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II ri-TROMATTA ! DAILY TTOF , : MONDAY , DECEMBER 3 1881 The Omaha Bee. I'tiblMied every morning , cxceplSonrlny , The only Monday morning dully. One Year. . . . . $10.00 I Three Montlu.S3.00 Hue Months. 5.00 1 Ono . . 1.00 IHK VTKHKLY HUE , imfcllshed ev- MUMS TOST 1'AID. One Ye/ir $2.00 I Three Month * . . M ) HlxMonUiii. . . . 1.00 Oite " . . 'JO COHUESrONDKNCK All Commnnl. Button * rolMinit to NcwHAnilKditnrUliiutt * torn Hliould bo Mldrciwed to the ElHTOlt OK THE \\r.r \ \ BUSINESS LKTTK11S All HnMncw Lotturx nd Remittance * lOiouhl be ml- drcVscd to TUB OMAHA 1'tmusiliNO COM- FANf , OilAHA. Drftft % Chrclu and r t- otfico Onioifl to 1) ni de payable to the order of the Company. TZ. UOSEWATER. Editor. Onto hai again bobbed up serenely with the flponkcrqhiti no the priro. WASHINGTON is itBulf a nin , ntul tlm billiard room keupors nro lojoicing over tlio nssoinblin of con/'rus / . Our Vivl ia there , too. EVBHY dolhir charged by tlm rail- ronda for inovini ; grain in oxcuns of "pnyingrateij" is a dullnr wrongfully extorted from the farmer. SKXATOU VA.N WYCK'S letter to the Now York Tarill'convention is attnict- ing a great dual of attention and favorable comment from the prem throughout tliu country. THE Now York Herald ankswhothor ruining pays. Goyornor Tabor and .ludgo Uowen , of Colorado , think HO. Tom Nast , who lost 840,000 at one lick , isn't ( [ iiito HO certain about it. OMAHA needs and muHt havu a mar ket liouse. St. Joe , Kaunas City , Leavonworth and Atchinon have mar ket houses , and Omaha cannot afford to remain withoifloiiQ much longer. MOVKY is "choap" and living from 120 to 40 per cent , higher than it waa a year ago. These two causes operate to the disadvantage of these who de pend upon fixed incomes from invest ments. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Sr.CIMITAUV KOMIKK Wlllltn to Stop the coiimgo of the silver dollar. Secretary - rotary Folgor had better con.sult the tioiiBtitution , which makes gold and silver tliu money metals of thesu United States. TIIK congressman from NebraHka being a second termer , will , accord ing to nsago , beuomo chairman of a committee , and that will enable him to support a private secretary at tlio expense of the government. corn worth fifty cents a bush el in an expansive little household ex pense which a number of Nebraska farm era are now compelled to indulge in. Coal monopolies like all other robber * , plunder the people to enrich themselves. IVKIKEU is regarded as out of the Dpeakerahip r.ico. Ho is chielly inter esting as a national/ephyr. Iknrcr Tribune , Dcrcmbcr . ' * . There is no much wind , in Colorado that a cyclone only ranks us /ophyr in Denver. The Denver Tribmif is a very unreliable weather prophet. KX-SKNATOK lioUTWKLk of MlUJSa- chusotts who was head of the treasury during the first term of General Grant and one of ISO ! ) that died with Grant at Chicago has been tendered the secre taryship of the Navy. Mr. JJoutwoll is one of the ablest if not the ablest man yet named for a position in Presi dent Arthur's cabinet. SOMETHING FOR NOTHING Now York has an honoot and sensi ble mayor. He 1ms vetoed a resolu tion of the board of aldermen granting the free use of the streets to the tele graph and telephone companies for the purpoiu'of laying undorpround wires , and lias accompanied his veto with Homo very emphatic words relative to corporations and city franchises. He nays that approval of the alderman's resolution "would bo equivalent to a free gift to a wealthy corporation of a right which is of great value to them , and which ought to be of great value to the city. " He adds that if the burden of taxation in Uow York is ever to bo reduced it must bo done by taking advantage of * > very Dossiblo source of income , and not by donations of privilt-go.s which possoaa a market value. No Bounder words could ] have boon spoken in their application to the re lations of city franchises and corpora tion demands. Eastern citie.i have paused the day when they can furnish capital with an opportunity for reap ing unusual returns without claiming noinu alinro in tlio benefit whch ! they derive. Philadelphia is already ex amining her horse railroad fran chises , and claims that under their provisions the duty of keeping the streets clean and in repair devolves upon the companies. Brooklyn has refused the franchise to several com panies organized to build elevated rail- i roada , on the uround that tlio terms of duoh franchises do not promiseaulli - ciunt inducements to the public purao to warrant the inconvenience which they would cause and the heavy profits which they would return to the own- era. In a number of states lawn for bidding the issuing of bonds to corpo rations have been agitated , and the right of way priviloju is being more carefully "guarded in tlio interests of the public. It is a gciM-rivl principle which should liavo a wider application in the even * that a public franchise to a pri vate corporation ought never to bo granted without Jtho certainly of a valuable consideration and fair partic. ipatinn inprolitH above the iifcinl mar ket rate of interest. While improve ments of all kinds which concern the public should bo iMicouraxud and while capital is entitled to a fair re turn for its use there in no reason why public find private property should bo practically placed at the mercy of and remunerative investments bu found for the benefit o * thu corporation without ROIIIO counter 1 il- ancing returns in the interests of tliu people. In nine cases out uf ten , in stead of bonuses being ivon Midi or- ganinitioiifl , largo sums ought to bu received in return for the franchises asked at the hands of thu public. There is no nwmon why the lawn of cipiilahio trade should not maintain in such cases as well as in the tranac- lions of an ordinary every day busi ness. THE NEW SPEAKER. For the lirst time in nix year. * the control of the house of representatives will bo in republican hands and under the supervision of a republican speaker. The choice of the party caucus at its Saturdey's ' meeting fell upon ( iiiii. J. Warren Keifer , of Ohio , and his election in virtually an ac complished fact. Gen. Keifer has a splendid recoid at his back and will enter upon the duties of the oflico with every promise of being a worthy successor of James G. Itlaine. He is a native of Jiethel township , Clark county , Ohio , whore he was born on a farm in 18nii , re ceiving his education in the common schoolH and graduating at Antiuch college , Ohio , when less than twenty yearaofiigo. Mr. ICeifer waa admitted to the bar in 1.858 and continued the practice of law until ISIil when , at the firing upon Sampler , ho enlisted in tliu army and wan nlioilly after wards commissioned as Major of the Third Ohio A'oliinicer Infantry. Ho rapidly rose in Ihe service. In 1802 he received his commission us colonel and passed through the severest battles of the Virginia cam paign at the head of the One Hun dred and Tenth Ohio Infantry , sus taining severe wounds in the battlu of tlio NVildernoEH on May 5 , 1801. Upon his return to the army in No vember of the same year , he wan ap pointed brigadier-general , by brevet , "for gallant and meritorious Hervices , " receiving his commission as brigadier- general in the following December. During the closing scenes of thu win- in the campaign in Virginia. General ICeifer was.distinguished fur his efle- cioncy and bravery , and upon the mus tering out of the army in .Inly , 18i5 ( , was breveted major general of the vol- untocM. His entire service in the army extended over a period of four years and two months , in which time he was four times wounded and par ticipated in the moat severe engage ments of the rebellion. His value as an army officer was recognized by the government in his appointment on November . ' ! 0 , 18i ( ( ) , an lieutenant- colonel in the Twenty-sixth Uni ted Statca Infantry , which ho declined and resumed his practice at the bar. In 1808 General Keifor entered pub lic lifo as a member of the Ohio sen ate in which body ho soon tool ; high rank as an able and active representa tive of the people , Ho was a dele gate to thu national republican conven tion in Cincinnati in I87 < ! and was elected in the name year to the Forty- Fifth congress from the Eighth Ohio District receiving 17,7L' S votes against 1-1,012 for his opponent. In congress General Keifer has been a consistent advocate of republican principles and an efliciont worker in the party inter ests. Representing state in which railway corporation nro a powerful political factor General Keifer is one of the few public men that have boldly taken position against corporate mon opolies. It is gratifying that ho owes his nomination largely to this senti ment. AN INDIGNANT NEWSPAPER Bchujler llcrulil. \ \ o regret thu ni > i > rariiice : of tlm bun- i-omh-i Advertisement ot TIIK OM.MK HKK on tlm fiinrth i > " ( , ' 0 of thin Ismio , henil-MJ "Tlie runners and tha Knllro.iin. | " It U nothing morn nor le t thin n hieachnf fnlth on tin' put of Mr. .Imclyn. of tliu Western Newnnapor Union with tlm | > ub. Unbent of thu Htratil , The JlitMlit is nut u supplement uf Tiih OUAIIA HKK , nor do r jirojmsn tlmt tlm o lumn of the lltraht be a medium for elrculuthiK editorial matter nf TllK KIK : u tiny ntlirr piipcr , of u part ! * in nature , or touching lut-ii mid i-siiM nf lhuil.iv , oilier than new , unlcM of our own clioIiM. The Ilirntil tins 1111 opinion of Hi own touching public ullulrn thn irhitito rights of fariiiorH Mini rullroodi , fanniTH1 ullhuiw im Mi-ll im the wtatui of Scnutir Van Wy ck ; nml whim wo hm proper wu will luuu no hfHitttiicy nr fe r to exprcKt that opinion For the iwneiit It U Hiilliclmt [ or u to H iy wo don't nnreo w Ith TIIK KK In timny thlnK' , and niinuisf other * vedun't bolluve tint an a factor In tlu iU > u'l'.imviit of this weUoni country 'J'ni ! lt K U M tiuc a frieivl of tlio fanner as au > thul corporate - rate powem , ux.\in \ which in lu nlliilUt Milrit it oipo ] o4 wlthiioim biytimm.'U for M > li.aKiianii/lem ; ot. Anda \ L i\c < imtloai to Jlr , .liutlyn in tliU jmbllo maimer tlmt If * ucli IH ui Ui III vliarai-tur of lib d ertl | iii { wiatt r , 1m can't nujiply thu J/rnililt "ouUIile. " A corporation editor never opi < na his mouth without putting his toot in it. If the highly indignant bulldozer who threatens to withdraw his patron- aye from the SVcstcrn Newspaper Un ion because it has seen lit to insert the prospectus of.TUB HIB : in it "patent insides , " had taken the trouble to read that olFonsive advortisomcnt , instead of jumping at conclusions , ho would not have made a commodious ass of himself by denouncing Tin : I3ii : : as a nihilist or communist. The article that has caused such nn outburst of indignation contains the following ex plicit declaration : In e'laniploniiitfthnroinmoii ' in'crcilw of Iho jK-opIc nxntn-t corpora' * encroach ment TllK I'll ! lini iH-vor advocated the confincation or wnn'on dc tmrUan of railway - way property or law * that would bank rupt thrtc cnrporntloiiH , but 11 In-Mi that rall\v. y Khali deal fairly by nil thuir pat- rotH , that tlirj } ' fhall not eonuVcato the products of the fnrmer by oxtortlonri'o toIK ! , imil tlmt they hhall not uvade their jmt burden of taxtlun. If theie is any nihilism or cominun- i m in thin declaration , let corporation editors and their owners inako the most of it. Wo presume , however , that in the oyei of these monopoly henchmen everybody that does not wear the brans collar is u nihilist and every man that expresses disapproval of the methods employed by railway monopolies to extort money from their patrons or evade their just share of taxation is a communist. What a pity those hirelings haven't thu power of the autocrat of Htmm. They would banish every subscriber of TIIK 11KB to perpetual misery in Rome penal colony mid burn the editor at the stake. The protest against inserting the prospectus of a parti/nn paper of op posite politics ax an advertisement , is decidedly refreshing , Kvory metro politan daily in America required weekly exchange. * to advertise its par- ti/.m prospectus in payment for the ditlbronco in value. No editor with a thimble full of brains would kick about the sentiment expressed in such advertisements , and wo nro sure the editor of the Schnyler paper , although professing the demo cratic creed , would never have opened his month if the partizan advertise ment had been inserted for the U. I' . Omaha organ with a republican brand. WESTERN RAILROAD PRO- GKESS The completion of the Northern Pa- eiliu to Milea City near the junction of Tongue river with the Yollowstoii" op posite Fort ICeogh , is a sonico of con gratulation to thu people of Montana. Although its progress during the past yuar has not been sudicicntly rapid to meet the wishes of the pioneers , yet it has cntits way through adillicnlt coun try and bridged over thiee hundred streams between Bismarck and Miles City. The work of construction has boon entirely within Iho boundary of Montana during the year now closing , principally on the division between londivo and Miles City , which will be open for public trnllic on the 15th of the present month. On comple tion of the temporary bridge over Tongue river , and the ice bridge at Bismarck , through trains from St. Paul and Duluth will run to the "So dom of Montana , " as Miles City has been dubbed. Operations on the main line west of this point will bo suspended for a time , and the force employed in the leveling of yards , building sidetracks , depots , etc. Should the weather continue moder ately mild , the graders will push west to connect with the Fnrnyth division of 100 miles. In Washington territory tlm construction corps moving east would inako 11 re spectable army , There are 12,000 men employed on the Chirks Fork division alone , with 2,000 Chinamen on the way , and this force will plow up many miles of virgin sod during winter months. Three hundred more are putting the finishing touches on the grade between UmatillaandPcndloton , which will bu ironed in the sprinir. The grade ia now completed to like Pen d'Oniillo ' , ami the track within a few miloflj ] of it. The weather in this vicinity is anything but comfortable , and orders have been issued for all hands to strike touts for winter quar ters. Engineers are examining the Columbia and Snake rivers to select suitable bridge situs , on which work will bo commenced in the spring. It will be seen from the abovu that there atill remains a vast amount of labor to inako both ends of this great work meet , The dis tance already covered on both ends it longer in mileu than that which remains , but the country is vastly more difficult to penetrate. Two yearn will be ivijuirod to coin- plotu thu bridges over the Missouri at Ilismurok and over thu Columbia at Wallula. The former has boon under w.iy for nearly two yearn , and not a single HJXIII is completed. The Mill- lun pas * tunnel near Helena will IH > another tedious job. It will bu 11,800 , foot lung. Beyond that another tun nel ( iOO feet long must be bored , and between them an iron bridge liOO ! fcut long with a central pier of mas onry " 25 foot high. It is estim.ited that the work uill be finished in twenty-six months. Allowing a lib eral margin of time for unexpected delays , it is certain that the largest portion of J 881 will pans away before unbroken trains will roach the mouth of the Columbia from hake Superior The Oregon Tactic railroad com pany , compound of capitalist * \\hoso are kept iu thu dark , has gone 10 work in northern Oregon at a point ibont 120 miles south of thu mouth of Hill .Columbia river , Yaquiofi bay , to build a standard yungo , fttcul rail ro.id , southeastward to J3oi City , Idaho. Twenty miles of the road between the bay and Cornvallis , in Jk-nlon coun ty , is ready for the iron , 10,000 tons ot which nro duo in San Francisco this month , by three steamers. The Port land Standard claims that the coin to build and equip the cnlirolino is on hand. The roiul will bo tvxlondod into eastern Oregon by the close of next year , and to Boise City in too and a half years , where it will mrot Iho "Oregon Short Lino" of the Union Pacific. Like all now roads seeking privileges , In- nnuiorablu promises are made mid low nitcH of transportation proclaimed in nilvaneo. This is significant , as showing that the history of railway highwaymen has penetrated the in terior of Oregon. The company only ask the people to give the freight and passangor business to the Oregon Pa cific when completed , provided it is the cheaper route. A line of steamers - ors will ply between San Francisco and Yaujiina in connection with the road. This road is doubtless the western division of the Oregon Short Line of thu Union Pacific. The proposed Utah and Wyoming railroad , the first division of which has been nurvoyed , starts at Corinne , Utah , and runs almost duo cast to Briglmm City , and then northeast teL L , kotown , on the southern extremity of Hear Lake , in Utah. From here the road will cross into Wyoming , near the Houthoast corner of Idaho , ana connect with or cross the Oregon Short Line , and push on to omo ( as yet ) unknown pert in the interior of Wyoming. This road , if ever built , could bo utilized advantageously in shortening the enormous twists on the Union Pacific in eastern Utah and western Wyoming. Tlio Denver it Now Orleans mil- road , of which Deacon Evans is the bead centre , is not ( hu most favored corpoiation in the west. In fact its path is a thorny one. Beginning with Denver the violent opposition of both press and people had to be overcome , and thu Deacon's spare moments , wcro employed in writing public explana tions of the company's intentions. The fact that the road was under Gould's inllucnco was sufficient to bring down upon it the wrath of the business men of Denver. Their ex perience with the long and short haul discriminating rates on J. G.'s roads was a costly and vexatious one , and when Deacon Krana began negotia ting for right of way and city privi leges he found obstacles in his path which hard cash could alone rumovo. The sinews of war being plentiful the road pushed out from Denver until the I'io Grande crossing was reached. Hero thu light waa taken into the courts , and after n few months' delay the deacon came out with colors Hying. From this point the progress of road toward the miu- tress of tlu gulf was free of serious opposition until the advance agents struck the vicinity of Trinidad. The people of this town and Las Animus county entertained "groat expectations" of the benefits which would follow the completion of the road , securing a means of shipping its coal , coke , iron and rock throughout the stale. Its hopes were of short duration , how- over. A representative of the mining interests was informed by the deacon that Iho 1) . , fc N. 0. company in tended becoming coal miners as well as common carriers and thai they in tended to manufacture coku and carry these articles exclusively for them selves , and not for others. "We can not agree to carry those articles for other people , " remarked the deacon , "to compote in the nurkut with our selves. Wo shall probably mine coal farther south than Trinidad and not to exceed three miles from our main line , while your city will bu twenty miles away. 1 f you r people will grade , tie and bridge a branch road I will iron and take in as u part ot my own , and it will carry your merchants their goods always providing they pay for it. " A soft answer turnetb away ordinary wrath , but Trinidad is boil ing. The ' deacon's liberality ia a gen uine ousiri in the desert waste of rail road rapacity , and should bo blazoned on the glistening domes of the Sierras. The sudden change of the Union Pacific construction force from thu Groeloy , Salt U-ike and Pacific to the Laramie and North Park branch was brought about by the sudden appearance - anco of a surveying party of the Den ver and Hio Grande iu that forbidden region , Blickensderfer and liudd moved by forced marches in front of the Coloradoans , and drove stakes and turned nod at the nto of a mile a day. The Jlio Grande Company are evidently determined to bring all mineral bearing - ing regions in Colorado in direct com- niunic'ition with Denver , and rural interlopers must keep their hands olF. They have driven their stakes through Middlu and North Parks , and are now moving toward Laramie City. The prmidunt of the Chioago , St. Paul , Minneapolis and Omaha railroad has pubHcly announced that the ad vance of that line in the direc tion of Niobrara , Nebraska , during the coming spring and summer , de- penda on Cedar county allowing "a proper spirit" the same kind of .spirit that now haunts the tax payers of Onmln and Douglas county. Twenty-year bonds at seven or eight per cent , have always been a great consolation to new railroads , Possi bly Cedar will learn wisdom from her neighbors and refuse the "spirit , " This company is said to have entered into a compact to build with theSioux City t Pacific n branch from Fremont to Lincoln. This ia the road for which G.iiloy , the troubadour , warbled no sweetly before Saumlora county shut oirhis wind" . Tlio Now Sounto- Cincinnati ( oimnerclnl When Congress meets , Monday nest , the frequenters of the senate galleries will look down on an unusu ally lar 6 number oft members who aru about to begin their first regular legislative term , although some of tlii'in wore present at the called executive - cutivo session of last March. A scrut iny of the list , however , riwcnls the fact that a great majority of these members are by no means new to congressional experience , as they have served in the house of ropro- scntativc.s , Among the latter are Senators Lnplmm and Miller , of Now York , thu ntory ot whoso translator ! to thu nenatu laat spring , as the result of the waifaroof Conkling upon Garfield , which ended in that bitter tragedy , is too well remembered to need further mention. Another ex-Hepreocntativo f oin New York appears in Senator Van Wyek , of Nebraska. For many years Mr. Van Wyck was one of the most prominent Republicans of New York , and was long a member of Con gress from an interior district , but was at last ejected from his seat by one of those iactionnl tights Conkliiig had been accustomed te foment in the State. Another now Senator , but long a member of the house , and well known in other fields of public usefulness , is General Hawley , of Connecticut. Senator Hale , of Maine , it is hardly ueccessary to say , has had a long and brilliant career in the house , so well is ho known to the entiru nation. Senator Mitchell , of Pennsylvania , was a member of the house when he was transferred to the senate as a conipromisu to end the long nnd bitter struggle be tween the Cameron and anti-Cam eron factions in that state. Senator Aldrich , of lUioda Inland , chosen to succeed General Burnsidc , was taken from the house , where he had long served. Senator Jackson , ot Tennns- see , had also boon a member of the house , and wo believe was such at the time of his senatorial election. Sena tor Sawyer , of Wisconsin , was foraav- eral terms one of the moat conspicu ous members of the house , ami were ho now in that body would no doubt be a formidable ; contestant for the speakership. Those Senators who are entirely now to Congressional otporieuco aio nnusally few in number. Most prom inent among them is Senator Mahonc , of Virginia. Since the events of the called session it seems an anomaly to call him a now member ; yet he is such , as ho has never had any experience in practical legislative work , either in the Senate or elsewhere. Senator Harrison , of Indiana , enters the Sen ate without bavins' had experience of any kind at Washington , and ho has yet to learn , together with his colleagues in the name plight with himself , all "tho ways that are dark and the tricks that are vain. " Sena tor Sowell , of New Jersey , is in the like predicament , and so , also , is Sena tor Miller , of California. Thc.se ex haust the list , and it will bo seen from this analysis that in the legislative ex perience of its membership , the senate about to assemble has not been sur passed by any of its predecessors. In its political condition the senate has an interesting aspect. It has been formally classed as ' )7 ) republicans , It ? democrats and 2 independents. This , however , is the classification of those democrats Who take a roseate view of the situation , and while hardly daring to group Davis , of Illinois , and Mahono , of Virginia , with * hu demo crats , bravely put them under thu caption of independents. This ar rangement may possibly afford the democrats HOIIIU comtort and does nobody any partic ular harm , since it is well known that both Davis and Mahono have declared their intention to act with the Repub licans , not only in thu organization , but generally. Indeed , neither of them have now any option in the mat ter for each , during thu calludhcssion , not only drifted apart from the Dem ocratic side , but burnt his bridge be hind him. The Senate , therefore , at its organization , is close , but is safely redeemed from Democratic domina tion. In the character of its membership the senatj has rarely , and certainly not in reeunt years boon NO high. On the democratic side Senators Bayard , Pendleton , Hill and Brown of Gcor- vi , Beck of Kentucky , Hansom of North Carolina , Lamar of Mississippi , with others , have proved themselves equal to any of thu duties incident to the place. On thu republican side the infusion of the new blood has made it particularly strong. With such men in the body as Kdmunds , of Vermont ; Anthony , of Rhode Island ; Windoin , of Minnesota ; Conger and Ferry , of Michigan ; Hoar and Dawos , of Massachusetts ; Fryo and Hale , of Maine ; Allison , of Iowa ; Logan , of Illinois , anu Hawley , of Connecticut , the party is not likely to lack either force or wisdi m in its direction. In these members is combined large ex- pcriencu in public attain , together with varied ability and politi cal acumen. Combining with these such now Senators as Miller , Harrison , Van Wyck and others , and it is evident that thu republicans have little to fear in any exigency that may ariso. While the republicans have good reason to bu natislied with thu senate us it stands , all parties can find causu for tatisfaction in the body. The public welfare is to bo mostly found in thu close political division. That fuct nut only puts each party , but each individual member , upon good behavior. Crude oridous legislation is nut likely to bu develop ed from a scutate thus constituted. Railroad Legislation. Fremont Tribune. The advocate cf thu cheap transpor tation question , and many of those who are directly intciesteu in wrest ing the control of our great railways from the hands of thu owners and reg ulating their freight tariffs by govern mental legislation are now circulating a petition throughout Nebraska se curing signers , and expect to present the petition at the coming session of congress asking for a redress of griev ance * and that .some active steps betaken taken to check the growth of the great monopolies and enhance the intoiosU of the producer , 'lliu persons who re most diligent in carrying the thing forward , sny they look to congress for a remedy stating that in doing so it will exercise the power conferred upon it by the constitution to regulate com merce within foreign nations and bo- twpon the status. The general tenor of the petition i.s to the ullect that theno greats thoioughfarrs are for the benefit of the public At largo , and that each in dividual is entitled to the same right ? and privileges in their use and that there should bu no discrimination in favor of any favored party or set of men. The petition urges thatthorail- roada nro not run in the interests of the public service as they should be , but are conducted Dolely with the idet : of suddenly amassing their owners a largo fortune without any regard to the unjust extortions from the labor ing and producing classes thuj failing to execute the trust committed to them. The petition further states that ' ' consolidations 'through combinations and tions , the railroads of the United States have become nueh a monopoly as was never contemplated when char ters were granted ; beneficent inven tions whieh ought to inure to the pub- lie benefit are largely monopolized , and , through Construction Companies and other devices by which a fictitious basis of cost is established , the public are everywhere enormously over charged for thu construction and use of steam highways. Through excessive charges and unjust discrimination enormous wealth has been suddenly accumulated by those who control these highways , while the farmer , the manufacturer , thu minor and the mer chant have been deprived of their fair profits , and labor has been robbed of its just reward. " It then goes on to say that theru is Honicthin ; ; more to the subject than a mere business aspect. The morals of the people are corrupted by the meas ures resorted to by the monopolies to maintain mid i-nlargo their power , thus poisoning thu stream of justice , not only along its course but a'so at its fountain. Thu prospective rcsulta of the petition is to compel the railroad corporations to perform their public dutieyto all alike for a certain , reason able , specified compensation and to forbid under a heavy penalty tlio ex tortions and discriminations now practical on the people at largo. What the results will be can not bu dclinito- ly foreknown , but thoau directly in terested aio sanguine in the success of their caiuu. IOWA BOILED DOWN. i has orgimi/od a canning com pauy. DCS Moinus talks nf buildin ; another hotel. l'iec Will laptist ! are building a church at Spencer. They are ( joins t" pr.spect for coal at Oriindy Center. ISnling hay for tlm eastern nm-ket will ben new industry at Lo Mars this winter. The Mai'fh.illUnui canning works intend putting up ] , CO ' , OUO cam of fcumlrics next season. Tlm state grunge holds its anmi.U ses sion in le.s MOUIEH , the second Tuesday in December. The grand total of improvements in San bnrn duiinjilSSl. foot up ii round 1,11111- b rsl ii,085. : Dcnnisou dedi ated a 89,000 opera , house on ThankfiviiK ; ! day. The better thcday the better the deed. It is claimed that Tort Dodjfe ha < as enod sand for gluMR-making purposes as cju be found anywhere. Th annual meeting of the State Teach ers' association will be held at 0.-ikaloo .i December Ii7 , 8 aid 29. ( ioldjield has a Judy dentist , audit is HUtprisintf how many , men ia that town have teeth that need iiunj , ' . A. Y. McDonald , the Unhiupie manu facturer , is making arrangt'inentB to start a brniich concern at Clinton. Davenport h.-.s a land luague of 10 > inemt crs and has He1 t Sl.llf ) to the na tional l nd league In Ireland. The Odd Follows of Keokuk claim the finest lm'1 ' in thu H ate , and in connection with it is a library of 1,100 volume' . TheDecorah liiemen and city authori ties propose to celebrate ) the completion of the new water woi'ks with iinpiiHiii ; ; eeiu- mouicH. Ce > l. AberneUiy , foimrrly stale imi'crin- tendentof public. iiiHfruction , iccently xolil his farm ofl"i acr.s near Deuison for ? ( J'CO. The new ferry boat at ICcokuk e-arries 20 loaded teams and as ii'iuiy ' cattle aud Imrne.s every trip , It iiiM.'iid to Liu u mou nter bo.it. DCIIIIH O'lSriui kil'ed ' n line deer on MiiM'at no Inland on the 'J'lh , npp < rcntly about f urjcaiH old , and this lirot neen there for may yearn. AVibrtt'r f Sty IIM < irml/ed : a lio.'ird of trailu with a capital htoek of Vll > ,0 ( 0. with power to increa o the amount to SIO',000 The xhnrcrf nf Hlock aru 9.i each. The Den Mnluui ( ilucone ci'inp ' ny hat iiut finiHhcd tlm chlinneut of thirty car load * of miar to Ht. Joui. < , whera itKi-ade > . A 1 , and IK ovniiileri'd | uul to the beat cautern maimfiu.ture. The Dmenport ( ia/eltexayH tlmt n well- infnriiie < l i mln ineri'hnnt of that city inakeit the rttatumcnt that corn will i each the cUring price of f\ \ | > er bu-hel before the I'Oin iTiipof 1HH' ' IK ready foi maiket. Mr. T , W , 1'Irice , a prnmineut attiuney of AnamoM' , Inwa , uu , found de-id in bed the moininK of the -7th. ] 1 had been for days attending a notion uf thu United Htati'H Court , and tlm lant few dayn hud been addicted to utroiiL ; drink , llii death IK HUppOK d to have resulted fiom Miffoea- tion. tion.The The b.iniiiotof | lhutra\elini ; men in Dm MoineH , to take pluce at tlm Aboiu hoiiKe , December Hi , l.s to bu a strictly temperate nlfair , no wine bein allowed , The IHO- rniiuuu iiuleate-H that ( ! ov. ( iear will if Ajiond to thu toait , "lima In thu past , " mill ( ! ov..elect Kherman to "lowrt in the future. " Near Mif-catincon tho27th , while linuit ! tnu' < * , nued II , uiu handling a gnu , It was accidentally dlccharsed and Hturally blew oil the whole tup ofhU hem ! , scattering the Imy'ii brjiiu in every direction. JHg father , wh > was n initon Mildler , died nut ) year aj , ' " that day , and tlm boy ; in K'ftin r < * ndy to iito a m.utuoMT . hi.i yr.ixuhen thu awi- \ntoccurrod. Anna.S , Hinte , who hiix beeti on trial befo e. tlm dlhtri. t court of Maiioit l.ist weuU for killing her husband by po'tnnine ; lunt eUnuier\\ _ on thafith found guilty of mi.nler in tlm xccond decree , and H nteiiced to thoMiullMiii Penitentiary for eighteen years. She killed her lnubaiid > o marry a man from Illinois. Ltna tit.nu- ton , time-ill her e-thlt'f , was xenteiiced to tlm Hauio iienitentiary for three yean , 81m has a babu two mouth * wUI , burn iu jail. .She ftolo the boiRuJo btt'iire- to fc' t her * eiiui'or out nf ] " ' ! . 124 / For Sale By FIFTEENTH AND DOUGLiS STS0l ; B ; No. 1 , New home , 7 rooms , near Saunitcn ) , 91 00. No. 2. 2 story house , 0 roonn , well , ciitcrnaod barn , Webster , near 16th street , $2600. No. 3 , HOUDO of 10 rooms , on Hartley , c a.r- ' h street , stoun foundation , $4000. No. 4 , Larxo liouse of 11 rooinx , on Webster ttrcct , near Creighton College , $000. No. 0 , House of 7 rooms , on Cast ) , near 171 street , $3000. No. 7 , llouio of 8 rooms , 3lots , on 17thstreet near Izanl. kOO. No. S , House of 5 room * , on Case , near KUi , 22x182 ( eet lot , $1800. No. 0 , Hound of 3 roonw , kitchen , etc. , or CAM , near 13th 8t cet , 3SOO. No. 10 , lloneu of ! l rooms with lot 22x132 feet , on Ca s , near 1 Hh street , $000. No. 11 , House ot 0 rooms , on ICth street , near Donxlai , 44xUU feet lot , $4000. No. 12 , llousoof 0 rooms , hrick foundation , on Ilnrney , near 27th street , $1000 No 13 , 1 ttorj new liouso of 0 rooms , brick , foundation , oil til. Mary's atomic , ncareoment , . J1WO. No. 14 , I Ionic of S rooms and summer Mb hen on 20th street , near dark , $2JOO. No. 15 , House of 8 room * , on Sherman avenue- ( ICth street ) , near Nicholas , 42250. No. 10 , 1 J itory house of 4 rooms , cellar , , stable , etc , , on D.-ueni.ort , near 22dstreet , S1500. No. 17 , 2-story brick house of 0 rooms , nisu- nJ of red street ear turn table , $ ' 23M. No. 13 , Iloiiioand2 lots , Iblockswest of High. School , t2M)0. ) No. 19 , HOIISO and Slots on road to park , ncai- hiod St. .Marj's a\cmie. $3500. No.'jO , Housoaud 11J lots near Hascall's , South Onnha , $2FM. No. 21 , House and lot on Davenport direct , , near Iflth fctrctt , ? 5.piCO. No. 22 , 2-sti.rj house and 1 t 32x60 fiet , on Davetii > ort , near 12th street , WOO. .No.2J. House of 4 rooms and 2 lots on 17th. trcct , niur Irani , 31200. No. 25 , jlouto and } lot on 10th Ftrect , nea UoJfic , .iO"iO. No. 26 , House ami } lot on 10th street , near- Can tola\cnuc , $1450. No. 27 , 2 houses and lot on Jackson , near 13th. 'trcct , SIKOO. No. 29 , 6 hoii'cs ami 1 lot on California , ncar- 3th street , $5000. No. SO , 1 j-story hrick house of 4 rooms with , lot C0\2 ( > 0 feet , on Sherman avcnuo ( ICth street ) , near I surd. KWO. No. 31 , 1 J- tory house and 33xCO f cot , on 13th , reett , near Howard strtcf , $2000. No. 32story house of 0 rooms and two lota on Mason , near 15th street , V3000. N ° { 35 , Largo hoiuo a id lull lot on Caplto venue , near Ktth street , JJjOO. No. 'M , 2 tliree-fitory hrick houses u i lot 44x 13 feet , on Chicajro. near ISth street , So 0 each- f > o. 37 , House of 7 rooms \\ltti Ijlot 1'aul street , near 18th street , $2750. No. M , llouso and lot on 18th street , near- Sherman , 31850. No. 3D , Houscof D rooms with 44xGO ftit lot , , on 18th street , near California , $2500 No. 42 , llou-uof 8 rooms with IotI50xlCOfee t , , on Colmrn , near Colfux street , 3500. No. 411 , Houio and 2 lotd on Chicago , near lOth , Btrcit , S76JJ. No. 45 , Larfro house of 7 rooms , closets pantry , well and clitern , on 18th , nrar Clark street , &i50b. . No. 40 , Lare houbu w Ith full block , near new ehottower , $2000. No. 47 llouso of 9 rooms n Itli j lot , on Pacific , nearllth street $3000. No. 49 , IlriiJ ; housgof 11 rooms , veil , c'stcrn. . tfa-i throughout the home , good barn , He. , oa. t'arnham , near 17th utreet , $0000. No. 60 , Iloii"o of 6 rooms , cellar , Hell , etc. , oa 10th , near 1'aul street , $3000. No. 53 , House of 0 rooms and cellar , IntSJvlSS , . oD St. Marr's avenue , near convent , 81500. No. 55 , Four houses and8Sx20 foot , on I > a\cn- port , near Kith street , $ . ' ,000. No. 50 , Hoiuo of 9 or 10 rooms , on California. . no < r 21 Ht street , $5500. No. 07 , llouso of ( ! rooms , summer kitchen. , cellar , cistern , veil , ( 'eoil baru , etc. , lu-nr St. llarj'e menuo anil 21st street , $3000 No. 58 , New hoimi of 7 rooms , good birn , oa. Wulibter , near 22d street , $2500. No. 5U , Four houses uitli J lot , oil 12th street. , near Cass 92,100. No. 00 , ! louw of 3 rooms or ) Datenixirt , near 23nl street , $900. No. Ill , lloiibo of 0 or 10 rooim , on Hurt street , , near 22nd strict , $5000. No. 0 , Iloiimi of 4 rooms , 1 story , porch , cel lar , cistern and well , on llarney , near Ulet street , 1750. No. fli : , House of 4 rooms , closets , base Mid cellar , near \Vliito Lead Works , tlGOO. No. ( It , llnllilini ; onleaxed loton Dod ustreet , near post olllce , store below and ruonn above. teooNo. No. 05 , 3 lots \v4lh barn and other improvo- inentH , near street uir turn table , $2000. No. U7 , Nuw hou-u of U rooms on 17th , noai Cumin , ' . street , 31000. 11 No C9 , Lar u line house of 12 rooms , every- thin ; ; complete , oil Ibtli , near ChleaKo , WOO. No. 70 , HOUKOOII IRth street , near l/amiport , storu lielow anJ roonm abOMi , barn , it . , 91500. No 71 , Hoii'Mi of 8 rooniH , line cellar , all com. plcte , on California , near21xt , $7000 , No. 72 , Drlck IIOUHC , 10 or 11 roonw , on Dareo port , near IMh $5000. No. " 3 , 1 J-story hotisu , 0 rooms , cellar , we ! Hid eUtern , on Jackson , near 12th , 81 MX ) . No.71. Hrick house with 2 lot * . Jrult tree * , , etc , on Ititli , iiwir Cajiltol uvenue , $15,000. No. 7f > , llouso of 4 rooms , hasrmuut , lot If IK 132 feet , on Jlaicy , near 7th , $ C76. No. 70 , Ij-ntory bouxe , 8roouu ) , on Casa strctt n < arieth troct , $4500. No. 77 , 2-Mtory tiouso , 11 rooms , closeU , fur- ace , fruit trees , barn , etc. , oa Karnham , Dear th olrit't. $60UO. No. hi , 42 lioux'd'ltli 0 rooms , and other v\tli \ rooms , on Chicago , near 12tb strttt , $3000. No. h2 , Ij-Htory houxe , 0 rooms , 4 closotx , well Mid 100-harre-l rlntcrn KOod burn , on 1'Ierco Bt , , . -tear 'Oth ( near new ioiernin nt corrall ) . JlbOO. No , b3 , 2-story houce , t ) room" , roalihed , ( rood Hdl , cUtern , on i lot , on Capitol meuuo , ne * 12th , 2iOO. No. 61 , 2-story houie , 8 roonu , 4 Mow and 4 bove , a cloHcts , co'lar ' , well and rUttrii , with b err ground , on Saundcn utrix-t , near Biurucks , No. 85 , 2 stores , honio on lo.-vnvl j lot , Ituw nms2j cart from April 1st , 1881 , on 1'ncldc BtK mar U. 1' . depot , yjO , NO. m. lloiiH , 10 rooms , eU , cisUrn. etc , , niur loth and Hurnov strct'U , irxxX ) ; No. 87 , 2-ston houKo , 3 rooirw , well wiUi 40- feet ofsiter : , with 5 acresofvround , onBiunJert utrrtt , ne r U. H. lUiracka , J2000. No. 8S , Ijirfii houn' of 10 rooms , Hell , cUtcn ) , , bani , t'tc. , on Cam street , mar 21st , cTOOO. No. SO , Ijrco liouso. 10 or IS rooms , onWtli- ittr Htntt , near l th , t7600. No. W ) , Jjirxo I oueo and Ixautlful corner ltc. near Dodf ; ami IJth slrrctd , S7000. No. 10 , 1-ntory houie , ( Irooim , etc. , oq ham , mar U'tli ' street , 1500. GEO. P , BEMIS' Real Estate Exchange \