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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.