiold county.
'be formation of t' is new couutv , if i-anc-
iured by tlio RI vernor and mciotmy of
tale wi 1 be placed up. . n the itt ol oigan-
zoii counties of the State. [ .Journal.
NovovTooLatoto IMonil
Thou. .1. Aidcn , Willlim ttreot , , Kail
Jultalo writes : 'Your iJi'M i 13uwsoM
ma worked on inn splendid. 1 lia < l no aj1. '
letite ; uwd to sl.'ep badly and of up in
he in rning unrtfiiu-hc'1 ! " > y 1 n-ath - as
'cry otfHiish-H and t siittcred from pcvero
leail.ifhe : since using your Spiiiu 'ISI.'H- '
. hava v.iniho I and
tim all th'--e sympt.MiH v.ini- >
fuel quite w.'ll. " 1'iice HO cinttrial
mttle-lOj. ondl iv
771 ! = T3a
til
Saslca X
For Sale By
FIFTEENTH AND DOUGLAS STS , ,
No. 29 , C hou es and 1 lot on California , near
311. attcct , CSOCO.
No. 30 , 11-story brick house of 4 rooms with
ot 00x200 Icct , on alar man avenue (10th ( street ) ,
near Izanl. $3000.
No. 31 , IJ-story house and 33x00 feet , on 13th
reeet , near Howard strtof , 82000.
No 32story house of 0 rooms and two lota
on Mason , near 16th street , $3000.
No25 , large liousu a * il full lot on Capita
venue , near 13th ttrcet , 82aOO.
No. 30 , 2 three-story brick houses wl lot 44x
13 feet , on Chicago , near ISth street , 85 0 each.
f > o. 37 , Ilouso of 7 rooms with 1J lot Paul
street , near Ibth street , S2760. (
No 33 , House and lot on 18th street , near
Sherman , $1850. J ,
No. 39 , House of 6 rooms witli 44x00 feet lot/ /
on IfctliBticct , near California , S2500
No. 42 , llouseof Brooms \\lth lot 160x1(0feet ,
on Coburn , near Colfax street , 3500. (
No. 43 , liousu and 2 lota on Chicago , near 20ttJ
street , 875JJ. I Ij
No. 45 , Larga house of 7 rooms , cloeets pantryy
veil anil cistern , on 18th , near Clark Btreet , 31 J
No. 40 , Larve housu with full block , neat < n r
shott ewer , S2000. / f
No. 47 1 louse of 9 rooms with \ loty n Puclfl /
near 11 tli btreet $3000. j
No. 40 , It rick house ol 11 rooms , well , c'xten ]
lias throughout the house , food barn , etc. , >
Kariihaiu , near 17th street , SOOOO.
No. ! ' 0 , Ilouso ol G romns , cellar , well , ftc. , < ,
10th , near 1'aul street , $ T.OOO.
Nn. 63 , House of 0 rooms anil collarIot33xi : {
off St. Mary' * avenue , near convent , $1600. '
No , 65 , Four hoifcs and 88x120 feet , on Uavv
port , near ltth ! street , J5000. (
No. 60 , Ilou-eiof Dor 10 rooms , on Callforr ,
no r21t htrect , SiiSOO.
No. 67 , Ilouso of fi rooms , summer kltch :
cellar , cistern , well , good barn , etc. , near
Mary's avenuoand 21nt strict , 3000
No. 63 , New liouio of T rooms , peed barn ,
Webster , near SKM Btreet , S2J.OO.
No. 69 , Konr houses with J lot , on 12th eti
near Caa < JUDUO.
No. On , I IOU-.0 of 3 rooms on Davcnjiort ,
23rd street , 8'JOO.
No. UI , House of 9 or 10 rooms , on Ilurt st <
near 2''nd strict , 85W ) ' ) .
No , 02 , House of 4 rooms , 1 utory , porch ,
lar , dbturn and well , on Harney , ncar21utht |
1760.
No. 03 , House of 4 roTis , clfisctu , hasei ,
and cellar , nmr White Lead \Vorks , * 1COO.
No. 04 , lluililiir , ' on leased lot , on Dodgeat , '
nearjiost olllcu , btore below and r.oum al |
JsOONo. . 05 , 3 lota with barn nnd other imji
uietilH , near street ear turn table , S'JOOfl.
No. 1)7 ) , New hou-o of 0 rooms on 17th ,
Cumins street , flOiO.
No { U , l.ir 'o Him house of II looms , <
tiling complete , on 18th , near Chicago , fjO i
f.'o. 70 , Homo on 18th htreit , mar i.avu i
store belowaiU roosm nliovt * , Inrn , etc. , f |
No 71 , llou-oof aroom , line cellar , aij j
plcto , on California , near 21st , $7000. \
No. 72 , Ilrlelt hoiuo , 10 or 11 rooms , on il f
l rt , near ISih ? 60'0.
No. 73 , Ij-story houno , 0 rooms , ccllaK
and cl'tern , on Jackaou , near 12th , SI SCO.
No , 71 , llrtck hou-o with 2 lota , frill * *
etc. , on 10th , near Capitol a\cnue , $15,001 ]
No. 75 , House ol 4 rooim. U- > j i.l
132 left , on Matey , near 7th , & . j.
No. 71) ) , 1 j-etorv house , a rooms ,
ar ICthiitrect , IMO.
No. 77 , 2-story hoiuc , 11 roonn ,
ace , fruit trcoH , barn , etc , , on Kurnhn'
tli ktreet , etOOO. |
No. til , 2 houses with 0 rooms , anil ntlj
rooms , on Chicago , nmr ,2th htrect , jA 1
No. 82 , IJ-story IIOIIBC , 0 rooms , 4 clos
and 100-liarrcl cistern good burn , on Hi
near -Otli ( near now iuveinment corrul
No S3 , 2-etory house , U rooms , coaUh
well , cittern , on i lot , on Capitol atci
12th , ? 2(00.
No , 84 , 2-story house , 8 rooms , 4 bclo
bo\c , 3 closets , ce'lar ' , well and cistern ,
crts ground , on Saundcrj street , nt r L
2600.
No. B5 , 2 Btorrs , house on Ir&scd 1 h
runs 2 years from April Ut , 1831 , on l'j.
near U. 1' , depot , SsOO.
No. 80 , House , 15 roomi , well , clstei
near IBtu and llarnev utreeU , iJX'OO.
No. b7 , 2 story housu , 3 rooms , well
feet of water , with fi acrcsof sround , out
trcet , near U. S. Dai racks , 2000. I
Mo. 83 , Large house of 10 rooms , wel
barn , etc. , oil Cani btreet , near 21et , 7
No. S'J , I rgo house , 10 or 12 roomi
> ter Btreet , near IVtli , 7600.
No. DO , IMKV ouso and beautiful o
near Dodge iind 17th BtrccU , 37000.
No , 01 , 1 story house , 0 rooms , etc.o
ham , near lOthttrcct , $1600.
No. 02 , I urge , beautiful , brick . . „
lots , notr Itaveiijiort and 17th street * i
GEO. P.
Real Estate Exol
15th and Dougl e-tl