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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.
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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