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it 1 . lwif * r t tlinl I OMAHA DA1L * BEE : WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY I The Omaha Bee Published every morning , excejilBnnrUy. The only Monday morning daily. TO It MS 11V MAILi- On Ye w $10.00 I Th * Monthi.f3.00 Bit Months. 5.001 Oni . . LOO WEEKLY BEK , published HKUMS POST FAIDr- OnAYcftr fiOO I ThrwMontha. . BO 8UMonth * . . . . 1.00 | Ou . . V OORnESPtiNBENCE All CommnnU ktloos relAttnK to Now * and Editorial mat- ton dhould be addressed to the KDiron or Tim HT.K. BUSINESS LETTERS All Buslnc * * tettora and Ramlttftneetrshould bo d- dreiwcd to THE OMAHA PramsniNfl COM- rJ T , OMAHA. Dr ( A Checloi nd Port , office Ordeu to be rnwlo p yabl to the order of the Company , OIAHA PUBLISHING 00 , , Prop'rs ' E. ROSEWATER , Editor. Now WE may look for a ahowor of ranrkot house propoaitlorui. TIIK Icuon of Gambotta's defeat is that Franco ii greater than any of lior statesmen. TIIK lowest purcontago of illiteracy in the union IB found in Nebraska and the grcatcat in South Carolina. SCORE another victory for Bill Mfthono. The senate has confirmed Mahono'a postmaster at Lynchbuip. Tnn sjtato university is supposed to bo the highest development of our public school system , and not of our flunday schools. TIIE Nebraska press , ono by ono , re swinging into the anti-monopoly line. The people of the state want none others to apply. JEKREV justice has again shown it- elf in the sentence imposed by Judge Nixon upon Oscar F. .Baldwin , the embezzling cashier of the Mechanics National bank , of Newark. Bald win's plea of guilty mWjitod his sentence to fifteen years in the peni tentiary. WHAT is being done with the unex pended appropriation to improve the Missouri river at Omaha and Council Bluffs ? A good many people on both ides of the river would like to know. Incidentally wo should bo pleased to learn how much of the rip rap and matross work which has boon put in at this point by the government re mains in good condition , and what , if any , advantage it will bo in keeping the channel within bounds in the not very , distant future. IN a speech niado at Now Orleans recently by Jeff. Davis intimated that the lost cause was only sleeping , and tate sovereignty would in duo time triumph over centralization. The leading democratic paper of Georgia , the Atlanta Constitution , indulges in the following sensible comment ; "Mr. Davis should either put him self in sympathy with the south of to-day , or ho should hold his peace. There have boon elaborate efforts made by so-called ( statesman to cover up the real cause of the war , but there in not a man of common scnao in the south to-day who is not nwaro of the fact that there would have bcun no war if there had been no slavery , and if Mr. Davis or anybody ulso dreams that slavery is to bo or can bo revived , ho is indeed demuntod. If the cause to which ho alludes in the cause of constitutional liberty , wo CUM say to him that tUo people of the south have just as much constitutional lib erty as they had before the war. With slavery out of the way , Georgia has no more interest in the dogma of state sovereignty than Massachusetts , perhaps not so innch. Wo have no doubt that Mr. Davis believes the outli is in chains , but everybody else knows that she if freer and more pros perous in all directions than whoi ilavcry was a part of her environ ment.r' IT Menu to bo conceded that tin coming secretary of the interior wil hail from the Pacific slope , Mid con iderablo pressure is being briught t liavo Ex-Senator Booth of Califonu appointed to the position instead o Sargent. It is urged that Booth 1m been the bulwark of the oppositioi to the Central Pacific for years , am u withal clear-handed and clear headed. There is no doubt tlm Booth is less objectionable than Sai > gent , but ho Ii by no means such man aa should fill a cabinet position Mr. Booth was an outspoken oppc neut of the Central Pacific monopoly and as such ho was elected govonu 'of California on an independent ticko and tent to the senate by unti-mi napoly votes. But his career in tl senate is a blank. From the day 1 landed in Washington Booth becan indifferent about the Cuntr Pacific , and when the constit tion of California was submitti Booth joined the Central Pacific c : liorts in opposition to it. But tl constitution was adopted in spite Booth. Since then Booth rolaps into oblivion. When his term was i lie could not muster a corporal's gun for re-election. The Central 1'acl did not want him because ho wss 11 a man of their liking , and the opji nonU of the monopoly had no use I him because ho had accomplish nothing. Mr. Booth would make i eminently respectable secretory of t interior , but ho would bo powerful weak. ' THE OHIO RAILROAD Ohio is about to doftl with the question of railroad regulation , and a bill looking toward this end has al ready been introduced in the state senate by Mr. Brigham , mauler - > f the state grange. The measure is modolort after the Illinois law , and its object is to prevent dincrimination and ex tortion by railroads. It starts out with the declaration that any road now or nt any time in the future do ing bminoKs in Ohio which "shall de mand , receive , charge or collect more than a fair and rcasonablo rate of teller or compensation , shall bo doomed guilty of extortion. " It iioxt spec ! fios that all rebates or differences of charges to different parties , for freighter or passenger traffic , with the cxcop tion of excursion commutation or ono thousand mile tickets , shall bo deemed an unjust discrimination. For the first offense of extortion or din- crimination the company nhall upon conviction thereof , "bo fined in any sum not loss than $1,000 , or more than 85,000 ; for the second otforuc , not less thiin $5,000 , or more than $10,000 ; for the third olFunso not less than $10,000 , or moro than $20,000 ; and for each subsequent offense , not loss than $25,000 , provided that in all cases either party shall have the rlyhi to a trial by jury. Any person who has boon overcharged may recover , in any court of competent jurisdiction , throe times the amount of the dam ages ho has sustained , together with all the costs of the suit , including hm attorney's foe. An additional feature of Mr. Brig- ham's bill is a provision establishing the "communion of railroads and telegraphs , " to consist of throe per sons , to bo appointed by the governor within thirty days after the act takes effect , each to receive a salary of $2,000 a year. All railroads in Ohio ore to bo brought largely under their control. They are to have access , at all tinios within business hours , to all the books relating to the business of every rail road in the state. The railroad com panies are compelled to transmit to them a yearly statement of the capi tal stock subscribed , and by whom ; the names of the owners of the stock ; the amount of stock paid in , and by whom ; the amount of cash paid to the company on account of the origi nal capital stock ; the amount of float ing and funded debt ; the estimated value of all the property of each com pany ; the earnings ; amount of freight and passenger traflh ; the expenses ; the rate of freight and passenger tariff if freights in the published lists are the same as those actually receiv ed by the company during the same time , and if not , what wore rocoivcd , etc. , etc. The bill contains forty-one interrogatories which are briefly con densed heroin , and the commissioners are empowered to propound to rail * road companies any additional inter rogatories that they may doom neces sary in pursuance to the general pur poses of this bill. The questions maybe bo put , to bo answered under oath , to the President , receiver , directors , and other railroad oflicora. THE PURCHASING POWER OF A DOLLAR. Prices in all lines continue to ad vance. Ilii ) increase in particularly noticeable in food products. It is claimed that the advance in bread stuff * is duo to ahoit crops. It is also duo to n spirit of reckless speculation which is holding largo blocks of all the great staples in the hope of an ad vance. The advance fulls most heav ily upon the classes who dupuud for their income upon wages. It is safe to say that a ton dollar bill to-day will not purchase much more food than could have been bought for $8. CO a year ago. In response - sponso to the question of how far a dollar will go the Now York Public has supplemented its recent discus- 11 sion of prices before and after UK war by a comparative statement of the amount nuodod to buy an equal quan tity of ' .ho sUplo oommoditios now , in the post four years , and in 1800. It appears that if a man oarniiij $1,040 iv year now , or $20 a week , hat tried to live in 18G1 just us ho is now ho could have done it on $10.10 o $977 a year. In 1878 ho could liavi had the same comforts at $15,40 Among the laborers the rise in wage since 180L makes the comparison lea marked. If a mar. is caining n dolls a day and works twenty-six days ii > r the month ho can buy as much for hi t , family as ho could if lit ) knocked o oiu an afternoon every month in 18G iu working at the same price , or put i tie twenty working days 'nt the sain need price in 1878. Wages in 1801 , lion ever , averaged only from $1.00 t u $1,15 throughout the country , whil ed to-day they average from $1.00 1 < > $2.00 , The same is true in u lei ho degree of the wages of clerks , tli ot worth of whoso work has risen 11101 ed than the price of their board situ up 1801.Thoro rd There is , however , a point in Go touched by the tables of The Publi tote viz. , the rent question. Honts > o- cities have advanced from fifty to 01 oor or hundred per cent. , during the Ii ed four years , It has boon estimat : an that rent for the laborer uses np on ho fourth of his income. For most u : lly ariod men one-fifth is the least pi portion which the sum paid for lieu rents bciirs to thocnliro annual wagis Forty per cent of the income goes for food which is one-sixth dearer than It wns in 1800 , and twenty per cent , for clothing which remains nt about the snino prices as before the war. As compared with the prices in 1878 there is a general rise in all staples. The mont notable increase is in the class of luxuries from which the govern , ment derives its internal revenue. Whisky costs four tim"s as much as in 18CO , tobacco two and n half times and beer two-thirds moro. This uxpltiins why the purchasing power of the dollar hat decreased as wages and the price of food products have increased. HASTINGS PLATFORM. The meaning of the resolutions adopted by the farmers is antimonopoly ely ; yet they fail to say a word of de nunciation of the source of all monop olies , the tariff for protection. Wlut docs it moan ? The essence of anti-monopoly is de mocracy we do not say the demo cratic party , mind you , but wo mean it nil the same democracy wo say , era a government in which tno supreme power is in the hands of the people , not in the bauds of corporations. If the Hastings platform then , instead of being no lengthy had just contained the following "Free Trade and Anti- Monopoly" and nothing moro , in our opinion it would have boon much more energetic and to the point , The Vim Wyck and Valentino resolutions of the plat form have the linger marks of Hose- watcr ; they are useless enunciations as well an spiteful utterances , enabling the editor of TIIK BEB to grind his several axes. * * * # * Wo wish the farmers' alliance the most complete success ; we want ( hem to attend to their own affairs without talc ing the advice of men who always fight for ( ho republican party. In deed , the alliance has good reason to fool suspicious of such men as en deavor to load it , without joining its ranks. True modesty should com mand such men to stay away from the alliance conventions ; but if they are devoid of the necessary modesty , then the alliance had bettor bo cautious and not allow its powers to become the football of an ambitious republican. Lincoln Democrat , The Nebraska Farmers' alliance is not a political party. It in merely an association of farmers firmly bound together by mutual interest formutual protection against extortion and dis crimination by transportation compan iesand acting.in concert toward enforc ing uniform taxation , preventing abuses in the disposal of public lands , and exacting economy in the adminis tration of state and county affaire. They do not attempt to grapple v/ith issues that wonld create divisions in their ranks , and this is why they have not endorsed the dogma of free trade , with which visionary Demo cratic editors expect to resurrect their party. The alliance does not at thie stage doom it expedient to or ganize a now political party , but its members are pledged to support nc candidate for office who is knr.wn to bo directly or indirectly under the control of corporate monopolies. Upon this platform the Alliance has our unqualified support. Upon that platform this paper has helped to elect such democrats as George W. Doano and John D. Howe to the state somite. Upon that platform wo have rallied republicans in opposition to known monopolists in this county in id in other sections of the state years be fore the Alliance was. formed 01 thought of. But when and where hat the Lincoln Democrat over refused support to any democratic candidate , no matter how notorious a tool ho wt t of the monopolies , no matter how no toriously dishonest or incompetent In 1880 the machinery of the demo cracy of Nebraska wax in the hands o J. Sterling Morton and George L Miller , two of the most pronouncoc monopolists Ju this state. Did Genera Tifquain call upon democrats to dis band and join the farmers' alliance On .the contrary , the Lincoln Demo crut appealed to every democrat t < stand by his colors and vote for th candidates of his party from Genera Hancock down to justice of the peace Is it not decidedly cheeky for such i rank partisan now to arraign the alii anco for listening to advice from a republican publican editor , who has fearlossl ; opposed monopoly candidates of hi own party with voice and pen ? General Vifquain , whoso sympathies 13 thios gravitate a good deal mon IS toward Valentino than Van , Wyck iris sees the finger of Itosowatvr in th iru u Van Wyck and Valentino resolution is of the platform , which ho pronounce ill' usuloss and spiteful. In this , as i SI many other intimations regardin In lloaowivtor , he labors under n deli 10 sion. sion.Tho iTto The entire platform , including tli to Van Wyck and Valentino resolution ! lo wus framed by the platform coinnii to too. Not u single word of thn platform van inserted at. the instanc 1C or suggestion of Uosowutor , un ro wo challenge successful contradictia COot when wo declare that Hosowator di not go near the committee during i ot entire session , made no suggestions ic , the committee and did not know an > in of the contents of the report until no was publicly road to the convention. Tl ast fact is that nearly all members of tl od alliance read TIIK BKU and they ful neal - endorse its opposition to the $15X ( al- back pay steal which Valentino ro- trying to pull through congress f lie Nebraska's Contingent Congrossmn : The farmers of Nebraska comprehend that Mr. Majors has rendered no ser vice that entitles him to $15,000 back pay and even if admitted by the end of the present nossion oould only oc cupy his soi from December , 1882 to March 4 , 1883 , tli roe months. The endorsement of Senator Van Wyck was spontaneous. Nearly every farmer that spoke before tl.o alliance referred to him in compli mentary terms for his effort to bring the land sharks to terms and every mention of his name was received with cheers. Wo presume it was true modesty that kept General Vifquain away from the alliance mooting at Hastings just an ho kept away during lait falls cam paign from the meetings which al liance men hold in su pporl of their local tickets. Wo hasten to assure him that Rosewater - water was not an intruder of these meetings. Ho attended them because ho was requested to do so , and ho ad dressed them because ho was invited. It striken us that it will bo in much bolter taste for The Democrat to tender its advice to the alliance after it baa abandoned the democratic camp. The alliance may bo forced to put a third ticket in the field next fall , but General Vofquain should not usk the alliance to pull democratic chestnuts out of the firo. WILLIAM H. AJIMSTRONU by his sel ection as auditor of Pacific railroad account * will roach ono of the best subordinate places under the govern ment. As such offices go , it is > well paid - $5,000 a year but this U a small matter compared with its op portunities to make a reputation by honest work. The office was created by the Thurman Pacific railroad bill , which constituted a now office to watch the roods subsidized by the government and sco that they are not BO managed aa to rob the government of its rights ns a creditor. To do this , the auditor has the right to examine any account ! or books of the Pacific railroads , travel at will for their in spection over their lines , address in quiries to their officers , keep himself posted as to their traffic , equipment , business , contracts and liabilities , and to make an annual report. A rail road company would consider such work cheap at $20,000 a year , the government pays one-fourth of this. Philadelphia Press. If $5,000 A year will not insure an honest discharge of the duties of the office $20,000 a y < ar will not do it. The Pacific railroads can afford to pay five tunea $20,000 to prevent expos ure of their flagrant evasions of char ter obligations and dishonest disposals of their earnings. Thoopholius French , the first au ditor of Pacific railroad accounts , en tered upon the duties of the office firmly resolved upon making a repu tation by honest work. He was thoroughly competent , and during the first two years after ho assumed the position did excellent work. But whoa ho tackled the Central Pacific 'in ' its most vulnerable point thn man agers of that monopoly invited him in to the spider's net , and Mr. French had the suita against the Central Pacific dismissed almost immediate ! } on his return from the Pacific coast , Ho was promptly dismissed by Presi dent Garfield , but it is generally bo lievcd that ho feathered his nest , anc ia now in comfortable circumstances , An long as such infamous betrayals ol trust go unpunished except by disinls sal from service , the PaciBc railroadi will c-mtinuo to manipulate government mont railway commissions and othoi supervising officers The tomptatioi is too great , and the punishment a1 the worst a mere farce. Lot the government ornment deal with such corrup officials as they deal .with revontu officers who go into 'collusion witl whisky crooks , and there will bo al least a reasonable assurance that tin Pacific railrod auditor will d j his dub without fear or favor. OCCIDENTAL JOTTINGS. COLORADO. Gunalion ia preparing to manufactur mineral paint out of her dirt. Colorado carried off the medals for thi collection of ores at the Cincinnati expo eitlon. Twelve now eUctrio lights of 3,000 candle dlo power each were tested last week i Denver , More mining work Uboiugdono in Pail county this winter than any previous yea at the same season. The Oreelov , S lit Lalco and Pacific , hai amicably settled the right of way difficult ] through Fort Collins , The tendency of ths f.eadvlllo rainlni dlitrict ia Inward comolltl itlon and in r powerful machinery , Denver has a Criterion Club which hold the fort DRalnst the authorities bv nel'iin lliinor on the plan of tlm Farmers' Club c thU city. Deiuor liai n sninuianbuUit who 1 locked up in the city jail every ereuhlKn his own reiucit | , to pretentinjury to bin sell , As soon ait he K < > to sleep he w.Uli wound the cell for luiurv. Walter ChannliiLKnowlos will 1 < to haugcd at Snquasche next Friday , th supreme court having retime I to grout new trial. The crliuu for which he la t die In the murder of u teamvter name "lied" Lyons at Hutment , a station ou th Itlo Grande. Mrs. Mullen , of len\er ) , has found ou a new way to o capo srrtnt. Officers wei about to arrest her last week in her IIOUM aha requested to bo allowed to enter h ( room uml turangher dross , but she didu' She undressed and went to bed and tli officer * ollowivl her to remain there. to The ruggeil-faeed and gray.halrod su y vivurs of the 1'iU'a Peak excitement , an it the woman who Imil dared the dangers < the plains ami the privation * of the inoui 10 tains , and the daughters who had bin < ho teen the Imht uf 0 dorado's grc.itne , < the number nf throe hundred , luul a rau leimlon and Kinrmet Demur last Tlmr 00 day. is WYOMING. or T n miles of track have been laid on tl Laramle branch to North 1'nrk , n , Petitions are In circulation for the c taMMiment of pi atoflico at Itiuh's Hindi , H"clt Croek. With dancing Acndemy , skating rlnkn , IrgloUture , litera let , fair , etc. , Cheyenne begins to biighten socially. The uulerlfil for the establishment nf a telephone exchange in T-aramio and Chey enne in on the roa > J , and will arrUe soon , Th're h\nu't h : n enough snow yet thii winter to give the I > aramiolt 4 the pleas ure of sleighing , oroun the small boy of coasting. The workiugrncn'n co-op of l.arnmii ii petting down to liti-dnoM rupldly. A Urgn amount of stock hit * already b'en placed and the managers are nego utlng for a store room , The fincit voln of coal yet discovered In the whole lloc' < y Mountain region , is the ono now beta ? opened up near the town of Hlllard , in Umtah county , The strata ol coal I * netrly thirty feat In thlckne , and all pure , clean coal , rich in rcslnoui mat ter. ter.A A new sti Iko Is repor'cd fr im Ciimmmi City. The vein In About five feet wide with a good wall rock on one ido > d the whole fi\e feet Of quartz Is Hirrally full of cold. The tnliio Ii i ho property of John Cum- mini and Dr. N. G llurnham , of Denver , and h one of the best mines In that camp. While an cnitcrn Ixtund freight train \VM pulling out of Kvmi-tm one aftrrnonu lout week nyoun ? Uennnn , about 11 ! yearn of age , succeeded in getting on the train , and waitintc till the train got under got ) i headway , he jumpe I oft and was imUntlv killed. While ) preparing the body f. r burial it w n di'corcrrd that the dec-ttfcd had hidden in one of hi boots bills on 1 coin to the amount of $170. NEW MEXICO. Tuoi IH the best agricultural county in Ntw Mexico. The coming Hcanon prnmlnni to be more nrpperom fo the MiwoiM-i vulloy Ih.in it has ever yet known A number of mining locations hove been made In a new mining district of the Cor- ntidoH mountains , twon y miles southeast of Mcsilla. Large leads crop out abovj the surface. The recent conpor discoveries in the foot hi Is of the Polveda-os promise lo beef of considerable value. The lead canien large quant i tli H of nntive copper , on well at red oxides of the rame metal. It sh , ws well alto in silver with some gold. MONTANA. The coat deposits of cistern Meagher o mnty promise to exceexi these of any other part of Montana. The cattle nisera of Chestnut valley are ofToring head money for wild beasts that ore continually preying upon their stock. The Bcn'.on school board It waH voted to give > all colored children of good character , the privilege of attending school along with the whites. Fine stone quarries , rich silver ledges , and extensive coil veins have recently been discovered within n few miles of Bozeman , and the end fa not yet. The Chinese Six Jouipanies have a monopoly of the laundry business in Mon tana , aud it Is churned that their agent blackmtils any enterprising Celestial who attempts to open a competing establish ment. Sim Vok commenced washing clothes at W.dkerville recently , in de fiance of the ngent , but was horrified the next morning to obsertea placard offering Sl.fiOO to any ono who won d kill h line f and assistants , tic ha ; appealed to th6 courts. IDAHO. A sixty-ton smelter is on the way to lilackfoot. The May Flower m'ne in Wood ] { iver has been Hold to Chicugo capitalists/or 8378,000. The Ketchum Keystone it the name of & bright and newny paper started In the WoodRivordistrft. TomcJ H. Allen , a miner working at the Red Klephimt grnup of mines al o o Bul lion , woa found frozen to death in the gulch , within fifty io > ls of a cabin. CALIFORNIA A company has been formed in San .lose to operate the electric lights. Four thousand d .liars were su'iscrilteil in Sau iTrancUc > nt the -nil I le igue niuul- ing < addressed by Healy und O'Connor. The Sjn Diec Union waya th ro ate over n thousand gu wa trees in that -jfiiui- tr , and the fruit attains to great pui fuc- tlon. tlon.The The HealdHbnrc Flag snjs nnny lamb * are lust in that vicinity by the atticks of crowtj. As soon us ono U born , they IIH- Hiilitin awnrms , pick out its eyes , and then tear Its body. Immense fl CB ! ; i.f the birds have tukeu up their quarters in the \allejH. DAKOTA. The new flouring mill nt Canton u es hay as fuel. The measl'g have h' en taking in all the available childrenof , Madison A horse thief named ( Jeorge W. Co itw , who is known to have dl-pnaed of (700 worth of horses to the Sldn-v Stac com pany , has been captuv d at Rapi I City. Hipid City is quite unanimously in fa vor of th proposition to issue I ond.s tu build a aohool uouse. The Journal SUVH : "The assessed valuation i f pioperty in this school district is 8212,568 , upon which we can vote bonds to the amount of ? 10 , , r.OO. Thii together with the $3,000 now in the treasury will innke a total of § 13 , COO ( or a school house , " Fort Yates la in the full enjoyment 'ol Tery excellent water works. They nr < constructed on the most simple but eflfec tivo plan. A large reservoir is located or the high lands In the rear of the pos , inti which is pumped each day water from tin > ii > aour ( river. The preinuro is sufficient to throw n stream through nn inch nozzle to the height of over two hundred feet Similar works could be put in for Bis marck at an e\pense of about ten pel cent , of what just such a fire as leaves i black p go In tha hlstorv of every lowi without water workt ) , would cost. [ Bis marck Tribune. MISCELLANEOUS. There aio eighty mining districts , cm bracing fi.OOO.OOO ncres , in Utah , and mill einl has been found In e\ery county. Twenty-two divorces were granted ii Storey county , Nov. , last yrar. Kxtrtmt cruelty , desertion and ndinteiy wcio th three causes. The mayor of Richmond , I'tali , livid family reunion lately. Theie weru presen 211 children , ft ! grand-children and 7 great grand-children , The total bullion product of the ututc and territories west of thr Missouri live In 1881 , according toVell , Fargn A. Co , O\er 31,000 head of cattle were bhipne fniin Winneinurea , Xet , , during \M \ year , and about 1,700 earn were ieiiitie fur thuir transportation , Seattle , W. T , , claims a iiopulatlon i 11,000. It has two coal mines , live MW millf , three foundries , two machine chops one boiler works , onu fleming mill and on furniture' factory. An organization U being f mined i Ot-ilcn City anil Weber county , Utah , wit u \ lew to build a railroad from Oplcn t the Mammoth coal fields In Wjnmlnp , t. dibt.ince of alxnit ! K ) miles. The-Tombstone ( Ar. ) Mill and Miiiln company has declared a dividend oi 1C per kliare , payable In Philadelphia lai . week. This is the twentv.tirat conseci thedMdciul , ami the total is Sl,0'iO,00 ( Nancy Sweet , the Ne\ad.i liennltes \\lio luia icbldtd In Nevada eighteen year ( .pending the last thejrani alone in tl nuumtaint adjacent to Vli-B'iina City , hen ing her puts , has wild her rWU and < 1 paitv < l ft > r Hoatoii , On January 12th densi clouds of nuoV lie were rUln from the summit of Moui .letfereon , in Oregon , The activity uf tl mountain continued only for one iliy , ar at the same time light earthquake shocks were felt In Portland. The Arizona A Nevada Transportation companv , of which we spoke m > me time ago , ha * made its first mortgage to ex * Hoxcrnor Dow and Walter K. Dean , of California , and mortgage bonds are hsuwl to Senator G. J. Fair , covering the sum of eioocoooo. The camels set adrift In the Arirxina dpserts about twcnty-five years ago have greatly increased In numbers and have grown to A very large sire. The Indians , whose horse * are frightened by them , are capturing these camels and selling them to menageries fur trifling sums. The Metropolis. Genoa Leader. Omaha , like Chicago , the great city of the lakoa , is reaching out with her influence and taking in her commer cial grasp nn empire in boundary and wealth , and will in the near future bo the Chicago of the great west. Before - fore her mighty commercial prowess all cities west of Chicago will palo. ' Who lives to BOO Omalia twenty-five years hence will BOO her boundaries oxtondid miles to the south , west and northwest ; her popu'ntion ' swelled to hundreds of thousands , her commer cial influence nnd her industrial in terests extending far and wide , be coming , as she will , the fair competi tor of Chicago in every department that makes n city great. Every Nebraskan - braskan should be proud of Omaha proud that nho is our city. In Good Spirit * T. Walker , Cle\eland , O. , writes : "For the last twelve months I have Buffered with lumbago nnd general debility. I commenced taking Burdock Blood Bitters about nix weeks aio. and now have great pleasmo in sitting that I have recovered my appetite , mv complexion has grown ruddy , and feel better altogether. Price Sl.00 , trial size 10 cent * . -TO-lw And It Takes , Too. North Platte Republican. TIIK OMAHA DAILY BKB nowjlevotos ono page Wholly to Council Bluffa and' ' Iowa matters. No doubt THE BKK is looking forward to the day when it can print a duplicate edition in Coun cil Bluffs. ALMOST CRAZY. How elton do wo BOO the hard-work * ing father straining every nerve and muscle , nnd doing his utmost to sup port his family. Imagine his feelings when returning homo from a hard day's labor , to find bin family pros trate with disease , conscious of unpaid doctors' bills nnd dobta on every hand. It must bo enough to drive ono almost crazy. All this unhappiness could bo avoided by using Electric Bitter ? , which expel every disease from the system , bringing joy nnd happiness to thousands. Sold at fifty cents n bet tlo. Ish & McMahon. (8) ( ) BOYD'S OPEEA HOUSE ! JAME3K IIOYD , Proprietor. R. L. MAUStl , business Manager. Two Nights Only and Saturday Matinee. COMMKSCINO Friday Ever ing February 3rd. "Tho Funniest Wiy on Record , " JAKRRET b J'.ICE'S FUN ON THE BRISTOL I Or , A NIQIIT ON' TIIE SOUND. JOHN F. 8HEIUDAN a * the Widow O'Brien , supported by tweho acknowledged Musi cal anil Dramatic Artist ) . Tills Fnmious Comic Oddity has been performed oxer 700 TI3VCHJ3 TOO From Ma'ne to Lou'slanal From Boston to San FrancUco ! From New Yorfc to Hrillsb Columbia ! From Gulf to Oil if , nud from Occn.i to Ocean ! Tilces as usual. Silo nf scats commence \\"enc ! J.iy morning at 9 o'clock. tu-th-fn Sioux City A Pacific THE SIOUX OITY ROUTE Runs a Solid Train Ibrough from Council Bluffs to fat. Paul Without Change Time , Only 17 Hours. IT is 2.OO MILES THK SHORTEST ROUTE rsoM OOUNOIL BLUFFS TO ST. PAUL , MINNEAPOLIS DULUTIT OR BI3MARCK and all points In Northern Iowa. Minnesota ant Dakota. This line Is equipped with the lmprovc < Wostlnghouso Automatic Air-brake and Ullle Platform Coupler and Buffer : and for SPEED. SAFETY AND COMFORT Is unsurpassed. Pullman Palace Sleeping Car run through WITHOUT CHANGE between Kan sas City and SL Paul , \ia Council Ulufta am Sioux City. Trains lea > e Union Pacific Transfer at Conn cil Dlufls , at 7:36 p. in. dally on arrhal ot Kansai City , St. Joseph and Council Bluffs train ( ron the South. Arriving at Sioux City 11:36 : p. m. and at the New Union Depot at St. Paul at 12:3) : ) noon. TKN nouns m ADVANCE or ANT OTHEI BOUTK tyRonieinber In taking the Sioux City Hout you get a Through Train. The Shortest Line the Quickest Time and a Comfortable Ride In th Through Cfera between COUNCIL BLUFFS AND ST. PAUL. tfSta that your Ticket * lead Ua the "Blou : City and Pacific Railroad " J.B. WATTLES , J. II. BUCHANAN Superintendent. Oen'l Pan. Agent , P. K. ROBINSON , Aw't Oen'l Pan. Aft. , Ulawurl Valley , Iowa. J , n. O'HKYAN , Southwestern Agent , Conncl Bluffi. Iowa 1880. SHORELINE , 1880 KANSAS CITY , Council Blnffi U IBB OKLT Direct Line to ST. LOUIS AND THK EAST From Omaha and the Weat , No change of can bet A ecu Omaha and & > . ixiali aud but oue betnoen OMAHA and NEW YORK. 8X3C Daily PassengerTrain ; tiicumu AIL EASTERN AND WESTERN CITIES with LES CUARUE3 and IN ADVANCE of ALL ! OTHER LINES. ThU entire line Is oqulptiod with Pullman Palace Sleeping Can > , Palace Day Coaches , Miller Bufoty Platform and Couplar , and the celebrate Wevtinghoute Ali-brako. CfHee that > our ticket reads VIA n.ANSA CITY , ST. JOSEPH Jt COUNCIL BLUFFS Kal road , via St. Joicpli and Rt. Louis. Tickctt tot Bale al aU coupon stations ID U West. J. F. DARNARD , n A < 0. DAWE9 , Oen. Siipt. , St. Jcwcrh , McJ i. Cien. Paw. and Tkkc-t Agt. , St. Jodepn , Mo. " ABDT BOROH-N , Ticket Agent , 1020 Farnham street. A. B. BlBMAU ) General Agent , IOVAHA.NK WAR IN FASSBHQER RATES HOUBIE BR01. Brokers In all Rallrci . . Tickets , Omahi , Neb. , offer Tickets to the Eaa ° until further notice , at the following unheard < ' Low Hates ; 1st cltM , 2d das NEW YORK , $20.00 , BOSTON. 20.00 , PHILADELPHIA , 6.00 , $23.0 < WASHINUTON , 22.00 , 20.0 For particular * , write or go direct to IIOBDI BROS. , Dealers In Reduced Kate Railroad on Steanwhlp Ticket * , 809 Tenth St. , Omaha Nel Remember the pUce Three Doom North < Union Pacific Railroad Depot , Eatt I de ofTcnl Street. Omaha Auruit 1,1)31 HOUSES / . Lots , FARMS , I > V 1 Lands. fl For Sale By BEMIS , FIFTEENTH AND DOUBLAHTS , , No. & 3 , Full lot fcnecd and lih small Inilln las on Capitol A > enuo ne r 2Mh street , $700. No. 2i7 , I arce lot or block 296 bj 270 feet on Hamilton , near Irene etrcot , J2.MX ) . No. 2(6 , Ki U corner lot on Jouea , near IGtb street , " 83,000. No. "W , Two lots on Center street , near Cum- Ina Btn-et , I9W ) . No. 202 , Lot onSpruco street , near Otb street , $060. $060.No. . 261 , Two lot * on Seward , near King street , $3M ) . No. 2611 , Lot ou Sew aril , near Kin ? street , % WO. WO.No. . 240 , Half lot on DodKO , near lltb street 82,100. No. 247 , Four beautiful residence lots , DIM Crclghton College ( or ulll sell par-ate ) , $3,00u. No. 2tt ) , Two lots on Charles , ncir Cumin/ etrcit , { 100 each. No. 2461 , Lot on Idaho , nc&r Cuuitng street , $100. $100.No. . 246 , Ono acre lot on Cumlng , near Dutton street , 760 No. 244 , Lot on Farnham , near ISth ttreet , $4.000. No. 213. Iot6rt by 133 feet on College rtreet , near St. Mary's Anue , SS50. No. 242 , Let on Douglax , ner 26th ttrrrt , $376.No No 2-11 , Lot on Farnhim , near 2Clh I rw < , $760.No. No. 240 , Lot CO by 99 feet on South Axenn , near M on street , 35SO. No. 239 , Conur U t on Bur' , near 2M street , W.HNV . No. 238 , 120x132 feet on Harnoy , near 24th etrec ( H 111 cut It up ) , $ -,400. No. 235 , 71x310 feet on Sherman A\cmie ( IGUi street ) , near Grace , 1OCO. No. ( VI , Lot on Douglan xlrect , near 23d $760. No. 232 , Lot on Cicr elrcc ! , near Scward , $ CO < 1. No. 231 , loMOzGO foot , near 0 pitol AVcnua and22dtreet , $1,000. No. 227 , Two lota on Dceatur , mar Irene Hrect $200 and 8171 each. No. 223 , I ot 143 30-110by 441 feet on Sherman A\cnuo (10th str ct ) , near Once , $2,400. No. 22U , Lot 23xtm feet on Dodge , near 1 3 to street , make an oflcr. No. 217 , Lot on 21d street , near Clark , $500. No 210 , Lot on Hamilton , near Klnc , $ bOO. No. 2jO. Lot on 13th , near Nicholas fctrcot , $600. $600.No. No. 207 , Tno lota on 10 h , near rnclflc etrcof , $1,1.00 No. 205 , Two lota on Castellar , nearlOth street , ( ICO. ICO.No , O4 , beautiful residence lot on Division street , near Cumlng , 8850. No. 203 , Lot bii Saunders , near Hamilton street , $350. No. 1991 , Lot 16th street , near Pacific , $600. . No. lOsj , Three lots on Saunders street , near Scward , $1,300. No. 193J , Lot on 20th itrect , near Sherman $35' . No. 104 J , Two lo n on 22d , near draco street S 00 e .ch. No. 101 } , two lots on King , near Uamllt etrcct , gl,200. No. 1SMJ , tuo loU on 17th street , near Whit I.eadWirke , li60. No. lf-81 , ono full block , ten Iota , near the bar racKs , $100. No. 101 , lot on 1'aikir , near Irene Btrcct , $300. No. 1S3 , tuo lots ou Cats , near 21 t street , ( gilt cd u , ) $0i 00. No. 1S1 , lot on Center , ncir Cumin. ; street , $300. $300.No. . ISO , lot on Pier , no-ir Seward street , 8060. No. 176 , lot on Sherman aicmio , nenr IzarJ street , Sl,4'0. ' No. 174Jloton Cosn , near 14th , SlXjfl. ( No. 170 , lot on Pacific , nc..r 14th utreot ; make offers. No. ICG , six lots on Far'h.ir.i , ncir 21th street $1 45 toS2l' < 0 caih. .No. 1113 , full block on 2lih ! street , neA racu toureo , anil three lot * In Olac's addition nc , r Saiui era and Caeslut ttrei is , $2,000. No. 129. In * nil California , atroet , near Crctgh . . o. 127 , acre lot , near the head of St. Mary's at cnue , rt.OOO. No. V24 , bout two Hires , near the head of St. Slarj'sat time , $1,0" ' . No. 128 , lot on ISth street , near White Lead Work" , $5i6. No. 124 , sixteen lots , near shot toner on the Eclhnuc road , $75 | > er ot. No. 122. 132x13" feet (2 ( lots ) on 18th street , car Poppleton'e , $ ltiOO. No. 110 , thirty half-aero lota In Mtllard and Caldwell' additions on Bhcmun avenue , Spring and Saratoga streets , near the end ot green Etrect car track , SSO > to $1,200 each. No. 89 , lot on Chicago , near 22d etrcet , $1,600 No. S3 , lot on Caldwell , near Sauudcra street 1800. 1800.No. . 68 , corner lot on Charles , near Saunder * street , $700. No. 85 , lot on Izard , near 2Ut , with tno sm nonses , $2,400. No. S3 , two lots on l th , near Pierce itree ' No. 78 , three lot * on llarney , near 19th street , $2,0,0. No. 70,00x132 feet on 9th street , near Leaven- worth street , (3,000. No. 74 , 03x82 feet , on Pacific , neur 8th itreet , No. 69 , 60x132 feet , OB Douglas street , near 10th , $2.600. No. 60 , eighteen lota , on 21 t , 22 J , { 3d and Saunders streets , near Urocoand Saunders stre bridge , $400 each. bUi No. 0 , one-fourth block (180x116 feet ) , nearulae Convent of i'oor CUiru on Hamilton street , nr the cad ot red stree car trick , $860. No. 6 , lot on Harry , near 9th street , $1,200. No 3 , lot on Callfcrnla , near 21st , $1,600. No. 2 , lot on Ca J , near 22d street , $2,600. No. 1. lot i n Harney , near ISth , $2,000. Lots in Harhach's tint and second additions ao In Parker's. Shlnn's , Nelson'n , Terrace , . V. Smith's , Kcdkk'a , OUe'n , Lake's , and all other additions , at any price ) and terms. 302 lota In llanscom 1'laco , near Hanscoro Park ; prices from $300 to $ $00 each. 220 choice business lots In all the principal bublncus streets of Omalia.aryinir from $500 to $7,000 each. T o hundred houses and ots ranginir from ? SOO to 316,000 , and located In tvery jarl of the city. Largo number of excellent fanm In Douglas , Barpy , Hauudeni , Dodge , Washington , IJurt , and ther good counties in Kartrrn Ncbraxka. 012,000 acres best lands In Douirlai , 7,000 acres best lands In * arpy county , and largo tracts In alt Ilia eastern tiers of counties. 0cr 000,000 acroi f f the uc t lands In Ncbras- ka'orsalo'bv thutgunc ) . Very large umoiintJ ol suburban property In one to ten , twenty , forty acre piece- , located \\ltliinonn to three , four or the miles of the jvMtotlico-uome > cry chea | > pieces. NK POCKKT MAM or OMMIpubllthedby U. P. Ikmli ten (10) ( ) cents each. Money loined on Iraprouxl fannij alto on lm ire > ed citrpropert ) , at the low u t rates of lw tctei < t. 1IOUM , tore > , hotels , farmi , lots , Unds rjoms , &e. , to rent orlca c. \ Bemis' REAL ESTATE AGENCY 16th and Dca la Street , O MTuaLaSC k - 3WX113.