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Ill THE OMAHA DAILY BBF : WEDNESDAY , J/NUARY 13 , 18s2. The Omaha Bee. Published every morning , except Stindny , The only Monday morning dnlly , j TKKMSMYMATIi- : Onc Yo r $10.00 I Throe MonUu.S3.00 Six Months. fi.OOlOno . . 1.00 THK WEEKLY BEE , published cv- TIKHMS TOST 1'Alb- Ono Year . S2.00 I ThreoMonttis. . BD Btx Months. . 1.00 1 Ono . . W COUUESPON'DEXCK All Commiml. ktioiu rel.aliiiij to Row * nml Kdltorlnl mixt- ten plirmld l > o ndilro'ccd to the KniTOU OK . BUSINESS LKTTEtlS-AM Biwlnem Letters mid llcmlUnnroa rlmtild bo iwl- drcMcd to TUB OMAHA PTOMMIH.O COM- FANT , OMAHA. Draft * , Check * nnd Post- offlco OrdcK to ho irudo pnynble to tbo order of Uio Company. OMAHA PUBLISHING 00 , , Prop'rs ' C ROSEWATrR , Editor. IT looks na if Whittnkor'n cars iniulit < ir.iin ( become topics of conversation in military circlcB. Tin : Cannon cnso conion up in con gress next week and an explosion of large dimensions mny bo expected. WK clovoto consiilcr.ildo sjiaco this morning to the ixblo nnd comprehen sive message of Governor Gu.ir , which cannot fail to bo rend with interest by our readers on both Hides of the Missouri. BUOOKLYN pays $1,500 n day in interest - torest for her great suspension bridge. Omaha pays well , no ono can tell haw much Omaha pays for the privilege ego of the bridge which she helped to build across'tbo ' Missouri. BEN BUTI.KH is said to Imvo his uyo on the qoveriioraliip of Massachusetts. As long as he keeps his hnnds off the ballot box , it isn't of much import ance in what direction BOII'H eye roves in thu Old Day state. E\PKKT testimony havingconcludod , Judge Cox's conrt is now undergoing nn infliction of dreary legal techni calities , with the usual attendant buf- fonory from the murderous clown on trial for asBosainating thu president. CONOUKSS linn live months in which to wrestle with the tarill' , internul s- revenue , national banku , uilvor , inter nal improvement , pensions , rcappor- tionmoiit , presidential succession , and u score of other topics of equal im portance. It is safe to say that some will bo slighted. A rcw years ago the death of Rich ard Dcnry Dana would Imvo created a profound sensation throughout the country. How easily public men are forgotten is seen from the f.ict that Mr. Dana's death , which occurred on Sunday in Italy , has called forth only a few lines of obituary in the journals of the day , while to thousands of their readers his name and fame are unknown .or have passed from their recollections. In his day Mr. Dana was one of the most distinguished ad vocates and constitutional lawyers in the United States. For many years ho was United States district attorney at Boston , and during the war formu lated the law respecting captured prizes , which has since boon accepted as the Hole authority governing such cases in this country. Ho will be more generally remembered its the ed. itor of Wharton'a International Law , "Two Years Before the Mast , " and as one of the founders of the free soil party. Mr. Darin was sixty-savor years old at tlio time of his death. CONGRESSIONAL REGULA TION OF RAIL-WAYS. Mr. Reagan , who for the past seven years has been an earnest and untir ing worker in the unti-monopolj ranks , shows 116 signs of ( lagging ii his purpose to puali into proininoncc in the present congress his bill for the regulation of intnr-utate commerce ii the United States. It is highly im portant that every producer in tin west rhould bo fully informed of the nature and contents of this important measure , the principles upon which il is founded , and the ends which it proposes to accomplish. This is nil the moro necessary because the mon opoly organs , both east nnd vest , have been endeavoring to pervert itc meaning and distort its provision ! into a dangerous attack upon thu ag < ricultuml supremacy of curtain portions tions of thu country far reinovci .from the seaboard. The intcr-stato commerce bill ii founded on thu assumption that congress gross has thu solo power to rcuulatt commerce between the states on con tinuous or connecting lines of railroad It doea not nssumo to assert that congress gross can regulate the railroads of tin United States as far as their frun chines and corporate righU uro con cerned , This power lias not boei conferred upon it by the constitutioi and is , therefore , within the provinc of state legislatures. But thu const ! tution lias granted to congress tin power to rcgulato intor-stuto com inerco upon railroads and the su ( Premocourt has time and ugain do cidcd that such commerce can bo rcg ulated by thu national legislature , bj whatever vehicle or means it is car ried. This is the basis upon whicli Jlr. Reagan's bill is founded , Ii tt leaves to the states the duly of regu lating transportation which is solely within their boundaries , together with the franchises and privileges of the coqiorntions operating lines of railroads doing biiiineas in the state. Such right of regulation is admitted by tlio corporation * and can bo exer cised by legislative authority. But no single legislature can go beyond the confines of the state and pass laws which will bo binding upon corporations in other states , nnd from this inability arises the necessity for such u bill us that introduced by Congressman Itcn- gan. This measure does not propose to tegnlato freight rates by law , or to establish fixed rates , which cannot bo increased or diminished by the rail way mauinorH. Its prime object is to abridge the monopoly powois of Uio corporations , and to provide reme dies by which thu most ilagrant abusci of tlio corporations may bo done away with. Like the Dnnno law , Mr. Hawaii's bill is drafted to prevent discrimination between ship pers. It provides that no one shall bo charged moro or lens than another by a railroad company , nnd that re bates and drawbacko shall not bu al lowed in any case. It prohibit * pool ing between competing companies , and meets thu "lonu and short haul" question in thu same mannur 111 was done by thu hist Nebraska legislature , by forbidding any company or corpo- ation to chargu moro for a shorter than or a longer distance on thu same hand. Finally thu Reagan bill provides that rates of charges shall bo pontud up conspicuously in every depot - pot an.il that such table of rates shall bu rigidly adhured to , duo nnd public notice of all changes being given to the public. Tlicso are the loading provisions of the Reagan bill which in n modified form , passed the forty-fifth congress by thirty-five votes , Gen. Garliold being ono of its principal pupporturs. ho means whicli it provides for the nforcemont of its features aio nmplu .ml thorough. The viola/ion / of tiny f its provisions is mndo n violation f thu law , punishable by triple dam- .gcs in a civil action , with judgment HMO cast ) for n luas sum than S' ' > 00. n addition a civil remedy is provided ly action through the public prosucu- ion , conviction to bu followed by udgmunt for not less than $1,000. L'hird'y ' violation of the provisions of ho law is mndo a penal offence , to bu irosecuted in the courts , nnd in case f conviction the judgment , is not to 10 less than $1,000. It will bo .scon from this resume of Ir. Reagan's bill that his inoatmro > ropofloa to attain four objects , vie / : o prevent unjust discrimination be- .ween individuals , to prohibit rebates nnd drawbacks , to restore competition by forbidding pooling , to prevent un- ust discrimination between commu- litios on long and short distances over ho same haul , and , in short , to abridge those dangerous assumptions if power which have made the monop olies such formidable oppressors of every class of citizens in the country. When such a measure becomes a aw the responsibility for regulating the railroads -within thu states will still remain with the various state leg islatures. Mr. Reagan's bill is sim ply intended to reach abuses with which the separate states have found it impracticable to deal and which could never bo suc cessfully graopled with except by o perfect concert and union between thu various legislatures which could never bo attained in the face of mon opoly opposition. It remains to be soun whether under the present ar rangement of committees in the house of ruproBuntntivus Mr. Reng.ms meas ured backed by thousands of potilioiu from voters and tnx-payors of tin country can bo successfully smothered before the constituents of thu mum- bora of the house luivo an opportun ity of taking note of thu votes of then representatives on a measure of m much importunco to the country. TalcoH the Bnkory- Clu'jcniio Leader , The lithographed shoot of TJUBKK'H : holiday spread takes the bakery this season. It savors of Hosuwatui through nnd through. . - - Tlio Annual Plant- Luramlo HoonienuiR. We have received n largo number ol "nnnuala" nnd " ' "holiday numbers' from our exchanges , all of which art very creditnblo. In our judgment thu Denver Tribune scooped its con temporaries in that city , nud scooped them b.id , ns it always does. Tin Suit Lnko Tribune sends thu best out from that city , and Tin : Km eclipsui everything sent from Omaha. A Thlui ; of Beauty- Alamo HriaM. The Omaha KKK'H Illustrated An nunl is buforu us , end it is a beauty Thu illustrations uroiilniostoxclustvol ; restricted to buildings erected or ru constructed during the past year prominent among which is lluyd' now opera house and the Hotel Mil lard. The insidu imgus me devoted ti u resumi ) of Omaha H business durini the past yuar , Omaha is u great city is duttinud to bo u greater ono , am TJIB UKK is ono of the enterprises tlm tend to miiKo her so. A Faithful Record- SUnton JUgiitor , Tim OMAHA BKK'S annual ruviuvv ii boforu us , and it is a magnificent rep mentation of Quiuhu'a duvt'lojmiiiiii and business tmneuctiona during 1881 and TJII ; UEII'.S enterprise , It con tains thirty-four engravings of costly buildings , the majority of them erect- rd lait year. Omaha is looming grandly , nnd Tin : HKB is n faithful re corder of her growth , A Hnudnoma Shoot OsoioU 1 lentil Wo have received TUB OMAHA UKB'N minimi review , a hantlcomely illustrated sheet , which clearly portrays trays the vapid growth made by ho metropolis during the year 1881. The enterprise of I'm : MII : : is worthy of high commendation. A Model ol' Pori'notion. Hardy IkraM. /run OMAHA Bur. Now Year's piper ii' certainly a model of perfection. Tim linr. has ilonu moro for Omalm nnd thu rttatu by thoio beautifully il lustrated Now Years piipotn than nny ono institution in tlio state. Kiuh succotding number eclipses nil former ones. Of Couriio- Nebraska Wati Im.an The illustrated Br.n supplement in , ns usual , an intciesting and pains- tal.ing production. Omulm lloo Annual itoviow. Ookllllll Illllrp lull-lit. Thu Omaha Hue Annual Review for 1882 in thu finest thing of thu kind ever yul published in thu state , and shows up Omaha business houses , manufacturing and business Jnturusts in n Btylc unsurpassed by any journal of thu country. Among tlio many beautiful and oxpemivo structures represented in thu four pages of illua- tr.itions ao : A. Ij. Strung- building , corner of Tenth nnd Fiirnham struuts , 70 or 80 toils of iron used in its construction , to bu occu pied in wholesale trade of steam and water supplies. Thu second nnd third stories being occu pied as thu headquarters of tlio de partment of thu 1'latto. John W. Lytlu's fmu three-story business house , on Farnham street ; the three story brick block of Samuel Burns nud A , 1'olack ; Max Meyer & Bro , , jewelry nnd music ; Milton llogors A ; Son , stoves , ranges , furnaces , etc. , Byod's Opera House , a beautiful three story structure ; Henry Dohlo's three story brick , boots and shoes ; James Uruigh- ton'n building occupied by Henry Liuhman , window shade and vail paper , all on Fain- lam street ; the beautiful Mil lard lotel , five stories nnd basement Woodworth's three-story brick block ) olh on Douglas street ; Stuulu t lolniBon'n three-story wholesale gro- : ory house , brisk ; 1' . 13. Ilor's budd- ng , four-story brick , both on Harney itruet ; Omaha Medical College , Clark Woodman's residence and the resi dence of Samuel 11 Brown , besides nany other reconstructed buildings , H good as new , showing up a remark- idle and healthy growth of the city , ho natural result of thu building and puratiiin of thu many railroads iranchini ; out in all directions from hat rapidly-crowing city , penetrating iul developing ns line a tact of and ns can be found in the world. Much of ibis rapid growth and im provement and immense trudn has been thu result of long years of carn- st newspaper work in advertising and showing up the interests of Omaha xnu Nebraska , and no paper of the Missouri river is deserving of the credit in this matter that THK OMAHA Biu : is , which is undoubtedly thu moat enterprising , widely circulated and most independent and iniluonti.il jour- mi in the west. Striking Boor. , Oil City DurilcK. Any ono familiar with the heavy oil developments knows that n goodly part of the drilling is done on thu hill known ns the "Point"near Franklin. It rises from the bank of French Crook in n very abrupt manner. Philip Grossman's brewery is situated at the foot of South Park street , on thu west side of the crook. His beer vault is on the othur side. It is an immense vault , blasted out of the solid ' id rock , nnd'penetrates into thu hill side nearly one-hundred foot. In this nro stored largo quantities of Inger boor. The casks that hold the boor contain on nn average about ton bar rels each. One cask in the ruar und of the vault is used as a supply cask. All llie others are connected with tliit ono by pipes , nnd the supply cask be ing Hunkon , is nhuiys kept full ol beer. The hill at this place is st steep that it cannot be ascended. Above- this vault the - , on hill-top , Rial Son own a lease. They drilled n nuinbor of wells on their lease , and they wuru all prolitnblu. Somu tint' : ago they located No. 0 directly oyui this beer vault. Thu rig was built , and things ran along in the usuui manner for about n weuk. Whmi they had ruichod a depth of100 f'-et , 200 feut less tb : n where they usually lii.d the sand , thu drill struck a cruv- icoo , and dropped away several feet. The tools vicru withdrawn from the liolo , and the bailer run. It ciuno uj seemingly full of oil. Bjil us tboj would they could not exhaust the supply. They decided to tnho the well , and were o dered to do so b ) Mr. Rial. The next day the well wne tubed without being shot , They com menced to pump it , nnd throw the tluid out at n great rate. Noticing something queer about thu oil , one ol the mun tasted it. Ho found it BC good that he put his lips to thu pipe and took long gulps of thu doliciout stuff. First ono and then anothui drank. They becunio what is known ns drunk. The owners visited tin well , drank nnd wuro overcome. Op erators came up to BOO it , dr.ink , anil wcru overcome. The people of tin town who hoard of it went up thu hill , drank , and wuru overcome. Littlu by littlu thuy camu to luali/.i ; wlmt thuy had been drinking. One man was found in thu crowd uho hail tasted boor before. Ho nllirmed that it was hour , but thuy laughed nt him , How would this Rip Van Winkh elixir gut into thu bowels of theeartln At last they decided to call und jubtecl authority on thu beer question , und sent for Philip Grossman. Giosmuan u.une , He lusted it oncu , twice , and then ho tore his hair. "Is it boor/ / ' they linked. "Moor ? Yes , it's inch oviii inaKt' , Moin Gott in Himmull , you uro pumping mein vault dry.1 Such \\as thu fact , and the way that well UUH shut \\ns n caution. The ) visited thu vault and found it to be MO. Three of thu luiyo casks won empty. Fine Seal Caps nt cost "Frederick. " janU-St JIM WILSON GOT THERE , Senatorial Canons Forced at DBS Moines Last Night , Qov. Genr Withdraws His Name in the Interest of Party Harmony , And the Honorable James F. is Nominated by Accla mation. BToDlll RfienitcR the Nomination For the Short Term. Bpcilal toTiiK HUB. ' Dis MOI.NIN , January 10. Wilson's friends , fearing the shorn , ' cm rout Betting towards Kirkwond , uiH-tpect- edly forced n caucus this evening to nominate n United Slntcs rotator. The cnuctin was called to order by Senator Arnold , of Marshall , \\hun Senator Larrnbeo was called to the chair. At this junctnro ( ! ov. Gear arose and said that for some time ho had had an ambition to Imooino a United States senator , but had de cided that it would best promote har mony in thu republican party to with draw his name from the caucus and leave his friends to act without re straint. Senator Hartshorn , of Palo Alto county , nominated Mr. Wilson for the long term and ho was accepted by acclamation. Senator Dodge , of Clarke county , nominated James W. McDill for the short term , which was accepted by acclamation. The inauguration ceremonies will be had on Thursday. The caucus to nominate state printer , state binder , nnd other statu dicers will bo hold to-morrow evening. The Railway Consolidations. 'hicnio Tribune. The year 1882 bciiins with at least 100,000 miles of raifway in operation in the United States The year just closed was prolific in the construction uf now and short roads , mainly in tended ns connections between other roads , and serving to mnko the gen eral network more perfect nnd com- ) lelo. Hundreds of points horetofoiu lot connected by rail luvo been dr.uvn nto direct communication by exten sions , by short connecting lines , by branches , and oy spurs of railway , 'bus moro closely uniting the olde'r md settled parts of the countiy in ho general plan of railway trans portation. The year has been also re markable for the reit progress in tlio work of consolidating the hitherto scattered and disconnected lines.and rouping them in largo systems. In stead of inmimerablo companies ope rating comparatively small railways , involving nil .manner of independent governments , the tendency has been to gather nil thcso small and inde pendent corporations and consolidate them. Several hundreds of thcso once independent nnd generally bank rupt corporations havu been absorbed , bought outright and merged into larger organizations , which control cntiro systems of railways. Of the 100,000 miles of railway now in the United States at least 80,000 miles may bo said to belong to or bo con trolled by not exceeding ten or n dojen governments , each directing n complete system. The Now England railways nro fast passing into few hands , and are coming directly or in directly under the control of ono or the other of the great corporations whose center is at N"ow York. The great New York Central has extended its control , reaching in every direction from Now York City to the Rocky Mountains. It may bo called the northern and northwestern system. It has swallowed up a great many once independent corporations. The Grand Trunk is rapidly becom ing the center and controlling power of th' Canadian system , reaching far into the west. The Pennsylvania rnilwnv system is of itself a grand consolidation of tailwnys , nil grouped , by whatever name , under one general government. The trunk line , the Now York , Chicago it St. Louis rail way , mis in like manner been pickiiig up parts of railways , nnd uniting disconnected lines , reducing them to n system of railways nil under one control. The Baltimore & Ohio company ia of itself the government of n i/rand system , extending from Now York and Baltimore , through Pennsylvania , Maryland , West Virginia , Ohio , and Indiana to Chicago and St. Louis. Thu Cliosapc'iiko it Ohio is extending its connections west and south , con solidnting other companies , and by noYV connections utilizing other previ ously unprofitable concerns. The southern railways from the Potomac to the Gulf havu been passing through the consolidation process , and aru bu- connng strengthened by being placed under ono control , The southwestern Htntcs hnvp had their railways extend ed and united are becoming a strong nnd complete system. The Illinois Central connoctingNow Orleans with St Louis , Chicago and Omaha , with thu states it supplies , is n system of inturmd transportation of of the most utmost importance , Thu Pacific railwajaiiro marvels in their way. San Francisco is nowcon- uectod by railway uith nil the cities in thu south of ( ' .difoinin , nnd also ruth diioct coniniii.ncution with thu city of Now Orleans. The Alton ASt Louis , the Bur lington & Quincy , tlio Chicago A- NorthwcBtein , and Chicago , Milwau kee it St , Paul , in their immense giouth , embrace scores of minor cor porations , and each representH uhat tun years auro would havu been con- siduiel n colossal system of railway. The greatest work , howuvor , in th8 way of consolidation , puichasu , union , nud ubsording ia ( hut performed by tlio Wnlmsh company , It is not dis tinctly a north nnd south or nn cast and west road ; it extends in every direction. It has gathered under its control numerous roads and parts of roads , has built now lines to corniest all its parts , and a map of its routes is of itself n curiosity. From St. Louts it cutonJa through Texas , hns its lines into Colorado , into Inwn , is spread like n w b over Illinois , crosses into Ohio and into Indiana , MM.\\ \ \ reaches cn t to New York. Its won derful system is mainly the renult of consolidation of weak nnd bankrupt corporations , with enough of now con struction to perfect the immense field of operations. The consolidation of the whole 100- 000 milcH of railway in this country under thu control of n dozen gignntic corporations is n * a inaltorof economy nnd otliciency n beneficial mcasuro. Il reduces tlio coal of government nnd mnnn(0incnt | , providet moro ellicicnt modus of transportation and fuinisliCH ( greater securty nud responsibility. It is much bettor for the laihvays and much bettor for tlio public than the ild ) system of a distinct corporation for u ery IfiO miki of rniluny. The < | ucstion , however , will pitaijest itself , how tnr lliii consolidation can bo Bnli'lv * carried. If the iinduction f fiOO or 800 milnay corporntionn to ton orlificon be bcnelicialto the public and to thu railways , how much further can this consolidation go' What will be the i lloct , for instance , of consoli dating the fSoitld Rystom with Vnnder- bill's and the Pennsylvania with the Baltimoip oV , Ohio ? or of merging tbcao with thu Canadian and thu South Atlantic Byatums all under one corporation ? Wlint ill bo the effect of erecting thui immenio corporation with its absolute control of the whole transportation of thu country in a few hands ? In answer to thin it is siillicient to say that thu power to control thu cor- portion , grrat or small , rests in the hands of the people , nnd whun the time conies that the corporation undertaken to rule thu country it will bo in order to teat the question whether the fifth or ono hundred millions of peoplu or nny number of corporations nru thu masters in the land. FIRS IN DENVER. A Couple of Wholesale Houses Burned Out at a Great Loss. Special IlH ) | tdi ti tlio llc-i- . DKNVEH , Col. . , December 10. A firu broku out at 8:1)0 : ) this morning in the largo three story business block o'wned by E. F. Hallack , on Ilnllnday nnd Eighteenth streets. The whole sale drug store of McCarthy it Os- borne and tlio wholesale hardware establishment of Jensen , Bliss iV Co , , were completely gutted. Loss to .lunscn , Bliss tf Co. , about § 10,000 ; fully covered by insurance. Mc Carthy it Osborne's loss is about ; > 0- , 000 ; partly insured. Loss to build ing nud stores estimated at 8100,000. John Townscnd , n tinner , was killed by the falling walls. The origin of the tire isunknown. . The flames might have been arrested but for an inadequate water main. A Millionaire's Hobbles. Mr. W. R.Vinnns of Baltimore has founded an immense deer forest in Scotland. These shooting grounds are said to bo sixty miles in length , nnd are among the largest and finest in the country. The monster "cigar ship" which Mr. Winnim recently completed on the Clyde cost about § 1,000.000. It is believed by her owner that she will bo nblo to cross the Atlantic in five days. This is the third vessel of the same typo that Mr. "Winans has built. The other two are much smaller , nnd nre well known to all who frequent the Solent in the summer. It is understood that the three vessels , from first to last , lnrvo cost over $2,000,000. Under these circumstances , says London Truth very truly , it is fortunate for Mr. Winans that he is n millionaire. Pew private-palaces in London are moro splendid than that of Mr Winans in Kensington Palace Gardens. It is not so imposing , externally , ns Sir Albert Grant's nor as Mr. Sassoon's , the East Indian nabob , but it con tains ns much splundor inside ns nny ot them. The first carpet that waH put down was a magnificent Axrains- tor , made to order , and costing hun dreds of dollars ; but this did not suit Mr. Winans's taste , so ho ordered the second , ard had it put down right over thu first. It is likuly that the double floor covering cost § 5,000. To describe the bron/.es , and paintings , und articles of priceless bric-a-brac would bo impossible , but the moat striking ornament in the first draw ing-room is nn urn nbout a foot and n ludf high , in antique chased gold. Mr. Winans's family coimifats only of his wife and himself , and two sons , Wal ter nnd Louis. They are both modest and quiet young men , with cultivated tnites and lumnrkably good sense. J\Ir. \ Wiiinns himself cares for nothing but cngineuting , although he spends his money lavishly to gratify the tastes of those around him. Ho hns n morbid dread of the ocean , nnd often says that he would not croas the Atlantic for 81,000,000. , Mr. Win ans' income in 1877 was , ns nearly ns he could compute it , $050,000 , with n prospect of being trebled , according to his own account , within ten years. Most of his property is in the moat fashionable qunrtur of London , where it in daily increasing in value. Luncot. The Loiulun Lancet > : "Many n lifo han lit-'en nvM'cl by the moral cuurxve of tlio uulfcrer , uii'l ' many a life I inn betn tmi'd by txkiiiK' Hl'ltl.so IM.OSHOM in ci o of bilious fever , inilife ; tinu or li\er com- plaintH , " I'rlca 10 cunts ; trial bottles 10 cents. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 0-1 w "HOL'lill ON UATH. " Tbo thin ) ; desired found at l.i t. Axle druggist for "Rough on lints. " Jt clean mil rat , mice , toaulicv , tlioa , bed bu s ; 15c boxen , (1) ( ) ALMOST ORAXY. 11 ow eft MI do wo see thohard-woik- ing fat In r straining cvt-ry nerve and muscle , and doing his utmost to sup port Ids family. Imiiginu his feelings \\hcn 10turning homo from a hard day's labor , to iiud his family pros trate with discnso , conscious of unpaid doctois" bills and debta on every hand. It must bo unough to drive one almost cni/.y. All this unhappiness could bo avoided by using Electric Bitters , which oxpcl every disease from the system , bringing joy nnd happiness to thousands. Sold at fifty cents a bet tle. Ish & MoMnhon. < 8) ) VAN WYCK'S WOfcK. Investigating the Pretended Cluimo of Land Sharks in Southern Nebraska. The Right of the Settler * DofoiiAod Correspondence ol Tim lint. LINCOLN , 2seb. , .January ! ( . Tno committee of which Senator Vnti Wyck was chairman nnd which was appointed in consequence ) of a reso lution introduced by him to invciti- gate thu matter of the titles between the St. Joe it Denver railroad and the people living along its line , mut in this city on the fnat of the month , nnd after a thorough investigation , in whicli innnorous witnesses were ex amined and facts brought out , wore of n unanimous opinion that the scheme vni organi/ed by a set of sharpers for the purpose of c'efrauding the iightful owners of their hard- earned homes. It appears that this railroad filed a plat of its lands with the land department nt Washington and was granted n contingent right to tlio odd numbers of suctions of land along its line. This land , by Rome cause , was not withdrawn from thu market , and consequently in time was largely taken up by settlers , who received patents for the same and sup posed , of course , that their ti tles wcro good. After thcso patents had been given the railroad filed its claim for the land , nnd in several instances thu courts have de cided that their claim wits valid. In sucli n case it certainly leaves the set tlers , who have worked for years to build a home , in rather an unpleasant position , nnd this committee's object is to devise some manner to relieve them. Tlio statements of several witnesses showed that no claim was mndo by the railroad company until after the decision of Judge Miller , which was in tavor of the railroad , and supposed to have been brought up to form a precedent for their further carrying out of this scheme to rob the lightful owners. When the St. Joe road passed into the hands of a re ceiver , William Bond , Ilaasler nnd Butterworth were appointed'trustees , and vested with the power to dispose of said lands , which was accordingly done , and largely bought by Krioval , who purchased 15,000 acres , Parker 8,000 , to 10,000 acres , nnd'8,000 to 10,000 acres went into Mitchell's ' handa , and these are the men who are endeavoring to defraud honest working men out of their homes. The St. Joe railroad passed into the hands of the St. .loo it Denver railroad , who lay no claim to the lands , but , on the con- tiary , is determined to do all in its povtortodo justice to the settlers : The St. Joe railroad never paid the taxes on the lands , which not only have been paid by the occupants , but improved so that that which when bought was only valued at from § 2 to § 4 nn acre is now held at § 20 to § 25 , and yet these sharpers have the nu- dacitj' to step in and claim the land , which they never paid a cent of taxes on , and in fact never owned. Tney have so fur succeeded in their unscru pulous work aa In some cases to have actually frightened the settlers into paying n second time for their land If these men actually thought that they owned these lands , why did they not push their claims some time ago ? But , no ; they would not make enough by that , but preferred to wait until the improvements were made and the land increased to a good price , nnd now , as that time has arrived , they have commenced their dirty work , which is against all laws of decency nnd honor and enough to cause any true citizen to blusb with shame. These settlers have fol lowed out every law laid down by their contract , and there is no loop hole of neglect on their part ; and un der these circumstances it certainly seems as if n patent granted by the United States should stand supreme und proof against nny assault or de cision of the courts. The men who claim to own the lands should appenl to the United States , who , if any per son is to blame , is the culprit , nnd not thu innocent , hard-working set tlers who have spent their all nnd ex hausted their strength in propaiing a home for themselves and their little ones. For the sake of humanity con gress should and no doubt will exam ine this matter and secure thu settlers in the peaceful possession of their lands and from the assaults of un scrupulous persons. D. II. W , LI-XJAL NOTICE. the matter of the petition ol Allicrt IVj man aniri r Ian of lUnrj F.man and William T.Vj man , minor lulrs ol JJarrlU F , W\ man , In tlio IMitrlct Court ol tholhiri ! Judicial DIs- Irlit ot thu state ol Nebraska , within and lor thu County ot I ) mu'luH. Ami now on the 2lih day nf Ktccmbcr , A , D. 18S1. ion > en Albert I' . Wjman , guardian ol Henry F. Wyman and William T. W man aforo-ald , and pmiuited In open court his petition for Uten-o to Sill Hial Kstate or Ills said wards lor their m&'ntcmme ' , edutatlon and for the pajmcnl of tuxii * nsnesst.il and o bo nesiHsud upon the real entnte ot hit vald uardj , and It npii. arln to the ifliirt from niuli petition that It U necessary that lh real i btntB olmu.il wariu should l > o fcofd lor tliu purpose * in tall petition stated , And i aim apptarhi ) ; to the eourt that the wild Albert L' Wj man , thu bald petitioner , In the na tural imiii's par nt and nixt ot Kin of tlie tniil minor helry , ami that then ) uru no other i cr- nn orpartka 'iitertsted In the cfttato ol nalil minor hu r at tit forth in ald petition , Ann Ii nl o appearing to thu i-outt that the nalil Alii rt U Vt'.Mian , not only In and by hU mild petition , whlili Inilmles and coi.tludoK bin rljjhtH in the premUta a * licit ol kin ami heir at lau of Mid minors In Buiceuaion anil remnindrr , nnd tn.nnt by lourte * } of thonaid IlairlU H. W iimi , ikccaiul ; lint also by hU voluntary up- IH.u-jiifc In own | uourt , lonlcnaing ai uardlan und nixt of Un , and tlitr by ncieptliutho order of court herein , to iOu tame whj 1 euiiw should not lici-'rtuittfl f"r 'liexaleof Riul ) real estate In vtld pitltJon ilmrlliiil. It Hordurcd thut the niAt ol Kin nml all pci- BOIIH tnterta til in Bald ettatc apptar be'oru thli court III JiamlHTS on the U3rd ila ) of January , A. 1) , lbS2. nt the court IIOUIM In Mild County of | ) oiijla , In Omaha Cltv lueatd fount ) , to , hrm eatmi ) v , h } a HCCIIHO thnuld not bo Knuitid far the tale ol buu r at citato In biul petition docrlbcil , nml that copies of thin notlco he smut ujun btH'li | i'r ons in afora'nld. Illnrd PUtri t Coutt Henl , I ( Douglas Count ) , NCII. I JAS , W SAVAOP , HUto of h'obrauVa , Doujiln County : I.Vm IIIJanin , ilerk f thu DUtrlct Court in and for wild State midcountv , do hereby certifi that I Imu' comiuml the abo\e order of taltl curt with Ilia original ordir AS it | > ] > carj of Ite rd on folio journal oltaldcmut , uiul that the taiim It n rorrrct transcript thereof , and the \\holi of i-ald orl.lnal onlir. 1 1 ttttlmoii ) uhireof , i ha > o hereunto ml ra\ ° land iui'1 i-uii.eil thu Mat ol tM court to bo uf lUud ut the Cit.ol . Omaha this tilth day ol De cember , U81 , I Third nittr it Court Stal , I \ DoUKUt Count } , Neb. | WM , If. IJAMS , dcJOevuiU Clcrl. HOUSES Lots , For Sale By FIFTEENTH AND DDDBLASSTS , , , No. 2'iS , Pull lot fenced an.l . with small ImllU Inc on Capitol Avnmu neir Sfith i-treet , $700. No. 267 , tarie lot or block ar > by 2"0 fctt OD < Hamilton , ninrlrcno strict , S2fiOO. N'o. ' 'DO , Full ( .orncr lot on Jonea , near 16th street , SJ.OOO. No. 2KI , T o lots on Center street , near Cum- Inir street , JWO. No. 22' ' , Lot on Sprnco street , near Oth street , . No. 251 , Two lots on Scunrd , near King street , . $ SM > . No. 261 J , Lot on Scwanl , near Kliif , ' street , . $350.No. No. 219 , Half lot on Dodge , near llth street $2.100. No. 217 , Feur beautiful rentdenco lots , ncai - Crelghton College ( or will nclla parate ) , $8,000. No. 211) ) , Two lots on Clmlcs , nuir Cuudnz street , $ 100 cnili. No. 2IUJ , Lot on Idaho , near Cuinlnpr street , . 8JOO. 8JOO.No. No. 21.1 , One aorc lot on Cumlng , near Dutton street , S760 No. 214 , Lot on Farnham , near 18th street. . $4,000. No. 213 , tot W by 133 fctt on Collqo street , . near St. Mary's AM into , S5..n. No. 212 , Let on Douglas , near 20th street , & 1 ! > . No 211 , lot on Farnham , near 2Cth 8 rectr 7f > 0. 0.No. No. 240 , Lot CO bj 09 ftut on South A\cnuc- near Jlai-on strict , fr5" > 0. No. 2.1 ! , Cointr Irt on llur' , ncnr 2cl street , . $2,500. No. 2.S , 120\1.I2 feet on ll.irnc near 24th strto ( will tut It up ) , S3 , 100. No. 2.tn , 7K.510 feet on Sherman A\cmic ( Itth Btrett ) , ni.ir Grate , fcl.OCO. No. 01 , Lot on Douglas btuU , near2d $750. No. 2"2 , Lot on I'icr slreet , mar Sunani , SOO. No. 2.11 , Lot4l'7(0 ' feit , near C pltol A\enuc and 22d htrcct , 5) ) , COO. No. 227 , Two lots on Ouatur , n'arlrenoktrcctr S/OCatid-17 each. No. 22i : , I ot 143 30-nObj 141 feet on Sherman A\cnuu (1lith ktr ct ) , mar ( 'rate , * 2,400. Xu. S2U , Lot i3b ! frU on Dexlue , near 13th- street , iniiKi , .in olTtr. No. 217 , Lot on ii'd i-tica , near Clark , S500. No 21U , Lot on llamlltoi , near King , Si > 00. No. 2UO , Lot on Ibtli , near Niiholan btrcct , . SOO. SOO.No. No. 207 , T o lota on 1C h , near 1'oclflcitrcct , Jl.fOO No. 203 , T o lota on Caitcllir , near 10th street. . $101) . No. 204 , beautiful residence lot on Ihi lor > > street , near Cuinlnc , 8sM. No. 20. ! , Lot on baunderu , near Hamilton V street , fcSSO. No. lOOJ , It Uth i-trcet , near I'.itlflc , $500. No. 108J , Thrco lotu on baundcrj street , near * Scward , 81,300. No. l'J3J , Lot on 20th ttrcet , near Sherman S35 > . No. 10U , Tno lots on 22 < 1 , nuir Grace street tCOO o ch. No. 191 } , tuo lots on Kiiifr , near Ilamllt street , gl,200. No. 10211 , two lotf on 17th street , near White- Lead Worlfs , Sl.tSO. No. 188) ) , one full block , ten lota , near the barracks - - - racks , 8400. No. 101 , lot on Parker , near Irene street , $300 , No. 1S3 , two lots on COM. near 21st Btrcct , ( Kilt cdxc , ) $0,100. No. 181 , lot on Center , near Cumlng street , 9300. 9300.No. No. 180 , lot on Tier , nou Scward street , $060 , No. 175 , lot on bherman a\enuc , near Izard street , * l,4ro. No. 1745 , lot on C.139 , near 14th , $1,000. No. 170 , lot on racilic , near 14th street ; irukf offers. No , ICO , six lots on Kiri'ham , near 24th street , $1,45J to 42,000 each. No. 11. : ! , full block on .2Cth street , nca race course , and three lots in Disc's addition near Saumicrs and Caseins ttrtcts , $2,000. No. 129 , lot on California street , near Crelgh ton collect' , $42S. r < o. 127 , acre lot , near the head of St. Mary's- aciiue , $3,000. No. 12S , bout tv\o acres , near the head of St , Marj'aaMiiue , 1,000. No. 120 , lot on 18th street , near White LcaJ Worku , 4525. No. 124 , blxtecn lotn , near shot tower on the * Uellei uc road , $7/1 / per ot. No. 12.2 , 13i\13' fte-t(2 , ot < ) on ISth strett , . near Poppleton's , S-ltOc. No. 110 , thirty half aero IOH ( in Millartl anit Caldw ell's additions on Sherman avenue , Spring ; and Saratoga strteta , ueur thu ind of green- street ear tr.uk , sSU to sl.iiOO uaili. No. 89 , lot on Chlc-ico , near id ! htret , SlfX)0 ) > No. 88. lot on Cu'.dnuil , near Sauudcrs street SiOO. SiOO.No. . 80 , corner lot on Charles , rear SaundcrSK street , 4700. No. 8 % lot on Uaril , near 21st , with two em nouses , 2 , 100. No. b3 , two lots on 10th , near Pleree ttcetr irxio. No. " 8 , three lota on Harney , near IDtli street , $2.0.iO. No. 70 , 00\132 feet on Oth btnet. nrar Leaxcn- wortn htreit , * JOtO. No. 7i , OOxiiJ fuel , on I'adtlc , nearSth street , , , . No. GO , 00x132 feet , on Douglas street , near 10th , $2.600. No. W ) , eighteen lots on 21tt , 22d , 23d and Saundcrx strettx , ncur Uraiuaml S.uinilt'in utri'eV. bridge , IOO cae.li. bth No. t ) , ono fourth bloek ( ISOxlS.1 ; fitt ) , nianilao- Convent of 1'oor Claire on Hamilton street , lire tbo end of rul i-trm i'.ir trutk , $ a50 , No. 6 , lei on Marcy , near Dili etiict , $1,200. No U , lot on California , near tilht , $1GOJ. ( No. 2 , let on Cat * , near -2d street , i.DOO. No. 1 , lot < n Harney , mar Ibth , Lots In Harbach'M first and second additions , . also in Parker's , Shinn's , Nilson'n , Tcrrnce , E. V. MiiHli'tf , Itcdlck'n , Cliiu's , lAke'o , and all other' additions , at any priced and terms. 302 lots In Ilanscom Place , near Hanscom Park ; prices Irom (3W to $ K ) uieh. Ono liLiulred and filty-ninu beautiful reel- deuce lotx. located on Hamlltoii street , half way between the turn table ol the red street car liner and the waterworks nsenlor and addition , and jiHt wi'fct ol the Content of the bisters I'oor Claire in bhlnn's addition. Prk-es lange from 875 to $100 tach , and will be told on easy turns , Traits of Ii. Id , IS , 20 , 40 or M ) m.s , lth 1m Idliign and other Improvements' , end adjoining the city , at all prliea. S f 0 of the but resldeii'-e lots In the city ol Omaha an ) location jou de Ire north , ea t , south or west , ind at bill rock pricin. 22(1 ( iholiu liiisiniiia loU In all the prlncl | > al Im.lnestruts of Oniuh.i.ar ' > uu fiom t. ' < OU to $7,000 uiih. Two hundred houses anil ots ranging fron * SiOOto * 18OW ) , and Iccattd In t > trj part of tlir emis REAL ESTATE AGENCY , . 15th and DC agla Street , vvr AJHCA 2