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    OMAHA DAJULA bfcK : THURSDAY FEBRUARY 9
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E.KOSEWATER , Editor.
MAYOR Uovit should furnish Mar-
shnl Angcll with wingi and lot him
fly.
Tint curtainty of an early epritii
qivoa fitront ? promino of heavy crop
for Nebraska fanners.
NlNl'-TKNTHH of the statu press con. '
doinn the recent action of the uni
Yoraity regents convened in Ur clmni
bor Rossioii.
ILLINOIS politicians are already preparing -
paring for a successor to David Davia1
senatorial shoos. Secretary Lincoln
in prominently mentioned.
Mu. BI.MNP. only wanted to give
the American eagle an airing and hit
severest critics are the nation who
don't like to hoar the national bird
scream ,
At.L attempts to inako small pox
epidemic in Omaha have failed. The
diaoaso has boon successfully mot by
wholesale vaccination and is thor
oughly under chock.
SECUKTAUY KIUKWOOD has modified
the ruling of Secretary Sohurz by
which any useful timber heretofore
excluded can now bo planted under
the timber culture act.
KINO KALAKAUA is tilting up the
royal palace at Honolulu and hat sent
his royal chamberlain to this country
to purchase four sots ot chamber fur
niture. The royal revenues will bu
seriously afl'er.ted by the purchase.
TUB Philadelphia Press thinks that
it is hard to toll whether the Now
York Sun is running Sumuol J. Til-
don or Thomas Fallows for 1881 IUH
Thomas yets the lift about four days
out of sovon.
A HKUIOUH deficiency is promised in
the cotton crop which is placed ut loaf
than 5,000,000 bales. This meam
higher prices , an increased balance oi
trade against the United States and
continued exports of gold.
THE senate committee on ponniona
have reported a bill granting Mrs.
Qarfiold a pension of $5,000 and
placing the widows of Presidents
Tyior and Polk on the list at the
same rato.
Aw Omaha stroot-car driver hold
his car for three minutes waiting for
& lady to finish saying1toodbyu to a
female acquaintance , and then as ho
atartod a ain was heard to mutter ,
"Much adieu about nothing. "
MIMAT UALHTKD rises to remark
that "before Mr. Conkling is returned
to the senate of the United States ho
should explain to the people his mo
tives in jumping out of the window of
the Capitol when ho heard a nouo up
stairs. "
TIIK Albany Journal recalls the
fact that when the first dealer offered
ice for aalo in Albany ho was de
nounced by many physicians as a dan
gerous character. In these day * the
dangerous characters are the dealers
who raise prices after the usual winter
scare of a short harvest.
TUB city council failed to a roe at
their last meeting upon a disposal of
the Union Pacific
claim to 4 > ccupy
Jackson street with their side tracks.
A petition for the same street was
also put in by the B. A M. road. The
HUB voices the sentiments of * largo
majority of the citizens of Omaha
when it urges the council to refuse
both requests. Omaha has already
donated over 8700,000 to railway cor-
poraltous in lands and money. It is
high time that this reckless donation
) f public property should stop.
Mit. MOKOAN , of Alabama , is a son-
aitivo man , and his feelings wore
greatly injured yesterday in the--sen
ate by the reply of Secretary Lincoln
iu response tc a resolution of inquiry
regarding tlie governments experi
ments with eirna of u largo calibre.
Mr. Lincoln's communication was to
the effect that it would take the
entire fiscal year to furnish the do-
tired iniormation and" this reply Mr.
Morgan construed into a "snub" < o
the body of which ho i * a member.
TLtre U an old saying thai a fool may
k question which will take a wise
/ * a7fearto answer , Mr. Morgan
never hoard the quota-
THE FAKNAM STREET GRADE.
The certainty that Omaha will
shortly enter upon an extensive sys
tem of paving her principal streets
has awakened a now agitation in favor
of changing the grade of Farnain
street from Sixteenth to the crest o :
the hill at Twentieth street. Rulj
last spring the city council appoints
three citizens to appraise the damage ?
which would result from such chnnui
of grade. Tlio report of the appraiser
was filed last March with the counci
and nn account of the heavy damngcf
claimed by the owners of nhuttlni
lots it was not deemed advisablu ti
take nny further action in the matter.
Withyin few dajutUe county commis
sioners lii vo doturminud that tin
question whether the present grade ia
to be maintained or not ouuht to hi
settled and they have been reinforce <
in tlieir opinion by the urgent requests
of .several heavy owners of property
along the linn of the projected im
provement. The decision of tlio city
council to annul the appraiseiuont o
last spring has been alsorenchod nftei
consultation with a number of oui
citizens who are intorcntod in liuvinj.
Farimm street levelled and who , it it-
understood , are willing to waive nl
damages to tlieir property interests ii
cane the grade is changed.
Farnam street is the natural tradi
thoroughfare of Omaha It is the
only street in the city which extends
for three miles with a uniform width
of ono hundred feet. The rapid man
ner in which it is being filled
with substantial business housen
of brick and stonu shoWB clearly thai
before a few years elapse the entire
street from Tenth to Sixteenth will
bo fully occupied with permanent
structures. At this point the hill
operates to turn aside the current of
trade into other channels. There is
no doubt that the cutting down of
the Furnhani street grade H ould bean
an immense advantage to the prop
erty adjoining and a bonelit to the
city nt largo. Much of the trallip to
and from the country which now
pauses along St. Mary's avenue would
seek an outlet by way of Farnlmin
Htroot. The building of the court
IIOUHO and the grading of the street
together would iniiku upper Farnham
street peculiarly availublo for busi-
noes purposes while the whole street
lined with substantial stores would
become ono of the handsomest thor
oughfares in any city of the west.
Much , of course , will depend upon
the action of the property owncm in
the matter. If they can bo brought
to neu that the advantages to be derived -
rived from the contemplated change
of grade will more than olFnot any
damages which they may undergo by
reason of the lowering of the hill ,
there ought to bu no difliculty in set
tling the question to the satisfaction
of ull concerned. On the other hand
the city , in ordering the now npprais-
mont , mufit bo prepared to make fair
mid reasonable compensation for all
legitimate daniauo to the valuable
abutting property , and for the consequent
quent inconvenience which such grad
ing will occasion to residence owners
along the line of the * contemplated
improvement.
THE AGRICULTURAL ASSOCI
ATION AND MR. CHITXEN-
DEN.
THE BEE in a recent number called
the attention of its readers to the
journal of the so-called American Ag
ricultural Association which contained
Edward Atkinson's article on "Tho
Railroad and the Farmer , " and the
reply to the aamo by Hon. L. K. Ohit-
; end 'ii of the National Anti-monopoly
League. Mr. Chiltenden'a article
was prefixed by an apologetic note
'rom the monopoly editor of the
journal in which ho warned his road-
irs against the "communistic senti-
nontH" of Mr. Chittondon , and indulged -
dulgod in general abuse of farmers
favoring railroad regulation. Im-
nojiso numbers of this issue of the
Journal wore distributed by the rail
roads , thu Erie company alone taking
10,000 copies for free circulation
among the farmers along the line of
ts road. In short the American Ag
ricultural Association of which Mr.
D. II. Wheeler , of Nebraska , is ono
of two vice '
president's was used us a
decoy through which to conduct the
operations of the railroad literary
mreau and to awindlo the farmers into
he belief that a national organiza
tion of agriculturista was opposed to
any control of the railways by tlio
people. Mr. Chittondon has not felt
disposed to Buffer in silence under the
itluek made on him by Mr. Icoal of
the Journal and at.tho request of the
AntUmonopoly Loayuu , TIIK UKK
publishes his answer in thu form of a
card
TO TJIK 1'UIII.IO.
TJw-criticism of Mr. Heal , the t-di-
tor of uio article on "The llailroad and
thei Farmer , " in the October number
of the American Agricultural Aesoci-
ciation , deaorvos a , few observations ;
J. A revised proof was iient Mr.
Heal of my article , to which ho paid
> o attention. I deny his right to refuse -
fuse to correct th * article and then
uuso uiu for writing It.
- ' . Ho says my articto is "conceived
in a spirit of communism. " Thin
bUtemont is not true. There is not
\ communistic idea or a.Mggeation in
t. It maintains
the righM of property -
orty , and iimsta upon the faithful oh-
erVMico of the laws , a they Are do-
cjared by the highest judicial au-
hortty.
3 , He that I
ayi question the ) no.
lives of Mr Atkinson without just
cause. I do not question his motives
at all. I state a fact , that his article
has boon largely circulated among the
farmers at railroad cost. Thin fnc
Mr. Heal docH not deny.
1. Mr Ilonl aays the main points o
Mr. Atkinson are that the railroads
have developed the resources of the
country , itc This is not his mail
point at all. Had it boon there would
have been no occasion for my answer.
The point of his article was thatthcre
had been an extraordinary rcdustiot
in railroad chanjon duo to the volun
tury nets of the companies , fron
which thu farmers had received i
larger measure of benefit thnn thu
railroad companion. This atatemen
I have coi.clusivoly refuted. Mr
Real cannot eacapo by dodging tlu
true , and tendering me an immatcria
iflnuo.
5. Ho cays that Mr. Atkinson dii
not attempt to express nny viowa ate
to the legal right of the people , am
complaint ) of mo because I luvo BO
forth thcao rights as the tusis of the
dincuNsaion. If the people's rights
are ignored there can bo no discus-
flion of the r.ulroad question. One
might an well try to discuss thoorigii
of the rebellion and omit all refer
unco to slavery.
0. Ho aays and repeats that I main
main that thu relatioim of the state t <
the railroads is that of u borrower o
money , and the larger part of hit )
article is a refutation of that statement
mont and the cotmuquoncoH of it. Mr
Real knows 1 have stated no sucl
proposition. He was hard presaci
for facts when he attempted to impute
this to me. No Benttiblu man cat
misunderstand my article. I discuss
the question under three aspects
First , when thu stales should build i
railroad with thu public funds. Second
end , when the state should build a
railroad with funds borrowed for the
purpose. Third , and the case in hand
when the state "prefers to bu relieved
of the copt and euro of constructing
and operating the railroad , to delegate
a portion of its duties to a body of
citi/.ona forming a corporation and to
compensate them tor the performance
of these duties by a grant of certain
privileges. " Thu state a borrower
from the r.iilioad companies I Noli-
soniol
7. Mr. Real says that I prcsonl
"estimate's of the cost of transporta
tion not leas absurd than my theo
ries. " JIu attempts to prove this by
Hat misrepresentations ; by putting
words and arguments into my moutli
which I h.ivo never used.
On page 14 ! ) I discuss the "actual
cost of moving freight. " I put thia
iiuestion , "What is the actual coat of
traimportinu the * burden of a freight
train on such u railroad from East Al
bany to Now York ? '
This question 1 attempt .to anawer
approximately , and I do aimvvcr it IIH
accurately in the fuels obtainable will
warrant. lam not < Uscusaing the gen
eral ami of conducting the tiannportt-
tion buBinubs of a railroad. Mr.
Rual , knowing ihis , undertakes to
Bay I am , and therefore he urges that
my theories are absurd , because I have
omitted thu costt of agents , advertis
ing , returning empty cara , etc. Ilo
was hard presiod for material when ho
resorted to thia.
Mr. Real's criticism is founded
upon these non-ttatomcnts of my own
and Mr. Atkinson's nrtiolu. All the
rest of IUH criticinm falls under throe
heads : Mr. Real's opinion , abuse ol
myself , and praise of Mr. Atkinson.
In Mr. .Meal's opinion I am ignorant ;
I abound in invectives ; I appeal to
prejudice and not to sound judgment ;
1 deal in misrepresentation ; I have
not established a single fact ; my oati-
matea uro riot less absurd than my
theories , and I "dont amount to
much anyway. "
Mr. Atkinson , on the contrary , is
in great commercial and manufactur
ing enterprises. Ho ia a shipper upon
and patron of the railroads ; has had
"opportunities ; " is n practical busi-
ncaaman ; a compiler of facts , and a
calm rcasoner. In short he is n great
and good man.
I ueny th it Mr. Iteal's opinions are
of any consequence. Ho is working
in the interest of the railroads , and
"the laborer is worthy of his hire. '
His abuse ia what I state in my arti
cle I expect from persons in hia posi
tion , and I have received so much of
it that any little addition from Mr.
Heal is immaterial. Were I in Mr.
AtkiiiHon'a place , receiving the praises
uf Mr. Real , 1 might s.iy with blulf ,
: > ut rithor wicked , Bon Wade ,
n a diacusaion towards the
oloso of the rebellion , whether
President Lincoln would appoint a
: liiuf justice in pLice ot Judge Taney ,
"dnriiit , ' Muciiatmn'a administration , "
10 aaitl , "I lined to pray that the life
jf the chief justice might be pro-
lorvod until after Mr. Lincoln's in-
uiguration , but the judge holds out
to long that I am very much afraid I
jvordid the business. " In his praise
jf Mr. Atkinson I think ho has over-
Jono thu business.
In ono respect my article has been
productive of good results , which
imply repay the trouble of its prepa
ration. I supposed , and many far-
uors supposed , that the "Journal of
ho American Agricultural Associa-
ion" was n farmers' journal , was pub-
iahcd [ H their interest , and would ad-
. 'ociito that interest in public quea-
ions. Wo did not then know that it
* as supported by railroad contribu-
.ions , and was , in fact , u railroad or-
; an. The fanners and public now
tnow just where tn place the journal
ind the men who control it.
L. K. OlHTTKNIUi.N.
TIIK charges brought against City
Marshal D. P. Angoll by two mem-
iora of the city council should moot
ivith a prompt , investigation. TIIK
IKK knows nothing about the specific
slmrgoa made by Meaara , Hornborgor
ind O'Keefo , hut it doon know with
) very citizim who-has paid any atton-
ion to the aubject , that our police
orco haa been for months demoralized
uid that Mr. Angull has proved him-
elf entirely incompetent as city
ntirahal. His term of ollice lias boon
lisgracod by more disorder and crime
ind greater inollioioncy among his
uborditmtoa on the police force
han under the jurisdiction
> f any marshal within our
recollection. Within tllo past three
nonths the daily papers have ciron- |
clod two murder * , three shooting
iffrays , a score of burglaries and rob-
borics and innumerable offenses of
lighter nature. Crime haa run riot in
this city under the very nose of tht
law , while the daily violations of city
ordinances and state statutes an
flagrant examples of the contempt
felt by the offenders for the cit ;
atithoritcs ,
If Omaha over needed a capabli
and efficient city marshal she docs n
the present timo. The license aysten
under which nixty-six citizen
hnvo paid n lar o sum fo
being protected in their buni
nu.is from parties uho han
not been granted licunno to ael
liquor. ia now under tria
Having complied with the law , ant
being atill subject to the penalties o
line and the recalling of their licotiM
in case they violate its provision *
they have a right to expect thut tlu
city marshal will promptly arrest al
persona who are Bulling without li
conan. It ia an admitted fact to da ;
that there are at leant twenty saloon
and dens in Omaha that are runniiu
openly without license , and which tlu
police either neglect or wilfully refuse
to close. Other equally public viola
tions of the law of daily occurrence
are unchecked by the city marshal
who ia directly responsible , under the
mayor , for the enforcement ot the law
in thia city.
Under those circumstances the
complaint against Marshal Angell ia
timely , and should receive prompt at
tention. TUB UKK calls Mayor
lioyd'a attention to the subject foi
Biich action as he may deem most ad-
viuablo.
CONUHKHS has between four and five
thousand bills before it claiming at
tention. Fully three thousand five
hundred of thcso may safely be left to
slumber in the committee room pig
eon holes.
TUB ridiculous parade of their vir
tues made by thu Grant delegation at
Chicago , is exciting very general and
well deserved derision. The Now
York Evening , Post says
"There is something intensely lu
dicrous in the attempt made by soinu
'stalwart' politicians to invest the 'i-lo-
nious ItOG , who 'atood by Grant to ho
Inat , ' and the 'Spartan band of 29 , '
who continued to vote for Conkling
until hia successor was elected to thu
senate , with a character of romance.
The : tOti and the 2 ! ) are tallc-
i'd of as if they hud
done something remarkably dan
gerous and heroic , recklessly exposing
their livea to thu attacks of over
whelming hosts like the I30 ! Spartans
lit Thermopyhu , or riding into the
jawa of death with a cannon in front
and on the right and left of them ,
leaving most of their number on the
field , like the GOO of the light brigade
fit Balaklava. Recently the 30C have
decorated themselves with brass
medals to commemorate the valiant
exploit , and a few nights ago they
have boon talking about thomselvus
with the most enthusiastic admiration
in after-dinner speeches at Albany. "
NOTES AND COMMENT.
A Texas advertiser calls for "an in-
duatrioua man as a boss hand over
5,000 head of sheep that on apeak
Spanish fluently. "
The one-dollar subscriptions to the
Garlield atatuo fund in Cincinnati
amount to $8,723. About $30,000
will bo needed.
Marvin * the man who married fif
teen wives , tried to eacapo from the
Virginia penitentiary the other night ,
hut failed. No cards.
Suggestive figures from the list of
subjects of taxation in Alabama ; Mo-
shamcal tools , § 228,500 ; farming im
plements , $77,100 ; guns , piatola and
Jirks , $351,250.
"Gath" hears from some of Senator
Pondloton'a friends that the Ohio
itatesman "has not mnch serious idea
af the presidency" which is well for
! iis peace of mind.
Congressman Houk , of Tennessee ,
that his state is more sure to go re
publican than either Now York or In-
iiana , and hopes to go to the senate
is Harris' successor.
Boss Kcyea , of Wisconsin , is un-
mppy about appointments in that
itato. If the lottery dooan't ' pan out
jetter the boss will put on hia war
mint and his braa.i medal and go to
Washington.
Mr. Oscar Wilde had small nudi-
jiico at Hartford , and one of the
oportont cruelly s.iys "thoro was no
ii n of applause until he rolled tip
lis manuscript to retire from the
itago. "
The Springfield high school lyceum ,
ifter much debate , has decided that
ho nineteenth is preferable to the
rightoonth century for an ambitions
' .Indent. This comes of having a live
lowspapor published in a small town.
A white Polar hear skin , eight by
'our , made into a lap robe , has boon
'orwurded to Secretary Hunt. It in
lent by the officers of the Alliance.
The bear \\as ahot August ! > , 1881 , on
Dane'a island , Spitsbergen.
There is only one prisoner in thu
ail of Lewis county , New York , and
10 says if they don't hurry up and ar-
eat Homebody else pretty quick , he'll
luo 'cm for damages , as he's lonesome
ind wasn't sentenced to solitary con-
inomont.
The final figures about last full's '
'orcst fires in Michigan inako thu
lumber of houses burned ono thous
and four hundred and sixty-four , and
ho total loaa 2,157,505 , distributed
iniong three thousand and aoventy-
ive futnilu'fl. Thu contributions for
ho sufferers have been about n mil-
ion , and half as much more is need-
Hi to see them through till next sea-
ion's crops are harvested.
The Iowa State Register says that
ho temperance cause in that state ,
ifter having failed under the loader-
hip first of "fussy old men and jejune
'oung men" and then oj "a lot of
) ooplo who had failed in every other
irofoasion and vocation and attached
humbelvos to the temperance cauao
or the purpose of making a Jivinp out
. . is now prospering in the hundi
of and " it haa with
women , "to-day i
a power of public opinion and publii
fiympathy , which has but to aumtnoi
all its energies to nrnko it overmastering
tering and incaistlnlo. "
But Whut Will Wo Do.
TcciitMMh Toichllxht.
ConuruHMiiaii Iiit'got , of Nevada
has recently presented an indictmen
agiinst Messrs. Stinford , Hunting
ton , Crocker and others of the Central
tral and Southern Pacific railroads , ii
which he clurges that thesegentleinei
( ? ) have within thu last fifteen yean
unjustly acquired the ownership am
control of over $ . ' 100,000,000 worth o
property ; that in return therefor
they have given no equivalent ; tha' '
on the contrary , they have acquired
much of thia vast capital run
power by fr.iud and extorlioi
robbery ; and that they an
si ill using the same for furl he
extortions and robberies ; that 15 year :
ago their combined capital did not ex
ceed § 150,000 ; and their actual investment
mont in tlicae railroads i.i $12,000
The evidence adduced by Mr. D , i
abundant and conclusive. That uthc
railroad magnate * have practiced tlu
same abuses is generally believed , it
a leaser degree perhaps , and the quea
tion that naturally comes home t <
thinking patriotic men ia , what an
wo going to do about it ? a qucstioi
not easily answered. The evil in no
pirent. Thu consequences of aeon
tinuancu of the evil are also apparent
It ia certain that nothing will bo doni
about it until the people do it. Tin
evil will not cure itself. The railroad
magnates will not niter their course
except under compulsion. Their violent
lent and acrid opposition to overj
attempt to secure- justice by the pee
pie ; their earnest and generally elfec
tivo efforts to obstruct and defeat tin
passage and proper working as such
laws as are passed by throwing oppro-
bium upon the same , their author ?
and supporters , is too well known tc
need recounting hero. In making
these ciforts and this opposition these
railroad mon have certain advantages
well worth looking at.
In the first place , they have money ,
and lots of it. The fact should not be
overlooked that the money they use
for this purpose , practically bolonqs tc
and cornea from the people. Every
dollar expended by them in this as in
every other direction ia considered by
them as expenses ; and is charged up
to and becomes a part of that list
termed operating expanses. AH lawa
now are , they are easily reimbursed
for these expenses ( ? ) by a
slight addition to the tarill' , so that in
thia fight between the railroads and
the people , the people pay the expenses
of both sides. Thia lact needa to bu
kept in view , as it has pertinence
along the whole line of co itrovory
Ag-iin these men &ro men if hi rgo ability
and are generally public spirited. It
is easy to bo liberal and public spritud
with other people'a money. Tlio are
lionor.ible(7) ( ) , educated and agreeable ,
and BO are influential To auch men
with such means and inilucncia , argu
ments and advocates are never want
ing. To auch men with such ndvan-
tanes , organization ia a simple
matter ; and that they can and
do organize , thoroughly and perfectly
ia natural , and not to bo wondered
at. Nor is it to bo wondered at that
they make this organization and influ
ence felt in the legislature ,
the lobby and upon public
opinion. One of their most effective
methods ia to so distract and confuse
the public and its law makers with
other questions , as to turn the atten
tion away fr m this one , Lika other
fishermen , they like to fish in muddy
watorfti Opposed to mon with those
advantages of money , ability , influ
ence , power and ooganization mere
numbers scattered confused and un
organized count for very little.
The Anti monopoly League and the
Farmers' Alliance are associations
whose objects are to arouse public sen
timent to the gravity of the evils inci
dent to our Rvstom of railroad and
other corporate monopolies ; to gather
and circulate information in regard to
the same ; and to organize the people
so as to bring about the necessary
remedy. It is to bo hoped that those
associations will succeed in their en
deavor , and that the State Alliance
will BO perfect its organization and
leviso such methods , that success will
)0 assured.
Thu purpose of the league and alli
ance haa been to work within existing
) arty lines , but there are those both
vithin and without the league and
illianco who think that present parties
or at lotst the machinery of the two
) rumiiiont parties , are entirely in the
lands or under thu control of the 'ino-
inpolista. liethia as it may , the evils
: ompluiniid of are too grave to bu
rilled with , ignored or shoved ono
* idc , nnd if the present parties re
use or neglect to apply 4ho correc-
ive , another party will arise that will
lo it.
They Cnn't.
U. Luill * Rt'imbllcMi.
If the American people can peaco-
ully contemplate the payment of
hirteen hunered millions of dollars
n u quarter of a century , with a full
cnowlpdge of the fact that not more
han aix hundred millions will go to
hose who really deserve the money ,
ve are very much mistaken.
RAILROAD NOTES.
The ChlcAgo , tiivvniikod & St. I'mil
xpec-t to reach Spirit I.at.t > , Inw.i , thu
.Ml ) hint.
The e.krniiiBs of the Chicago & Xin th-
last yi''ir wui 1,8111,210.7- ; -
> eii cs , 9U.ri.r > i,08'J. ) ' . > 3. The coinjmnjr
iperates : ti18 ! Jiiilcs of roud ,
CliicnK" , Milwaukee .t St. 1'iiul
coiiip.iny liu.n nullfinl its cm-
) loyi 4 tli.it it uM p nUh by tlUJurxo
nun servlco overv li uil invnlvinj ; the
: nmpnny hi Kirnibhve suitn.
Uockfortl , llli. . had novr it choicu uf
liroa routes to Chicago the Northwvht-
jru , Milwaukee , uuil tha 0 , thu latter
lust week of the Chit
& Iowa road running to that city ,
The people of Ituthvrn , in I'alo Alto
: ounty , Iowa , havtt -kin I the Den Mo ne <
1 V'cirt Dmlge company to deflect their
ante to Spirit hake , 10 na to tnko in tlieir
awnn , to which president Whitehe < id
oplieu that It will be done If the people
vlll pay the extra expense of the change.
Coon liapiiln , Iowa , wua eeir.e'1 with a lit
if iimuifMt destiny wliea the Chicago. Mil-
vaukee A St. I'aul cameiiloDg there local.
ng-campa of cnglueori ) , nd the prices of
oU went run up to enormous tigutux , The
onipany pnutii by , purchased depot
rountlH two mi leu wen' , and planted their
tatlon.
The right of way ug nt of the Chicago
k KorthweHtern , after securing the rlgut
f way acrw nearly half of Sioux county ,
. , on theCalllopn line to Sioux City
wan Huddrnly culled to a i alt , the reoult o
n truce ulth the Chicago , Mllxnukeif A
St. I'aul , In their race for Slout City , un
der nhlih rallt nru to ho fnil d foi tin
present on < 11 now projicti.
Swnrn fti tl t'cal returns .made t the
rtito bureau of iitatli lei thow th it n thi
.Michigan t'cnlral road thcrrt wtrf , durlnf
the .xe.ir ending May 30 , 1881 , fifty-eever
dcatlm frnin nccidtntx and I (5 peixmi In
jureil , H27 of the In'ttr bcln ; nipbypi o
ho coinpnny. | he total of thiicoinp n ]
is nn > r limn tint of .ill the Injured of th (
nthur ruaila making roUirn- ,
The xtmie bridge to bo lmlt ! nt Minne
.ipolis will bu a wonderful ktructuie. I
will coti-ist of BKtecn SO-feet hpuii : nni
four 100-feet spans nr > ( l including UK
Hhoro tiecvs will ha > o a total length o
1,900 feot. Itvill niipport tuo railwa )
tracks nt n height of over sixty ftet nboM
tliu water , und ill run diagonally acrot :
the river below St. Anthony's Kails , Tin
cost ia estimated ut nearly & 00,000.
The nnnual report of tho' ( Itiecturx o
the Illinois Cintr 1 tivtlr. nd hn fi th-
grot-fl earning- for 1881 weio $8 Mii.OCO
iigaimt S8 3' ' ii.OOO tha preceding yeir Tin
net earning * were S,177X : ( ! ( > U , or $251001
II'H than ti c iirtceding > car. IScfiiUn tin
intutest and two dividends theru wan pnU
§ U ± " ) , iX ( ) for extraor inarv ixptnucrt it
Illlnoi' , Including n new e'ovator ' : vt Cairo
101 ! mi en S Tack , tlirie lion bridges , tuo
new dockH at Chicago , nnd important aii
( liti"iH to the equipment.
The cost of maintaining tlio town b ar <
of rallrotd eouiniioiiJIUJM for thu past foui
year * was S-l 000. The rcutiplH of the
ollice foi that po i id wad S5" > ,7 Oj leaving
a surplus of § 23,7" > 0. An elfortvi I bi
loa'le ' to change tliu law no that I hia t.u
against thu rnilroads t-lull be paid directlj
int the State Treasury like nil othtv
taxes nnd the State pay the > ominis'-ion
ers. As the law now ii the State cannel
tue thin mirpltH fund of nearly $21,000 for
any purpose whatever. Si me of It ha <
btvn in the Ttunsury hinco 1878.
Chicago , Hurlington it Qtilncy has de
cidcd to rui.se the track of the Keokuk &
St. Lou ! * line , of which it iccently ob
tained control , frojn two to live feet fioir
its entire length , in order to be nbovo the
reach of water. It is intended to make
this a thoroughfare for all Iowa btiMiici-s ti
St. LOUH ! over the Hurlington route. It ii
also ntited that thu lUirlington will Ml
further improve this line by buildingn new
bridge over the MixHour ! river at St
Charles near the present \ \ \\"aba- bridge
entering into direct competition for the
traOic to mid from St. Louis.
tThe Norther I'ncilic company will be
gin planting tree.s the coining .spring on
the .Dakota and Missouri divlnion. Tlic
first row if trce-s will bo 100 fott back
frnin the track , and inilde of that will he
planted yellow cot ton wood for the making
of tiei. This wood m vtures within Hve or
m years , ami the whole cost of the t es to
the company would be only ten cents
apiece. The other woods will furni h
timbtr for use , fuel fortettlrrn , and setd-
lings for othern who may desiic to set oul
trets _ Bthides all thi' ' , tliere will be in a
short time an impregnable hairier against
snow blockudej n winter time.
THE 2SEE ANNUAL
Bcmuty Unadoruecl.
The Iluiuiltoniun , Ilniailtoii county ,
Mo. : TIIK DAILY OMAHA HIK : issuta
.111 illustrated edition January 1 , pre
senting in fine cuta thu principal busi
ness houses and public buildings ) of
the uity. Four pges aio duvoted to
ilhialmtions , while the remainder of
the paper ia filled with statistical in
formation and an annual ruiew uf thu
eonimurco and inanufaeturus of thu
city. The scheme ia a oed one and
well executed
"Tho Flnoat Thin ? of the Kind. "
Arapilioo ; ( Neb. ) Pionser : TIIK
OMAHA UKK'S Annual lloviow for 1882
has been received. It ia the finest
thing of the kind ever published in
I ho state and does gioat credit to both
Omaha and the publishers.
Good Advloo.
Ft. Dodge ( Ia. ) Times : The An
nual Review of TIIK Un AHA DAILY
BEE for J881 is printed on finely
finished huary book paper , the outsidu
pagesare.covered with largo enpravinca
which alone must * have cost $1,000.
TUE BEK represents the antimonopoly
nopoly element of Nebraska , and
illicit well take the placu of some
eastern monopoly papers taken here
abouts.
The Finest Ever Soon.
Stevens' Point ( \Vis. ) Democrat :
Tuesday's , mail brought us a copy of
THE OMAHA DAILY BIK : , ono of thn
finest pijces of journalism wo have
ever seen. Two sides of the paper is
covered with cuts of the prominent
tmsine.Hs houses , elegant residences of
Omaha , and the inside mainly to a
review of thu progress and condition
of thu city.
Milking1 an Impression.
Kairibault ( Minn. ) Boo : TIIK OMA
HA HKF. f ives a splendid display of
the progress of that important city for
the past year. It gives us the im
pression that Omaha ia rapidly be
coming the Chicago of the west.
"A Wonderful EfFoot. "
ADUIAN , Mich. , Juno HO , 1881.
LI. II. Warner & Co. ; Sirs Your
Safe Kidney and Liver Cure has had
the most wonderful etl'uct upon my
wife , who has been troubled -for three
or four years with n kidney nnd liver
difliculty. F. A. FEKOUHON.
fob71wood
Sioux City & facile
THE SIOUX CITY ROUTE
Huna a .Solid Train Through from
Council BluflB to bt. Paul
Without Change Time. Only 17 Hour *
IT u
MILK. TUB H1IOKTJ.ST IIOLTK
COUNCIL BLUFFS
IX ) ST. PAUL , MINNKAPOLIB
nULUTlJ OU UI.HMAIU.h
" ! nil niti'tn In Sortimrii Iowa , Ulanc nti i > r.
> al > cU. 'llil * Hue is ftiull'l" wltl ) Ult ) iniprat eu
Wctitliifhouna Automatic Alr-brako ild UUle
riatforu Coupler and liufler : and lot
3VKKV. flAKKTi' AND
U unsuriu-fsixl. Pullman Palace Sleeping Car
run through WITHOUT CIIAKOK betwetin Kali
as City and St. Paul , via Council lllufl * and
Blous City.
TnlnileaveUnlou Padflc Transfer at Coua.
ctl Uhlan , at 7S5 : p. ru. dally on arrival of Kanwiu
'lty , St. Joseph and Council ISluffs train from
thu South. Arriving at fjloux City 11:35 : p. m. ,
and at the New Unlou I ) pot at HI. Paul at 12:30 :
noon * .
TKN HOURS IN ADVANCK Of ANY.OTHZB
HOUTK.
CrKcuvembct In Uklng the Sioux City Route
ou get a Through Train. The Shortest UD ,
he Quickest Time and a Comfortable tUda In the
[ "brouirb Con between
COUNCIL BLUFK8 AND BT , PAUL.
WtitM that > our Ticket * rcuul via tha "Sloax
City and Paclfln Railroad '
/ , S. WAlTLEa. J , R , BUCHANAN
.HuixirlutDUdcnt Otn'l Paas. Agent.
P. E. K0111N&ON , Au't Oeu'l Pau. Ag't. ' ,
Ulwouri Valley. Io a.
J , II. O'DUYAN , SouthwwUrn Agent ,
Counci liluffi , low *
HOUSES
Lots ,
For Sale By
FIFTEENTH AND DOUGLAS STS , ,
No. 2W , Kull tot lencul and with mnnll
IDC on Capitol .Uetiuo noir Mth i-trcot , $700.
No. 2 7 , ] nru lot or block 205 by 270 loot oa-
Hamilton , tiunrlrenu ctrcot , $2,500.
No. 2&6 , Pi 11 co rue. ' r lot on Jonuj. iu-ar 16th
strict , S3.000.
No. 263 , Two lot * on Center Btrttt , mar Cum
in ? btrcct , 8900.
No. 252 , Lot on Spruce Direct , near O'h utrcol.
JflSO.
JflSO.No.
No. 251 , Two lot * on Son unl , near King
8S60. ,
No. 251) ) , Lot on Scwnril , near Kin ?
J350.
J350.No.
No. 249 , Unit lot on Dod e , n'-"r Hth strec *
82,100.
No. 247 , Koiir beautiful rtMklenco loN , new
frclghton College ( or will sells panto ) , & > ( ,00il.
No.HI , Two lots on Charlc" , near l.'tmilne
strcit , 8400 each.
Ko. 24UJ , Lot on Idaho , near CuniliiLulrooL. .
1100.No.
No. 24S , Ono aero lot on Cumin ? , near Ihittoo
street , i'ta
No. 244 , I * > t ou Kaniham , near 18th Mmt ,
ko.243. I 0166 by 133 feet on College street
near St. Mar } 'a Aunuc , 8550.
No. 242 , Lot on UoiiK'laa , near 20th street- .
3376.
3376.No
No 241 , I ot on r'arnhnm , near 26th reel ,
$750.
$750.No.
No. 240 , Lot 00 by 1)9 feet on South A > cnuo >
near Jlnpon BtriH1 1 , $550.
No. 239 , Corner Irt on Hurt , near 2M street ,
2,600.
No. 238. 120x132 feet on Harncy , nar 24tb
strce ( w 111 cut it up ) , 82,400.
No. 235 , 71x310 Ceit on Sherman Avenu *
(16th ( Btrect ) , near Oraic , $1,000.
No.04 , Lot on UotinlaH htreet , near2M $760.
No. iU2 , Lot on 1'lcr Hlreot , near Seward , $500.
No. 231 , Lot40ztiO feet , ntsr C nitol Avenu *
nnd 22cl street , J1..HOO.
No. 227 , Tuo lota on Decatur , marlreue street
$200 anJ S17S each.
No. 223 , I ot 143 30-110 by 441 feet on Sherman
A\enuo (16th ( 8tr ct ) , near Urace , ? 2,400.
No. 220 , Lot 2JxU fetton Doilge , near I3U >
p treet , iimkc un offer.
No. 217 , Lot on 2W street , near Clark , 8600.
No 216 , lot on Hanilltoc , mnrlCim' , JHK ) .
No. 21,9. Lot on 18th , near Nicholas ttreet.
$500.No.
No. 207 , Ti\o lots on lli'h ' , near I'aclllc utroel
ei.roo
No. 205Two , lota on Castellir , near 10th rtruet ,
No. 204 , beautiful retilduu-B lot on l > ivisio
ptreet , near dnnlng , $350.
No. 20J , Lot on blunder * , nuir llinnlltom
Btrecta60. .
No. 109J , Lot inth ktrect , near Pacific , J500.
No. 19HJ , Three lots on Maunders etrtet. now
Stward , 81,300.
No. 193J , Lot on ° 0th ( treat , near Sherman
? 35 .
No. 104J , Twolo'HOiiSid , nuar Grace etroct
$ POO o ch.
No. 1D1J , two lota on King , near Himllt
xtrect , 1,200.
No. II ) JJ , two lota on 17th Htreet , mar Whit
Lead WVrlB , 81.C50. V
No. 188) ) , one full block , ten lota , near the bar
racliH , $400.
No. 191 , lot on Parker , near Irene Btrcct , $300 ,
No. 1S3 , two lota o. Cam. near 2M ntre L >
( irlU wlre ( , ) 1W. (
No. IHl.loton Center , near Cumlng strocC
$300.No.
No. ISO , lot on Pier , noir Howard street , W60.
No. 176 , lot on .Sherman acnue , near Izard
street , $ l,4i 0.
No. 174J , lot on Caa9 , mar 14th , fl.OOO.
No. 170 , lot on I'aciflc , near 14th street ; uiak *
oilers.
No. 160 , six lot * on F r'-h.\ra , near 24th itreat
$1 45 to SJ.OIO each.
No. 163 , full block on 2Cth etrett , no *
race count- , and three lota in Glse'a addition
near Saunmrs and Uaesius ttreitn , 8.2,000. "
No , 129 , lot on California utreut , near CreLrfa 7
on collcKi * , S425.
r. o. 127 , aero lot , near the huul of St. Mary *
avenue , 8J.OOO.
No. 12S , bout two acrro , near tlio head oC St.
.Mark's avenue , $1,0 J .
No. 120 , lot on ISth street , riear Whltfl Leu )
WorkH , $625.
No. 124 , xixtei'n lots , near ehot tow or an th-
liclle\ lie road , gVfipcr ot.
No. U2 , 13.2x13. ! feet (2 ( 'ots ) on 18th xtreut ,
ear Pnpplcton's , $1W > 0.
No. 11" , thirty halCacre lots In MiUard and
? aldu ell's additions on Shirman avenue , Hprinc
and hir.itiv'a ntrcets , near Uiu end uf Krcoa
otreet c r track , tdOl to $1,200 each.
No. b9 , lot on Chicago , near 22ii street , 1 1,600'
No. sS , lot on Caldwull , near Sauudcrd btrcul
No. 86 , corner lot on Clurlo" . near t'liundero
utreet , $700.
No. 85 , lot on Izaril , near il t , with two am
nonseii , $2,400.
No. 83 , two loU on 19th , nuu Plurcv ntrc *
$1,600.
No. 7H , three loU on Haniey , near 19th street.
fc,0 ! 0.
No. 76 , 1)013futt ) ! on Oth ntr.-et. nwir I.i < avoo-
wortb truit , $3,000.
No. 7.1 , COK82 feet , on rV-iflc , nuartith
. .
No. ti9 , 06x132 feet , on Douglau cUert , nel
10th , 82.600.
lotH ' 21st 22d ' . ' 3d and
No. 60 , eighteen nn , ,
iaundent utri-uU , near Uraueand Sixunilen utroa
indge , $400 each , bth
No. 6 , one-fourth hlock (180x136 ( feet ) , m-aniU *
Convent oC I'oor Clairu on Hamilton Htreet , nr
the end of rud ntrro car track , $860.
No. 6 , lot on llarcy , near Dth street , $1,200.
No : t , lot on California , near 2l t , yl.UOii.
No. 2 , lot on Cas * , near 22d street , 42,600.
No. 1 , lot ' 11 Harncy , near 18th , & .COO.
Iot In Harbacli'H Hint and neeond additions
also in Parker's , Shlnn's , .SilfonV , Terrace , K.
V. bralth'n , Itodlck'B , ( Jiw'a. Lake' * , and all other
additions , at any prices and terms.
202 loU In llanscom 1'lace , near Hauaoom
'ark ; prices from $300 to ( bOO each ,
220 choice tmalmsH loU In all the principal
biiers htreets of Omaha . var ) In , ' from $500 to
7,000 each.
TMO hundred houscn and oU raiilrjf | | from
500 to (15,000 , and | ncaU < d In every part of th
clt > .
Large uumlwr of excellent farms in HOIJL-II * ,
Sarjiy , Saundcre , Iodjc. Waehlnifton , Hurt , uni
tturcoort c-ountltH in Kastcrn Nebraska.
ol2OOJ acres best lands In Douifhw , 7 000 aero-
Lest land * In arp > county , and large tracts In-
ill the eaitirn tlen of counties.
Oer 000,000 acre If the l > e t larult In Nebras
ka or s.ilu'ht till * fuiiey ,
Verylarxuumounta of tuburban property In
Dneto ten , ( went ) , lort ) acco piece * , located
ulthln oini to thice , four or the tullio of tb *
> o tolflce xome M ry ( heup plectH ,
NK I'ocKirr Jl.in or CMAIH , published .iy a.
' . llcml ten ( lu ) mnts tach.
Money lo lied on Improved forms ; alto on Itn-
rovtd u.tf . projicrty , at the lowot r Ui o' In-
: erest.
J louse- , stores , hotel * , farina , lot * , laudi
fficvn , r.om , * c , to rent orloivc.
One hl.ndrud and Wtj-nuiu beautiful rixrt-
dunce lotK , located on Hamilton street , half ay
betuecn the turn Ulilo oC the red street car 11 1 *
ind the ater ork rwcrvlor and addition , and
u t west of the Content oC the Sisters Poor
Jlalre In hhlnn't adultlon. Prices ianK from
76 to $100 each , and will be told on eaiy term * .
Tract * of 6 , IP , 16 , ! M , 40 or 60 acre * , with
JU Idliitrn and other lraprovtincnt , and aOjclmnc
he c > ty , at all prictw.
3 600 oC the bent rHldcnra lota In the city ol \
Jtuaha any location > ou do'lre north , oa.it , .
outh or vtwt , and at bid-rock price * .
Bemis'
REAL ESTATE AGENCY *
IBthand DC iglft Street ,