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ALAHA DA1I/S BEE : FRIDAY , JAN PART 201SS2. The Omaha Bee I'uMlnhw every morning , exceptSunday. The only Monday morning dally. IKKMSUYMAIL- One You 310.00 I Three Months.3.00 Six Montlw , li.OO | One 1.00 THE WEEKLY BEE , publhhc.t ev BKUMS TOST 1'AII- OnoYcnr $2.00 I ThrcoMonlhs. . BtxMonths. . . 1.00 1 Quo . . 20 CORKKSI'OXDBNOK All Commtinl- e Uorn rclnUnij to Xew MUir dltorUlinat. ten iilionld be ruldrcMed to the Lniton or BUSINKS3 LKTTEIIS All Bu ln H Letter * and Hcrnlttnnros should bo ntl droned to THE OMAHA rcm.iHiiiNo COJ PAKT , OMAHA. Draft * , Checks and PiwU office Orders to bo mudo payable to the order of the Company. OMAHA PUBLISHING 00 , , Prop'ra Ei ROSEWATER , Editor. SCOVILI.E'B viovra on 'Mho lottery of assassination" arc interesting reading. THE question for Omaha to tlolcr tcrniino before discussing any other is how to raise money for paving pur POSCSi _ _ _ CIIIKII is becoming a favorite boV' orage in Omaha , since Now Yoar'a , especially ntnong patrons of unliecnsci' saloons. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ LKADVILLK denies that it is playing out nnd points to the steady produc tion of the precious metal in proof u it'a Assertion. THE days of salary grabs are over. The attention of Messrs. Valentino and Majors is called to the fact that back pay schemes arc no lonucr popu lar with the American people. Tar.Herdic coaches hayo been with drawn from St. Joe on account of the wretched condition of her macadam pavements. The Herdics would evi dently run a poor show in Onmlm. Ciuus HAIITMAN , treasurer of the atate board of agriculture , wants the Doano law repealed lor the benefit of the board. The legislature in more liable to repeal the board for the benefit r\ \ fit of the siato. CAHK.S of small pox have been report ud in eighty-two places in Illinois and fully as many in Iowa. Omaha am other cities nnd towns in Ncbraskn should not neglect proper precautions against the scourge. WKDSTEII WAONKK'H tragic death it the Now York Central disaster dis solves negotiations which 'tho Albany Journal states would have placed him in control cf all the sleeping cur linei in the UnitedStates. DBS MOINKS is wrestling -with th paving problem this winter and Onm ha can profit by the information abou the cost and relative merit of the pave incmts embodied in the report of tli city engineer of D''B Monies , whicl we print elsewhere. TIIK called meeting of the State Fanners' Alliance , which occurs next Wednesday at Hastings , promises to bo an unusually intcrosling occasion. Every indication points to a largo at tendance and a thorough discussion of topics , in which Nebraska producers are most vitally interested. TIIK Republican has suddenly dis covered that the Holly system is only good for dress parade. As usual the Republican is two years behind the times. TIIK BIK : made the snmo re mark when Holly was lirst talked of in Omaha and was abused like a pick pocket by the Hip Van Winkle of Oinahit journalism in consequence. Hut then the people of Omaha are used to the inconsistencies of the He- publican. TIIK BKIJ urges upon the citi/.uns of Omaha to study each for himself the problems connected with the paving question. The paving of our streets , the methods by which funds must be raised to pay for such work , lire ques tions of as much interest to every tax payer of Omaha as they are to the editors of its papers and the mombora of the board of trade. .Our clti/.oiiB will bo the ones , after all , who will bo called upon to approve at the polla the recommendations of the commit tee , nnd the action of our legislative delegation. Lot there be a full and free expression of opinion on thei question next Monday at the Ixrard ol trade incotiu" . A uiu , has been introduced in tin liouso by Brown , of Indiana , provid ing for the revival of fractional papc : currency. He proposes that tin treasury shall isnuo Ii , 10 , 2ii and 51 cent notes to the extent of § 10,000 , 000 , and to be legal tender to th amount of $5 , The object of the pro posed reissue of shinplaster current' , is to enable people to remit fractions amounts by mail. A butter schem was the postal order recommended b Postmaster General James. Undu the bill proposed by Postmaster General oral James any person can obtain u any postoiiice an order for any BUI .from five cents to $1.1)5. ) The posing on u letter with such an order wi cost no more than the postage on , letter inclosing a five or a fifty c < THE AOniCDLTUBAIj BUR EAU HUMBUG. Considerable pressure is being brought to bear in "Washington to make the commissionnr of agriculture n cabinet ofliccr and the department over which ho presides ono of the reg ular portfolios with all the dignities and privileges attached to oilier cab inet positions. Wo are afo in saying that the farmers of the country neither endorse or desire any such clmnge. The small amount of practi cal benefit which our ngricultural classes have up to the present time received from the con gressional seed bureau 1ms been pur chased at an extravagant cost , and caused the spoiling of a great amount of white paper in the govern ment printing ofllco. The conscrvo- tories of the bureau have furnished material for innumerable senatorial bouquets and floral dccoialions at the White House. This is about all the good they have accomplished , while the seed farm lias alibi ded con grcflsnion opportunity to remember their constituents with seeds of Dutch cabbage which wouldn't sprout , nnd Uuta Unga turnips which refused to turn. So far as any practical benefit has been derived from the ponderous essays of Lo Duo and his predecessors , it has principally been to the paper mill where they in nine casc.s out often ton have found their last resting place , The argument that the dignity of agriculture demands ti cabinet port folio is a piece of demagogy which will not find much support from roul farm orn. No ono denies the dignity of agriculture riculturo but those who best feel it nnd acknowledge it , talk nbout it the least. If there are any practical reas ons why the head of the government seed farm should have a scat around the president's table nnd draw a cabinet not officers salary they must bo ground cd on some firmorbasis than mere- bun combo. Every branch of honest labor is dig nified by the.mem . who follow it. lint because a machinest may dignify 1m profession , or a grocer his trade there is no sound reason why wo should have n secretary of machinery or n secretary to preside over a department of canned goods. Every interest jf the government can bo satisfactorily protected by the departments already constituted if they are properly ad ministered. The real reason for the proposed elevation of the agricultural bureau lies in the ambition of each commissioner to hold a bettor title and larger paying position , nnd not in any demands of our fanners for n more suitable recognition'of the value and dignity of their Ufa work. SURPLUS REVENUES AND THE < TARIFF. , The old time controversies over the taril ) ' which reached their height in the days of Clay , Webster , ISonton and Calhoun are likely to bo more vigorously renewed during the pres ent session of congress than at any time since the outbreak of thu rebel lion. The immense drain upon the treasury during the period from 1801 to 1805 made all discussions relative to a low tarilfout of the question and the ononuous public debt with which the nation found itself saddled at the conclusion of the war has assisted in relegating tarill' reduction to the back ground of other more pressing and important topics. A number of elements must eater into any debute upon tarill'readjust inuiit through the present congress. It is n question to what extent out revenues must bo maintained and tliit in turn depends largely upon UK rapidity with which our interest bear ing debt is to bo extinguished , our internal tornal revenue receipts diminished , and far-reaching schemes of internal improvements prosecuted. All these matters interlink and have their par ticular advocates and opponents in congress. The south is strongly ii favor of a repeal of a petition of tin lax on spirits and. tobacco , while nl thu same time she is unanimous in hoi desire for an improvement of th ) Mississippi river and its tributaries which will make huge drains upon tin treasury. The extreme protectionist also argue that if any reduction of tin revenues of the government in undo consideration the internal rovenn should bo diminished without interfering foring with the customs duty. Thi idea was formulated at thu late Chicago cage tnrill' convention , and meets th viowa of n largo portion of the northern orn manufacturers. Added to thi u largo purtion of the south and wcs favor some reduction in the impost laid on imports , and it ean readily b seen how complicated a question eoi groiis has to deal with and how in possible it will bo to uocuro any purel partisan vote on either side in a di termination of thu subject. Taking all the circumstances inl consideration , Senator Merrill's ' bi ' for u tin ill'commission jH likely to a cure favorable action from emigres principally because its postpones fin action for come time on a troubU > son question. It is understood that tl at principal work of such a eommissk in will bo to consider the stale of tl government surplus revenues , tl ill probable future demands upoiu the for debt and interest payments ui it internal improvement * , and to formi late a plan by which , if no enor tariff reduction is decided upon , some system of a better equalization of duties can be secured. Up to the close of the last fiscal year the surplus revenue of the government won1 in excess of $100,000 more than the cur rent expense. At the present rate of 8105,000,000 , per a.inum the entire interest-bearing debt of the nation can be liquidated in ten years. It is a serious question whether this rapid liquidation of our debt should bo con tinued , or whether , if Iho proscnl tariff nnd domestic taxes are contin tied , some of the revenues shall not bo diverted toinlernal improvements. The nation now spends an nually about $12,000,000 on itfl rixora and harbors , largo portion of this sum devoted to improving unimprovable breaks and drudiring nut impossible harbors. With ca eful and discrimin ating appropriations for improving the channels of our great national high ways and encouraging such plans for chcaponcning internal transportation by water , there is litllo doubt that our country within twenty years could bo adranced a century in its public works and our entire interest bearing debt at the same time extinguished. This can only be accomplished by maintaining the tariff , although in an equal ized form and by continuing the taxes on tobacco and whisky. This ia likely to bo the re sult of the deliberations of any com mission which will bo appointed witl : a view to the equalization of the tariff. No radical changes in the existing scale of duties need bo expected from the present temper of congress or o the country , which sooins to becoming more and more committed to a taril policy under which manufacturing in dustrics have so steadily grown. CLEAR TBE TRACK. The attempt of the Union Pacif'n to monopolize the entire river fron and all the approaches that lead to the business cnntro of Omaha must b < resisted at all hazards. Every rail roud that desires to enter Omaha a competitor for our patronage mua have access to our river front , am should bo accorded equal fncilitic with the Union Pacific for receiving , handling and shipping. Unless everj railroad that centers in Omaha can enjoy the facilities which arc abso lutely necessary for conducting its business , Omaha must give up all her aspirations of future growth. To al low ono railroad to blockade every avenue to our business centre would be commercial suicide. Omaha ban been recklessly liberal t ward the Union Pacific. She has not only donated the grsator portion of the vast and valuable tract which is coyorod by the machine shops , depot grounds and side tracks of that com pany , but she has allowed the Union Pacific to close and occupy many streets and alloys. Among the streets closed and occupied by the Union Pa cific is Ninth street , one of our prin cipal thoroughfares , and other streets of lesser importance. While there is no authority in law for closing any of our streets , much less for their occu pancy , our pcoplu have patiently sub mitted to those impositions on the part of the Union Pacific , The time hna come , however , when further submission becomes criminal. During Iho past two years the Union Pacific anaconda 1ms wound its iron coils around Omaha stealthily , nnd more than thirty miles of side-trailH - have been laid down in our streets nnd alloys , ostensibly to accommodate wholesale dealers , lumber yards and factories , but in reality for thu pur- lioso of completely inclosing the business - ness centre in a network of Union Pacific trauku and excluding every other railroad from approach- in ; ' that part of the city And when another roiul that hai never asked u cent or received a fool of ground from Omaha undertakes tr : purchase clopot grounds , and asks tin privilege of laying a sido-lrack througl a street adjacent to these grounds , tin Union Pacific attempts to play tin dog in the manger , nnd asks the cit ; council of Omaha to aid them ii obstructing the approaches to tin competing road. Will the cpunci lend it.ielf to such a disreputable scheme , and will Mayor Uoyd npprovt an ordinance to give the Union Pa cillc the unheard of privilege to cut ito competing road out of Iho npproachei to its depot gruumlti ? It strikes us thu time has nrrivci for Omaha to call a halt on this ut tempt to blockade our commerce. Lethe the command bo issued by our cit ; authorities to the Union I'acitio t < clear thu track and letall the railroad that desire to compete for our trail ! have ail equal olmiu-o in the use o our streets and alloys. Lot thes roads if need be share the expense n such side tracks and make thorn ac to vessible to all the roads alike. 'ill This is the case in Kansas City to whore fifteen railroads enter over on ss , bridge , and all have access to th ml warehouses , factories , packing house no and stock yards on the river front ho If each of those fifteen roads had t on bo accommodated with separate aid ho tracks through the lower portion o ho Kansas City there would not be roon Mil enough for half of them. lid If Omaha is to accommodate ill threads IIIml roads that will converge in this cit ; ml within the ncU ten or twenty year she must clear the track now and adopt a just and equitable rule that will govern nil the roads alike so far ns our riverfront nnd our streets and alloys are concerned. WHATKVBU "strained iclations' General Kilpatrick may have caused between this government and Chili his funeral services attested in thu strongest possible manner the respect in which ho was hold at Santiago , and the cordial feelings entertained for him by the Chilian government as the representative of the United States. The funeral ceremonies ordered by Chili were the most imposing over witnessed in Santiago , nnd wore con ducted by the secretary of state , the French minister and the dean of the diplomatic corps , the president of the Chilian house of representatives , and the consul general of the United Stairs Mail advices to the Chilian minister in Washington state < that the funeral services were held in the cathedral , the largest church edifice in Santiago , the requiem service being performed by the Bishop of Guadavilla. The moss wns preceded by an oration. When absolution was given the body waa escorted to the cemetery by live regiments of Chilian troops , members of the fire department and a largo procession of private citizens. At the grave Senor Balmcceda , foreign mm ister , Senor Almcnporte , nnd Mr. Hillman , an old friend of Gen. Kil patrick , delivered brief orations , and closed the civil ceremonial ordered by the government. Sentiments of pro found grief and mourning on the death of Gen. Kilpatrick appeared in the Chilian press , nnd the Mercurio of Valparaiso , ono of the leading jo r- nals of Chili , published the day of the funeral a five-column obituary. Among the prominent persons attend' ' ing the religious services in the cathe dral , which was filled to overflowing wore the Chilian cabinet officers , the presidents of both houses of the Chi lian congress , and n delegation ol members of both houses , nil the mem bora of the diplomatic corps , n l.i number of Chilian army and navy officers and a number of officers o : the United States steamer Alaska. Corporate Wealth. Now York Times. The great corporations which con trol the railroad property of this country are in danger of bringing themselves into direct ; antagonist ! with public sentiment and the powe of the people. Mr.'Gollaway , of tin Manhattan railway company of thi city , denies having said that that cor porotion has the legislature on ite side , and the courts on its side , am pays for its law by the year ; but i matters very little whether ho said i or not Many of those great corpora lions have long acted on the assump tion implied in the alleged remark. They have in past years , when public attention was not aroused on the subject or was otherwise occupied , succeeded very largely in shaping legislation to suit their purposes , and of late they have strenuously resisted , in this state at least , every effort to restrict their action within such limits as shall secure the rights of these who deal with them and conduce to the general interests of the public. The courts are compelled to interpret and apply the law aa they find it , but much do- polids on the manner in which suits are brought nnd the way in which they are conducted. Unlimited wealth and the best legal skill can do much to secure judicial results against which narrow means and ordinary talent can contend with little avail. The resources of the former may multiply suits , vary their form , trans fer them from ono jurisdiction to another , and produce delays which are calculated to worry and wear out less powerful litigants. Wo are glad to believe that very few of our judges are corrupt or subservient to Iho influences which corporations wield , but they must pass upon ques tions in the form in which they are , whether the latter adequately srcuro all rights and interests or not. More , over , u single weak spot in the judi ciary in speedily found out. One t pliable judge may do mischief which all his associates cannot undo ; or if the power is in their hands they cannot - not exorcise it unless the case ia brought bofor them in proper form ind manner. Poor suilors have little chance in struggling against the money and legal skill at the command of the corporations , and most of them will give up the light or keep out ol it , submitting to wrong rather than encounter the difficulty and expense of obtaining redress. Whether the corporations pay foi their law by the year or by tin "piece" id a matter of no consequence. It is notorious that they obtain tin very best of legal service and pay tin highest prices for it. Lawyers obtain princely incomes by attending to tin iegnl business of those powtirful cli outs. The learning and ability ol thu best equipped nro at their com inunil , and are sedulously applied U promoting their interests. They are , therefore , enabled to go to the very limits of the law in any direction thai may suit their purposes , and lo avoit by ingenious indirection , a trans gression of Iho roquiremenli where such transgression cannot b < regarded as safo. To make a lega contention with them is more thai any ordinary cili/en is willing lo tin dortako. Even if ho is sure the law n on his side , ho shrinks from the expense penso , Iho worry , and the uncortuinlj of contending with such powerful ad 113 is thai vorsarios. The consequence es his rights and his protests are inon . and more disregarded , and ho begun it.to to doubt whether , indeed , the nm chinory of justice is not , to all mtoiiti lo and purposes , on thosido of the wealtl of and power represented in the grea 111 corporations. These vast aggregations of woaltl certainly use their utmost power 10 wherever their interests are involved to control the action of legislatures. 1 any part of the judiciary js suscopti bio to their influence it is brought to bear with its full force , and n judge may do much to servo them without transcending the limits of the discre tion necessarily left to him by the law , But what are these corporations' ' Wo are accustomed to attribute to them purposes and motives and to speak of them as unscrupulous , although they are proverbially without souls This is because they are so largely under the control of a few men , who have acquired enor mous wealth In directing their affairs. The circumstances under which the railways of this country have been developed mul the extent to which they liuvo been permitted to grow up without regulation or restriction , have enabled skillful nnd daring operators the moro unscrupulous tlie more successful to manipulate their business nnd the traffic in their shares as to bring into their own hands enormous wealth and power. The Vnnderbilts nnd Goulds and Fields , rather than the corporations regarded merely us associations of numerous stockholders , exercise the sway under which the community shrinks. It in thpy ho make war nnd peace among railroads , put rates up and down , control tlio tides of the stock market and profit by their rise and fair ; and it i * they who trample upon the rights of citizens and defy them to icek re- dross. Greed for wealth and power , and a lack of the scruples which deter other men , have given them their peculiar success , and these continue ti control their action. Nobody ques tions the value of railroads to the public or the necessity of the corpo rate organizations by which they are owned , but unless they are brought under the wholesome control of law , whereby the rights of individual citi zens nnd of the community at largo can bo secured , sooner or later a con flict will como between their power and the might of the people which will shake the very foundations of law and order. The California Southern. an rrancltco Chronicle. The California Southern railroad , which promises to revolutionize ) the outhern part of California , is precood- ng rapidly towards completion. The San Diego Union announces that ar- rangememls have boon perfected for lies extension of the line beyond Col- ion to a connection with the Atlantic and Pacific at some convenient point en the route which that road may finally select. How far north that will carry it is not at rtresent known , but as the At- antic anri Pacific is working on both ijdes of the Tehachnpo pass , the junc- lion will probably bo made scmowhcro on the Mojave plains. The now irrnntiemont is only carrying out the low contract , S < in Diego having boon rom the first considered as an ocean erminus for the now overland route. The extension has caused a reoix'an- zation under the title of the ' Cali fornia Southern llailroad Company , " of which Thomas Nickerson is presi dent and chief director. Rails have already arrived at San Diego sufficient to lay 105 miles of track. Enough moro are afloat to complete the road to Col ton , a dis tance of 128 miles. About fifty miles of track has been laid , leaving eighty , which it is thought will be completed j by the 1st of March , or by the 1st of April , at farthest. Vessels bringing rolling stock enough to equip the road are nearly duo at San Diego which loads The Union to hopefully say that , barring accidents , "every thing will bo in readiness within a few days after last the spike is driven to put the entire roaii'in operation which will place San Diego , over twc routes , in connection with the great railway system of the United States.1 The outlook for the southern parl of the state , and especially for Sar Diego , is excellent. That town has i deep and capacious harbor , the onlj ono worthy to bo called such along i line of coast several hundred miles ii length. To this harbor should natur ally como not only all the rails am rpllinc : stock needed for the construc tion of the California Southern , bu the railroad materials of all kinds re quiiod for the western divisions of thi Atlantic and Pacific. A great den of inconvenient railroad trans portntion would thereby bi 1 avoided , the two roads being closol ; ' united by general interrsta. Dis' tinccs will be shortened to thy north era districts of Arizona and to Mcv Mexico , and if the Central I'acifi builda from northern to southern Xe vada and Utah , na it promises , Sai Diego will be put into direct cornice ( ions with these important region" The town and adjoining country have many natural resources to bo dovel oped. By menus of its new line i will bo put in connection with un ex tensive railroad system , which in eludes not only thn vfst network u railroads in California , Orrgoi nnd Nevada , but with tw overland routes connecting will : all points in thoMiesissippi valley ain [ all Eastern cities. Everything whic Southern California produces will fin its way easily to the great markets c the country. .San Bernardino wi share in this good fortune , gaining b means of the California Southern now northern and eastern connection Los Angeles will also reap importan benefits. A branch will probably coi nect that city with the Californi Southern at some not very distai point , giving easy access to many mil ing and agricultural districts whic need her products , nnd supplement ! ! ) the demand created by the extensio of the Southern Pacific to Souther Arizona , and to Texas and New Oi leans. Congressional Districting. I'latUmoutu Journal In cnso the stale ) legislature shoul be called ir. extraordinary session , ft the purpose of making nn upportioi inunt for congressional rojireauiitatioi wo hope that the representatives froi the South Platte country will make proper etl'ort to have the first distrie not oil' from the North Platte nortie ) of the state. The reason for this wi JJ he apparent on a moment's retluctioi The pooplu of this portion of tli | state ought to bo represented nccori ing as their interests di iiiiuid , without coniplieatioi with Onialm or the country nort of the Platte , while that part of th state would doubtless bo just as mix ous to free themselves from compile ; tions of interest of n district the bed of which was made up south of tl Platte , while they occupied the pos tion of a tail to ita kite. It would I nn easy matter to avoid such a divis ion as that contemplated by the bill which passed the senate last winter a bill which included Snrpy and Douglas counties in the First district , aletng with Cass , Lancaster , Oleo , No- ninha , Richardson , Johnson and Pawnee counties. The consumma tion of such n scheme would in evitably result in dissatisfaction on onu side of the Platte or the other. It would bo far better to lake into this district the counties of Lancaster , Gngo , Saline nnd .loflorson , than Douslns , and Sarpy. In that case Uio district west might bo made up Ay adding the counties of Hnll , Mor- rick , and these in the same tiers west ward to the stnlo line , whcro the crossing of the Platte is not so diffi cult , and thus equalize the population in the three districts This is a mat ter of considerable importance to the state for the next ten years , and it is to bo hoped that it will receive the at tention it desorWss when the legisla * turo assembles. THE BEE ANNUAL. "Without a Poor In the State. " Saline County Standard : The illus- hated Annual Review of TIIK OMAHA IJp.K for 1881 has been received. It contains cuts of many of the promin cut buildings of Omaha , and a complete ploto review of the business done there during the past year. The enterprise and cni'njy of THE BKE bos done much to advertise and help make Omaha what she is , the metro tro ) > olis of the west , and such n paper as Tin : B n is a credit to both Omaha and Nebraska. Asa live journal , full of the latest news , THE DEC is without a peer in the State. Its telegraphic reports are the most complete of any of the Nebraska dailies , and its cdito rials are able ami timely. Its editor has opinions , and he in not afraid to express them. "Bettor Than Ever. " York Republican : THKBKK'S "An mini" is better than over. Omaha has grown very much larger in fine build ings and business and Tm : DEE'S enterprise terpriso is fully up to the yrowtli o the city. "Highly Creditable. " David City Republican : The tl lustrutcd annual of Tun OMAHA UKE. . giving a general review ot the commercial morcial , manufacturing and indus trial deyelopmont of Omaha , during the year 1881 , is received. It con tains u large number of splendid il lustrations , and gives the total cost o buildings erected in 1881 , at. § 2,207 , 300. THE IJr.E's enterprise is highly creditable. "Tho Finest Eyor Soon. " Beatrice Democrat : THE OM.MIJ BKU issued the finest thing in the wnj of a Now Year's paper we have ever seen. It is a double sized sheet , the outer pages covered with views illus tratinir the fine buildings and indus tries of Omaha , while the insfde pages are lilled with history and statistics o" what was done in the year that ha : just closed in Nebraska's metropolis , TIIK BEE has displayed true enterprise in this great work , and comniendi itself to all who have an interest advertising the state , and Omaha ir particular. Wreck on the Rail , f'rcaton Aihcrther , January 10. This morning , just before daylight , aa sections " > and 4 of train No. 1 wore running from Corning to Prescott cott , the engine in section 3 failed t make steam enough to pull the train and came to a full stop in a cut abou , two miles west of Prescott. The en . gino on section 5 , No. 147 , ran hit caboose No. 105 on section 3 , nn stove it up pretty badly. The collisio tore ofl' the pilot , headlight , smoke stuck and bell of No. 147 , broke u I he light work on her boiler consider ably , made a wreck of the csb , loade the tender into a coal car , and'the en ine itself followed , minus its trunks. The rear end of the coal car was loaded I into another coal car , making kindling it wood of the upper works of it and two more coal cars. About 9 a. m. Master Mechanic Eckeison , Rondmaster Witioman and Trainmaster Corwin arrived at the scone with a wrecking train , nnd by 11 a. m. had the truck clear , so that No 1 , which was waiting at Prescott , could go on its way. A conductor and brakcman were in the way car at the tim' * , but wore unhurt. The en 1C gineer and fireman of No. U7 jumped " und were not injured. Don't Throw Up the Spongo. When suffering humanity are etiduring horror.of il spcMixin , indigestion , or ncrvoim and Kcni'i'.U deliility , they are too i > ftfii inclined t tluuw up th sponcje and resiyn themnelvb t fnte. Wo nay , don't idoit. . Take Jli KDOOK liiooi ) lrmiithe : , f unfniliiib' remedy. Price , SI.00 , tiial size lU lOcentn. 1 ! ) Iw i'O Gobbling the Coal Fields. h fclouv Cltj N'cws , j _ The niilroads are gobbliii } , ' up the id lown coal field. The St. Paul com idof pany has just paid § 250,000 for the ill Climax company's property at Angus illy and the Milwaukee company has taken y ' _ ' , ( X)0 ) acres adjoining. This last com a . pany owns lt,000 ! acres of coal lands ii.ut in Dallas county and 1U,000 near Oskaloosa. ia FARMERS AND MECHANICS. nt n- If you wish to avoid great danger and trouble , besides a no small bill ig of expense , at this season of the year , you should take prompt steps to keep rn disease from your household. The system should bo cleansed , blood purified , stomach and bowels re ula- ted , nnd prevent and cure disease ! ) arising from spring malaria. Wo know of nothing that will so perfectly and Id surely do this as Hlcctric Bitters , and or at the trifling cost of fifty cent n bet n- tle. [ Exchange , Sold by Ish it SIcJJ ahon. 7 m u ct 311 ) DAVIS & SHYDER , lo ICOQFarnliam St. , . . . Omaha , Nebr * d. -3tOO , . Mru.ull ) Mluciocl Una tn Ka.iteru lo- gale ( mat IlArgaina ID Improved farmg nd IIS Omaha city property. th 0. F DAVIS1 WKBSTKH SNYDER e Un-l Oom'r II P H lie W. J. CONN ELL , ATTORNEY AT - - LAW , si- Orric Front Hoomi ( up nUln ) ID Iltrucom' sibo oevr brick building , N. W , corner ritetuth ad bo irnhun fitrccti. Lots , Lands. For Sale By BEMIS FIFTEENTH AND DOUGLAS STS , , No. Z ! < 3 , Full lot fenced and with small build lug on Capitol A\ctmc near 25th trcct , S700. No. 257 , Large lot or block 29.1 by 270 feet on- Hamilton , near Ircno street , S2HX ) . No. " ( ) , Hill corner lot on Jones , near 16th street , $ : t,000. No. 253 , Two lota on Center street , near Cum- inK street , $900. No. 252 , Lot on Spruce street , near Oth street , . $ < ! 50. 50.Na. . 251 , Tno lots on Sen aril , near King street , : S50. S50.No. . 2M J , Lot on ScwurJ , near King street , . J330.Nn. Nn. 49 , Hall lot on DoJc , near llth street 5,100. No. 247 , Faur beautiful residence lets , near ? rciilitoti College ( or will sell at parole ) , $3,000. No. 210 , Two lots on Charles , near Cumicgr trcrt , $400 each. No. 24(1 ( } , Lot on Idaho , near Cumlng street. 100. 100.No. No. 215 , One aero lot en Cuuilng , near Duttoo itrcct , S760. No. 244 , Lot on Farnharo , near 18th street. . . ; 4e)00. No. 2)3 ) , Lot OK by 133 feet on College street , car St. Mnrj's Avinuc , $650. ' No. 242 , Lot on Douglas , near Gth street. S376. S376.No No 241 , Lot on Karnhatn , near 2Ctli aircct , 3750.No. No. 240 , Lot CO by 09 feet on South Avenue , icar M.if.on street , $550. No. 239 , Corner Irt on Hurt , near 2d street , i2,600. No. 23S , 120x132 feet on IIarne.\ , near 24th trco ( will cut it up ) , 32,400. No. 235 , 71x310 feet on Sherman Ammo 16th struct ) , near Grace , 81,000. No. vil , Lot on Douglas Mrcct , near23 < l $750. No. JU2 , Lot on I'icr street , near Sew aril , $500. No. 231 , loUOzCO feet , near C pitol avenue .nil . 22iUtrcet , 81,000. No. 227 , T o lota on Dccatur , n > ar Irene street , 200 and si"5 each. No. 22J , I ot 143 30-110 by 441 feet on Sherman \eiiuu (10th ( str ct ) , near Uraco , $2,400. No. 220 , Lot 23xiO ( feet on Dodge , near 13th trcct , make an offer. No. 217 , Lot on 2.J street , near Clark , $500. No 210 , Lot on Hamilton , near Kinj , ' , $ M)0. ) No. 20'J , Lot on 18th , near Nicholas street , ! 5 0. 0.No. No. 207 , Two lota on IGih , near Pacific street. 1,500 No. 203 , Two lots on CistcHar , ncarlOth street , SIM.No. No. 204 , beautiful residence lot on Dhislon Ireet , near Cuinlng , $350. No. 203 , Lot on Saunders , near Hamilton * trcct , SS50. No.lUOJ , Lot 15th street , near P-ulflc , $500. No. ItoJ , Three lots on SaunUcid street , near- Seward , 81,300. * No. 1U31 , Lot on 20th itrcct , near Sherman -W. W.No. . 134J , Two lots on 22d , near Grace street StiOO o ih. No. 191 } , two lots on King , near llimllt btreet , # 1,200. No. I-J ! ) , two lots on 17th street , near White- , ead Works , 81,050. No. 18SJ , ono full block , ten lots , near the bar racks , $400. No. 191 , lot on Parker , near Irene street , $300. No. Ib3 , two lots ou Casts , near 21st btrctt , lit edge , ) $ U.no. No. 1 SI , lot on Center , near Cuming street , No. ISO , lot on Pier , near Seward street , M60.- Ko. 175 , lot on Sherman nvcnuo , near Izard trectS1.4CO. No. 174J , lot on Cass , near 14th , S1MX > . No. 170 , lot on Pacific , near 14th street ; make- offer ? . No. ICO , six lots on Fan.'h.im , ncar2ith street l,16'to2,000 ' each. No. Kill , full block on 20th street , nca rate course , and thrcu lotH in Gisu'n addition near Saun < era and Cacalua streets , $2,000. . No. 121) , lo' on California street , near Crcigh on ml leg , S425. o. 127 , acre lot , near the head of St. Mary's- ax enue , 43,000. No. 128 , bout two acres , near the head ot St , Mary's axemie , Sl,0 n. No. 12i. ( lot on Ibth street , near White Lead Work's , S52f > . No. 124 , sKtcen lots , near shot tower on thu I3cllcne road , $75 per ot. No. 122 , 132x134 fect(2 ' 0(8)011 ( 18th street , iar Popplcton's , gl.UOO. No. 110 , thirty half acre lots in Mlllard and Cabin ill'a additions on Sherman avenue , Spring- nnd Snutoia Htreets , near the end of green btrtet car track , UU > to $1,200 each. No. S'.l , lot on Chicago , near 22(1 ( ttrcct , $1,0001 No. fab , lot on Caldneil , near Sauudcni street $800. $800.No. . SC , corner lot on Charles , iicnr Saundcra- street , 700. N No. 8\ lot on Izard , near 2l t , with t\\o sm nouses , $2,100. No. S3 , tuolotu on 19th , near Pierce street 81,500. No. " 8 , three lots on llarncy , near 10th street , $2,000. No. 70,00x132 ficton Oth street , near Leaven- uorti ttrect , SUUO. No. 7' , ( JOX&2 feet , 011 Patlllc , niarSth ftrcct , . 5xj , ( > QO. No. 09 , C0\132 feet , on Douglas atreot. near 10th , SJ.500. No. ew , eighteen lots on 21st , 22d , l3d ! and Hanndirs strcctu , near Uracvand Saunilcra btree bridge , 3100 each , jth No , U , one-fourth block (180x135 ( feet ) , nuarulae- Convent of I'oor Claire on Hamilton street lire the end of rc-d utreu car track , $350. No. 5 , lot on JIarcy , near Oth street , $1.200 No 3 , lot on L'nlifcrnia , near 21st , M.COO No. 2 , lot on Con * , near 22d ktrect , $2,500. No. 1 , lot un Harnc ) , near 16th , 82oo. ( Lots In Harbach'd lirst and second additions also In ParkcrX Shlnn's , .NeUonV , Terrace , K. \ . Miiltli , Kcdlck'H , aide's Lake's , and ull other additions , at u > y prices and terms. 302 lots In Hanieom I'laco , near Ilunacom Park ; prices from ) uo to fsOO each. Ono liundncl and lilt-nine beautiful resi dence loU. loeattd on Hamilton street , hall way bit * ecu the turn table of the red street car liner and the waterworks resc-rvlor and addition , ami just weit of the Content of the buttrs Poor Ualro in Shliin's adultlon. Prices jango from t/6 to f 100 ( .tih , and will bo told oil easy terms. Tracts of 6. 10,15 , 20 , 40 or bO crc-s , with binding * and other Improt tinents , and mljolnlng the cit > , at all prices. 3 600 of the licit residence lots In the city of ' 'malia itnj location jou dmlrc north , eajt , sontli or went , and at bed-rock prict * . 220 choice Ijiwlnutjj lotd In all the principal himno.ii btreels of Omaha , varying from $500 to * 7,000 mil. ' Two hundred houses and oU ranging from 00 to ? 15,000 , and located In etery part of thp cit > Largo number of oxvtllent farms m Dou la * . Sarp ) , .Saundcr ? , Italic. Ww > lilniU > ii , burl , ami othirgood countlisln Intern Nebraska. Bern is' REAL ESTATE AGENCY 16th and Dcijla Street , ( ft o vr.Aj3c. k , nrxnet.