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OMAHA DAJLlA BLE : THURSDAY FEBRUARY 16 The Omaha Bee Fublifthod every morning , except BtuuUy. The only Monday morning ( tally , TKKM8 BY Ono V > nr . $10.00 Three Months. $3.00 Bbr Mouth * . 0.00 Ono . , 1.00 THE WEEKLY DEB , publUhodov. DRUMS POST PAID. One Y nr. . . . . . $2.00 I ThreoMontba. . 50 . . 1.001 Ono . . . 20 ' COimiSPuNDHNOK : All Commun mtlorifl rclntni ! ( to Newt and Kdltnrial mat * erg thoutd bo addressed to the Kmron or . BUSINESS MjrrKUS All BnMncw. tiSttcrfc find ItcmitUmpM should bo ad dres l to Tun OMAIIA PcnUHiiiNQ COM rAJ.v , OMAHA. Drafts , Cliccka and Pont. ollico Onli'tA to l > o inado payable to the otder t f tlio Conittnny , OMAHA PUBLISHING 00 , , Prop'rs 13.HOSEWATER , Editor. EVEN tlio oldest inhabitant weakens on the vruather. TUB Danvor Tribune oflfisra a prize t package for ovary convicted stnr router. Mr. HEWITT'H doctoral bill would furnish n bomiiM grab bag for a dom ooratic minority. An curly spring and magnificent crops nro prospo'cts ever which our farmers nro chuckling just nt proaont. MUD in wet weather and dust in dry nro tire of the beautiful results of macadam paving in Omaha and every ether city where it has boon laid. THE field of politics being closed , the Ohio man is now turning his at tention to religious revivals. Many are called but few Ohio men nro chosen. A NEW YORK lady is reported to < ; nhavo solved the servant girl question. * * * Wo presume this moans eevon even ings a week out , the uao of the parlor and a piano in the kitchen. TUB board of trade has discovered ' rthat a larga portion of our "rip rap- pint ; " on the river bank is worthless. The BBR proved that fact ever three _ yoara ago. GENERAL HANCOCK was fifty-eight years old on the 14th of February. If the democracy is looking for a Valentino tine they ncod not RO further than Governor's Island. SouniBUN papers are calling upon legislatures to aboliih the hip pocket. Enforcement of the lavra to punish the use of the contents of the hip pocket ought to be first in order. piys. It is estimated that William H. Vanderbilt will bo a billionaire by the end of the present century. His fortune is now placed at 8105,000,000 which la $100,000,000 , more than it was seven yean aga. t OWIHO to PuatuujtorOlary'a refusal to testify on boh tlf of the prosecution in tho-atar route trial * in .Lincoln Cf.mo.to an ignominous close yester day , rouiltiag in the dismissal of the cases against both Oorbin and Id- dings. * Iris reported that on a single day 'recently .2CC out of a possible -.282 members of , the nationaljhouso of rep- rcsontativosicallod upon the commis sioner of pensions to ask him to speed particular cases in which constituent ! wore interested. TUB sUto prosi continues to tir uj the university , fiuoatiou in a tuannoi which is decldudly uncomplimentary .to the chancellor and his regents ' .There is a general fooling that thi .chancellor munt go and the sooner tin bettor for the good of the institution ' THE men who are howling mo * loudly for an investigation of Sena tor John Sherman's connection witl tbo treasury contingent fund are thi very parties whoso names figure mos conspiculouily in the "stationery no count" in the home of roprosenta tivoi. Mr. Sherman gives his word for it tht his house and stables won "built by contract and paid fo by their owners. The word o jk low-lived scoundrel like Pitaoy wil not stand against the oath of Senate ; John Bhornun , and his personal ono aniea need not forgot it. TUB North American Review fo : February digoustoi topics of interest * * Do ihe Spoils Belong to the Victor is a contribution to the literature o civil aorvioe reform by Prosinont An t drew D. White , of Cornell. Isaac L Rico proposes A Roraody for Railwn ; AbuiM. Sonttur Johnson , in an ur . ticlo entitled Repudiation in Yir ginia , gives B scathing critiolsn of the readjuitor movement and tin part of Mahono. The Lancet and thi Law is an attack by Mr. Borgh upor compulsory vaccination which hai already elicited oomiuent from tin press of the whole country. Prof. ' George P. Fisher , of the Yale divinity chool , contributes a review of the arguments advanced for and u afnst the ohrutian rolinlon. The ungizino .X'doali with timely tuples in a vigorous Kay , Now York ; 30 Lifayetto PJace. M- - , Kv - THE MARKET HOUSE QUES TION. City Attorney Mandorson has ren dered nn opinion upon the subject of the city to utilize Jefferson square ns grounds fos a market house. The document , nt the last meeting of the council , was referred to the Appropri ate committee for consideration , in connection with Mr.Vobstor Sny- dor's proposition to erect auch n building upon the ground now unoc cuplud and used tui a park by the city , j0Tho subject of using Jefferson park park for this purpose 1ms several times been discussed in Omahn , but with out ny practical resulte. The qucs lions of the oriftiiml transfer of the property to the city , its dedication for public USD , nnd the Biibscquunt or dinances passed by the city council regarding Hi maintenance , appear to have boon very Inosoly examined , Since the liberal proposition of Mr , Snyder , a now interest hns boon awakened on the subject , and n thor ougli overhauling of the records has resulted in the discovery that thcro is nothing to prevent the leasing of Jefferson square to a private citizen or company for a publio uso. The property was originally entered by the mayor under the United States laws of 1811. It AUB taken by him in trust for the people. The trust was not restricted by the gov ernment and it certainly could not bo by the city council. Even admitting , for the sake of argument , that there had boon n dedication of the lands as a park , and that diverting it to market kot uses would bo a breach of a con' ' dition , there is no ono to whom , if forfeited , it could revert or escheat. The only parties whoao rights in the promises might bo affected , and who ould enjoin , are the contiguous roporty owners. But the strongest ioint raised is that the original map f A. D. Jones designated the ground s Jefferson square. The only record t its designation as a "park" is an rdinanco passed November 29 , 18G5 , nd which roads as follows : ( No. 84. ) AN ORDINANCE dedicating the streiti , alleys , lovco , Jifloraon ( square and park to public uses. SECTION 1. Bo it ordained by the : lty council of the city of Omaliii , that ill of that portion of lands lying nnd being within the limits of said city , entered by and patented to Jot so Lowe , SB mayor of said city , by the United S lutes , nnd also all that por- ion of lands entered by John Me- Cormick and to him patented by the United Stated , and by said McCorraick conveyed to David D. Beldoii in truat , which by and according to the original iurvey of A. D. Jones arc designated as streets , alloys and lovco , or dock , be , and they are hereby forever dedi cated to the use of the publio as ouch strouts , alleys and levee , undur such restriction's and reputations as the city council tuay'from time to time pro scribe. SEU. 2. That all of that portion of ands of ta d city lying and being within the aforesaid entries , which by and according to the oriuinal survey of said city , made by A. D. Jones , are designated OB Jefferson iqnaro and park , bo and the same are hereby forever - ever dedicated to the use of the publio ns a public square and park , under such regulations and restrictions as the city council may from time to time to proscribe ; provided , etc , otc. Passed November 29 , 18U5. LOHIN MiLLi'.u , Mayor. BYRON REBD , Clerk Thorn acorns to bo no legal objec tions which will hold against the right of the council to lease the square to Mr. Snyder m acjordanco with hit proposition. The city ordinance above quoted cannot control future enact menlo , or militate Against the disposal of the property for a publio use. 'With the logcl question sottloc there ought to bo no delay in necur ing'for Omaha a largo and nubstantia market house on Jeffi'rson square. roouuiJy printed it The Chicago Times stated that ox Governor Gear's withdrawn ! from thi senatorial race was p uticularly humil iating , and that his ambition wa shared by his vrifo , who was vor much chagrined over the result together with a few ether remarks A similarly personal uaturo. MM Gear luu written the following spio ; letter to The Times ; To TUB EDITOB The papers o Iowa nro not making "lugubrious re mark * over the unhappy fraoio o mind in which ox-Govornor Gear Icf the capital. " His withdrawal wa manly , "not humiliating. " His ambi tion for political power wasnot share * by hit wife , They liavo returned t < their homo not "wrecked in hopes anc fortune. " Mrs. Gear has not enjoyed as gooc hoilth for twenty years as at pre&ont nor boon so happy' for at least foui years. Mr. Gear was "a grocer it Burlington , " always respected , bul never wealthy. Ho will not "resumi business at the old stand , " hut wil nevertheless work hard for John H , Gear and family , and will in the future turo bo a "frightful example" ol "root pig or die , " rather than a vie tim of ofUcoholdint ; mania. Mr , Gear is at present at Dul Norte , Col , I thought I would give a correcl statement , which you would prefer , wishing to bo considered a reliable journalist. No moro need bo said or the subject. Respectfully , MIUJ. JOHN II , OK AH. Burlington , la. , Fob. 11 , 1882. WHATEVER may bo thought of An. na Dickinson's peculiar views upor heir mission in lifo no candid man wil ! deny to her the possession of an ener gy nnd strength of will which havt Wmlf her career ono of which she mnj well bo proud , Hur nnpenranc in the legitimate drama in Omaha w { | | bo n local uvtf nt of moro than usual inter oit. THE KNEVAVS CASE IN THE SENATE- A WAHHINOTON dispatch of yester day announces that the senate com mittee on public lands have been dis cussing ntlongth thorosolulionof Sena tor Van Wyck , instructing the attor ney general to defend the titles to certain western homesteads which nro claimed by the railroad companies. The cases involved by this resolution , which directly affect Nebraska fannois are the no-called Knoval cases along the line of the St. Joseph & Western railroad in the southern portion of our state. Tla-so disputed homesteads steads have been in litigation for n number of ye us past in our courts. The question involved is whether entries made upon the lands included in railroad grants before those lands wore witlidanwn from entry by the government wcro good or not. In the Nebraska cnaoa the St. Joe & Western filed a plat of its line at Washington , giving it a contingent tingont right to odd numbers of nee- lions along its route. This land was not withdrawn from the market in the local land office , nnd subsequent to the filing of the pin * ; nt lWash- ington was largely homestead , and entered by sottlura , who obtained in"duo tinTo wh"aT they boheved was a good title from the government. Later the railroad company filed its claim for the lands including about 18,000 ncres and sold their interests to a lot of sharpers who headed by ono Knovals immediately entered Hiiit to dispoases the farmers who had built homos nnd improved the lands which they supposed wcro fairly theirs by homestead untry. The outts were brought nearly ton years after untry had first boon made on the lands nnd at a time when the statute of limitations would nearly attach. Dur ing many years no claim was made by the railroad to those lands. They were not included in their advertising pamphlets ; they were subject to no taxes. In the mortgage whereby their lands were given a security for debts , the disputed sections wcro not included , and the first knowledge that the aettlors had of the claim of the railroad was the filing of the deed to Knevals. Several decisions favorable to the sharpers have boon secured in the courts. The first was a case put up by a stool pigeon of Knovals , nnd which was allowed to go by default. The investigation hold in Lincoln lost month by Sonatnr Van Wyok's special committee is said to have shown the clearest fraud on behalf of the as signees of the road , who patched up the conspiracy to swindle Nebraska farmers out of their all. Since Sena tor Van Wyck's election to the senate ho has interested himself strongly in the matter. He holds thai it ia the plain duty ol the govcrnmont to defend its own title in the courts or else tc indemnify the lett'ors ' for what thej have lost. Ho declares that tin Hyde case was a fraud , intended tc force a settlement from ether parties , Senator Van Wyck is supported it his efforts by a number of wcsterr senators , notably , by Plumb , of Kan BOB , who states that ho knows of al least flvo hundred cases whore tnn question enters into the title. The St. Joe & Denver land grant : are not the only ones which need inves tigating , and'Sonator Van Wyck wilde do well if ho pushes his inquiry int < other quarters. The present sossioi of congress is especially favorable ti an inquiry into the relations whicl the subsidized roads have sustained ti the government in the fulfillment o their land grant obligations. Th Arndt case in our state has showi how the machinery of the courts cai bo used to oppress a claimant for justice tico ana has opened the eyes of ou people to the malignant hate witl which the corporations pursue thus who duro oppose their schemes fo plunder. Although Arndt is now ii prison , his caao will yet bo heard fron and will find able champions elsowhor than in Nebraska. THE attention of our readers i called to our premium olfor , whiol rill bo found 'on the seventh page Tuo proposition made ia by far th ' mo * liberal over held out by an ; journal in this country. Its only oVi joct ia the collection of back aubecrip tions to THE DAILY BEE and the plac ing of tbvs paper on a strictly propaii basis. Tv secure this , the publisher of TUB BEB are able to offer the larg Hit of valuable premiums which w publish else where. Accouuwo to ihe Iowa State Roc liter the kouso judiciary committe at Dea Monies hss under consideration tion a bill providing i'or a pa rdonin board to act in conjunction with th governor. Uunder u 180"1 'aws ' ' special resolution mum * bu passed b ; both branches of the givu > ral assem bly in order to secure a p.wion. Th object of a special tribunal' i" to sc euro action in certain classes ol case when the general assembly is not it session There will bo more o. * "go of injustice with a board of puritan than through the action of the le 'i * laturo. Hnutrhold 'Word * Joint * IVnrrim , 'AS S xth Kt eft , Duff lo cay ; "I limemul ourS rlnir Il ) * stir fur in ) self nnil fnmilv , nnd ttilnk it , ima1 ti'ibl * ana liotiM hold re i f d , mr reula tln { th I owclc.Jiver ami kidney * . I dial IIOUT he wiihoul It. " Price f-Ocentc , trla H-lw POLITICAL NOTES. Hhndo l lnml r y It ? legislators SI n lay , and gives them each newspaper. The young men fit low * sollpge , Grin- nell , have formed n fr o tmle league , H > rAce Maynvd Ii loonilnc up n re publican catidkUU ; fur governor of Tcnne- nee. nee.Ohio In holding her noio pretty high at the | ire < ent , Nofoi.o of time Grunt med al * came to buckeye BolL Stat * Senator H. C. Hell , of Indiana , linn been tnentinntd AS & po Mblo candi date fur k"iverno. of that nttvteon tlio dcm ocrntio ticket. ( > ov. Lniir , of Mss'aclmnoMp , docn not dmre ! a ru-electinn t ] hli pro eiit ( jfflc1 , but it. is Intimated that ho would bo pit rued to KO to LI lianas. Umcrnor Tabor , of Color ilomiinngeH to Iltnp along nt the lit ad of the | iroce Ion out that way. H a dally Ire uno fo in onu f it inini'H < lnritig thu month of January n about $ .1,000. When thcv feel well KentnoVynnd MU- inuri can roll out n democratic M > jority of ' 80010. They get about foity Grant : itd N celobrntitnc tniir uchie\enitnti for ho repub lean pattv. Benti'orIft ' cnf nderBlord to ho pre- rinj' a Kpecch u on hin civil Ktrvicj re- orm hill , which it N * Id will In tlio full- c't and moii , exli.mitive treatment of the whola subject \vliich the mmato ever hud ' .he uppoiiunlty of listening to. Ucprcfcnti'thc liutterworth , of Ohio , iri-Bei.to i to 1'ifsidciit Arthur la Tue - . y a pftitlnn , Bgi cd by Sena era Sh r- man nnd I'cndlaton and the entire Ohio elegntlim In tlio hi me , mklnc tlio np- , > ulntineiit of Judge Alph nut ) Talt to Lo minUter to Berlin. Republican corijro'Hmcn are Bitting on .ho scheme to nominate Collector Holo-t- non lor go > crnor next ytnr , lieciuiejt would "extend the a'ea of political strife .nd bi felt in the next presidential cam I'ign. " 0 irn-11 cciii8 to ho the yell f > r a cnominftilon. Kr-Se ntor McBona'd , Senator VOOP- ccH , Judge N. D. Tuylor , Hon. lohn itotaenboip , of New Albaun , i > nd other imminent Uooskr democrats advice their jarty to take open and pronounced ground tgaiiiBt the Bubrul ion of tha i rohibltory mendment to the people , ho newn corneR fr m a prohibition pamphlet , BC- iretly circulated. The h'gheat compl'ment pild _ to Senator - tor Lamar on hin receat re-election to the enate was hy Mr. Shorter , n lnv ling republic - public n member of the MitwH-ippl Jegij- luture , who Noted for Mr. Lainur , and ild : "I have voted for Mr. Lamar , the Hon. L Q C. Lunar , being 8sured that 1i is the choice of n verv lu go majority of the mt-lllgent and 8ub tautial citizens of my county nnd of the slate. " In answer to a Rtig pntlon that he mi : ht Jiccjme a caididato for the pren iltncy. David Davie said : " .My ambition that way is g > ne. I am old , and would not accept a non inatinn if tendered. " ' 'Why , Judge , ' I Bui I , "you i not look to be nlxty yciUH of nge , and are a hale nnd heaity nan. " H lejniued : "We 1 , that may to'BO ; hut I am nixtv-peven yeaiH old , i.nd the machine i < not what it used to lie. I am not a candidate , an I will u > t be" be"Pi Pi evident Arthur slid to a viuitir recent ly : ' 'Tlio quairel of libt hummer waa . nded when Miller and Laphun weie elected to the tena o. If i. it ken * up It bhall not l ) my fnult. In my oliljial o < - paciiy 11-hall not t < k uhe her a man ua-i a i-t hvart or a hl > -breed. . I i-lmll be utdfd in til theve local appnitiimeutd y the rtcon ineiid tion of the inuiir b-r of cimgrei'H. If I find thfct he reconim'ndna cnpi-hlo , worthy inxn 01 c kely to pro\o n good otfler and one who 8 endorsid l > y the l * > adi g men , or a tuffi. ci > nt numrer of them , i f hi * section , 1 shall appoint tbnt man. Of course 1 e < p-ct-hiin to b. . ) a member of the republi inn party. " STATE JOTTINGS. Buffalo county la In debt to the amoun ofSl40,740.19. iJohu Kurzel his the city of We-t PI ini for SI00 for anxiety of mind and liroket boneti , cau-ie I by a defective side * alk. Ouiaha has heretofore enjoyeda monopolj of such suit' . The U. & M. railroad IISB complete arn < nge'i < ent-i to put a foice of men a < work next week to build a Eerie * of rip rai s along the Platte In the vicinity o ; Oreopolia , eo AS to confine that liverii liij'h water and regulatu iU courte. The town of Frivn < Uhp { id greatly ex cited over a ca-eof i-null pox of whicl the factors were ignorant till thi viciin wnadeiit Previ an to death the neigh b > made fr. q > ent viats to the tick , anc thU fiici int-n-Hita the alaim. However no additional cms have yet been dcvul oped. In Hebron a fw ' 'ayn aijo theefort ; took a Koher man Into a saloon nnd got hi < to drink until diU'ken and the i 8tart > < him hortie. He fell do id ere he reaches homo a dhU wife has > ued the bund-met of the saloon keeper for $5,01.0 , end the ; toy they will fight it forever. The new round hnuse at North Flat ! approaches completion. The brick worl It all done , and thti roof i nly needs j coveting of tin or alate. Three of its fivi seitinni are ilooiecl , with n proportional number of tracks laid fiom the turn tahl to the Btalli ) . It will hi Id , when done twtnty-live locomotlven. The new Iron brli'go over af Weepin Water cnllnp eil last Friday while a farmer or ninmd Parkhurat with a wag n loid o wood wan pasrin over it. , l t BB he hin rumlud the centtr of tha bridge , which i an iron BUS | ens on t-tructuie , one of th ht iirgera broke and the tixty-foot spni tinned complctily over nnd tell iu'o th Mater , a dl t mce of gorno twenty feet , Jiv lit Miunioly upon the top of Frank. ( CM und 10 d of wnoil. Good fortune , howtn tr , pinned the unpon fqnnrtly upon on Biiln in the LiU of the creek , und from th helter it furnished tha young man wo ii frum a horiihlu death. The briilg only two week * o'd and co > t $1,320. RAILROAD NOTES. The Denver & Hlo Grande 'B ' operatin on- ! thousand and Ixty-five miles of roat Preltt good for the "baby line. " The Northern Pacific treatlework ncros M irant'ii Riilch , at tire entrant to Corln can dutile , M ntana , will ho 809 feet lo and 2i5 ! feet high , The carnlngiof the Ch'caEco ' , Milwauke & St. I'aul for January , 1882 , were Gt pe tent lievl of wh t they were in the earn month in 1881 , The open winter afford a mtUfuctory expUnatioa for this. The earnings of the St. Paul & Omah Railroad cnntpany f r thn fourth week 1 Jnnnary.188 , were $80OG < J- n mcre a of S9,7nl. For the m out 1 1 of Janua'y th onrninns were $307,591 n Increase c S , MG. DurlnK the year 1881 the Chicago , Ml ! waukee ft St. Paul cninpanv trnniipTte o\crlu Hnw unuvciugo ol 10.000 pJ wj gem daily , Huudayu not include ! Thi make * total of over 3,000,000 for th The Northern Pacific have sent out rorp of engineen to survey a brunch Ho frem CouUon to Denton , Montana. Tli roa 1 will paad diro-tly through the Magh nil countrv and open up trie wchlthlei portion of Montana , PThe projected railway tunnel under Ui " t. I < a r > nce will > e nearly lfi.000 ( n long. 25 feet In wilth , and 23 feet hlgl It "ill ba lined with hiick mas nry , th n'di leingillto 3 > Inches ill o'f. Nitn ; ) riiie , dau'ln ' , ityiiuinlte and other o plo.sive of HU h nature uill not ba alljwe U ) tl e oxcavatinv. It wil cos' the Den\er & Illo Grand lonMauv , to com l-'othi ' San Juan lln tiSi vtrion , dl'taniso of twenty -ruve , . & , 83fO ; (0. ( Ked Cliff t , IJoul e ami K.ivtk cra.k nilms a d . ( . ce of th e inllen mffftci ba conn Jeted. $10000 , an tlu Sat Like omilt.ctlun . from GuuuUo City to Utah border , a diotance of'162 n.lle . , 11,927,800. The llurlinRton & Colorado company ( D. & M ) fil d amended artl Ics of Ii cor- pot nt Ion with the secretary of nUte of Coorado , giving the company the i ! ht and i ewer to con lruct nd operate hr.inchcs of its road in Colorado , Ono ( .f thfuo ii ovldoi for a western I ranch thruueh to the line of Utah , through the counties of Arapahoe , Weld , Jtffeiflm , Itniilder , Larimer , Urapd , Summit anil Mr. Stone , central B'inciintcnJent nt the Chl.'ftRo , Burlinyton &Qaincy , rm oif roil , fur nml nn behnlf of tlio coiinianv , n re wind if $500 for Information that Mill lead to tlio apprehension of the incemliaiy wlin lei fno to the c > it pany's KI ] m nt Anr ra , whi h remitted in the destruction of ecvetal new cars nnd other pripoity. A bill has bcui biou lit liefo o ilia r n- Man p rllnincnt I ) the go\einmcnt putty piovitlltie for the punha-u nf six private railway Hue for the state , thus completing thu government ci ntrol of r.iil my . Tliu IT i-en inrainrn will ct tin gnx eminent 473081,550 mn kn In ! ptr c. nt. bonds , toge her with 3,127 8 7 u nrkfl in ens i. The Clt'cago , Milwiti 03 & St. Paul compAiiy 1ms sent nn agent t > ISu- lope to I'lirchiiKj tojlu and m ithln rv f r tbocompiiiy. Si crowded are % il the iron innnuinctuilng insi tutlonn in thl < country with work that the company ia uimblrt to keep supplied with in ihln ry nnd tool' . The cuinpnny Im * fouml tliu unino trouble in procu ing iron for bridge Ini Idmg purposes. No orders cnnbc filkd by inillrt in IIM. than three montlia. The Chica o & Northwestern In p cpar < . .iff to nccomtiio 'ate ' thn HP inn rush ol emigration t > tliu tiorthweiit. A tn'ifl just irKiud In this o nipany mattes vniy favorable r tt for tbnao who dealt e to Kml clicnp homes on thu fertile prairies ol Minnei-ota nnd Dakota , on the line nt the Winnnt&St , I clcr railroad and Dakota extennion nut to 1'ierrc , on thu Missouri liver. ThU tariff tak the cmigi ants' flT > ctn out to within 120 wile j of the Black Hills for 850 per car , n d one person in pissed free if the car contains live stock. Mr. Thomas II. Gibb n > , isairtant en. gineer of thii Delaware k Hudi-on Can 1 company has invented a safety signal ap- ( jaratus to be Ufttd in cuts and tun elf nnd on curves and hriduea. It onn i-ts oi two tnrv ets placed at either end of the cut , or whercvrr the apparatus ia to be used , at any d at nee from ercli other up to one. half mile , and connected hy a w ire rope , The ropa IB supported at intervals ol twenty-live feet by posts two feet high , ot thn top of which are filac-d pulley ! through which the rope runs. The target , are so awv ged th-t n light pull on there ro e cauncs them t swing around , pre. . unling faces to approuching trams. If f train it detailed in a cir , ins'end of trust ing to flagmen , the trainmen or any one elie can simpl > pull the rope and t-ignal : are n > t. If a br dgo gives way or a inasi of rock fall < nn the track , nr a tunne c vei in , the accident itself tets the signals ot either side. A New O lear B geniu * claims to hav ( invented a car iruc < which Itssons tin f i iction on journal * nnd dues away witl hr ) loxff , which , ever since the first mil rnad v n build , hnve been a gre t source n. . deteminn to trains and .innoj ance to trait men. Mr. Me 'omioll'a inviiitumc mi t of n Bet of s-iven wheels ; four of the wluel ha\e n paifectly flt auific , whi h ren upon tl ent-d journal of n Re' of threi Hanged who Is whic i move up in the mil Uhi revolutions of the up | er wheils whiib moxeattho rate of four ndl s ni hour , increase the spted of the liwe wiieels to tliBJate of Ii tv-three mi'ei nt hour. AH the gr a e-t friction is nu ih journals of the > o of whre s m iving at th i ate of four miles an hour , thn npee.l is no gr > at eno gh to produce a hi.t box. i UK del of t e Invmtion has been eubsti t .ted for examination of the oflicoia u th * Chicago , St. Louis & New Uile n railway. A force of 12,100 men are at work o the Nrw Y , rk Weht Shor & Buffalo rai Wiy lietwoe'i Cornwall nit I SJT.ICUMP , an the contracts call for the completi in i ti e grrding 10 tl e la > tn- point b > Sept n lerl. As tin's road pur uo < the cou'pec the New Vork Central & Hudson Rive railroad very clondy , except that it rut along the opposite mdx of the Hudson . ' Mohawk river. ' , it wi 1 rn'.i rdly be th il gre i test tival i f the Vanderbilt line i N w York Blata. The tunnel at Wej Poii.t and Haventraw a e apprnachin comolet on , and the Athtns Bnnoh , | , u : chose a short tane ago frum the Cen'ra ii bein converted into \ double-true roal. The road will be dnuble-tri.ci < . Tl. . I roji torn expect thav the r. adill I comp'ctrd ita entire length and carj rut n iig b'fure the end of the pre-cnt yeai Tim tolling stock h.is been contracted lo and 176 eeg lieu nnd a large number < pasienger aud fieight car- are bti. g Luil Liars and Their Clients. Kearney 1'ro i. The Omaha Republican continut to sing the praises of Jay Gould an thu U. P. railroad company. It tel how happy and contented the fa : mora of Nebraska are and how thu are all getting rich Its editor : either a wilful falsifier of facts or a ignoramus. If ho knows anythiii about the condition of the farmers i Central Nebraska , he knows that tw < thirds of the deeded laud ia mor caged and th&t half the live stock o thu farms are covered with chatti mortgages. This may bo , and doub loss is , a happy state of atluirs for hn and his employers , but it is not pleai ing to the husbandmen hereabout A failure of crops this season woul financially ruin many of our farmer : while an abundant yield will enabl them to stave off tho' evil day a whil longer. Wheat ia worth to-day ( Fol 8) ) m Chicago 81.30 , and brings i Kfurnoy 90 to 05 cents per bushel , c 35 and 40 cents less per bushel tha in Ghicatn. Fifteen cents per bualu would bo a fair price for handling th wheat and freighting from Kearnt to Chicago. 'Ihis would leave oi farmer 25 cents moro on the bushc or $1.15 per bushel , instead i 90 oantR. Say that Buffalo count ; raised 500,000 bushels of whet last year , and this 25 cents per bushi ever and above what the transport ! tion is really worth is a clean steal i 8125,000 from thu farmers of Buflal county , on the production of whei alone. If this amount had been Ie ie in the hands of the farmer , man mortgages would have been paid o and a leas number put on Buffal county farms. Farmers , if you evi expect to gain a competency and IOM your homesteads unencumbered i your children , you must organize an by legal measures , control this slat driving and slave making monopoly i railroads. You must refuse to vote for an intin or muii who will not pledge > t in advance , tp work fur laws , tin will wipe out of existence all watert stock and reduce the capital of rai . ways to the actual cost of conntru tion. Then enact laws limiting the not earnings to ton per cent. Sul scribe for and support no newspapi that is not for you and your intorr without an "if" iirat , last nnd all tl time , If the railways want organ let them pay for running them out < what money they steal from you , I not aid them. ( Support and build i Ie I papers upon which you can rely ; p 10 I purs that will , in every iesiukcc " your cause at the front and aid : creating it publio sentiment to etroi und irreutiblo that it will sweep awt this financial giant that ia onelnvii you and your children and establish ing n moneyed aristocracy moro un just and exacting than that of Eng land. In no other WAV can you hope to conquer in the pending struggle. B. St M. Inflation. Kearney 1'ros. It cost the B. & M. railroad com pany , according to Mr. Touzlm'a tes timony before a donate committed last winter , S1U,000 per milo to build their road between Lincoln and Red Cloud , Nebraska , nnd it is now quoted and stock issued nt $48,000 per milo and the company declares nntl pays n semi-annual dividend of 7 per cent on the latter amount. The producer who ships over their line is forced to pay this dividend on $30,000 per milo of watered stock. Thin watered stock n-prcsiuits it value of just three tiinei the cost of the rund mid , is n gro.it blessing - to the stockholders , ns by this mu.ttiM they are tniblcd to rob thu ( iimitr out of the profits of liia labor. The highwayman with revolvers drawn , forces you to deliver tip the ttioncy you have on ytuir person wlion ho meets jou , but this benevolent ( ? ) railroad company compels you to pay over wlut you have in jour pocket and all you ever expect to have , and has made arrange ments to rob your children and child ren's children nfter you are dead and buried. How long do you propose to submit ? llow long do you propose to pay thia company B dividend on $30- 000 per milo which it hns never in vested and never had ? Is it any bet ter than stealing ? and if not , can and will a free and intelligent people tolerate - erato it any longer ? The Wrongf BUI. Boone County Argus. Valentino's secretary , writing from Washington in regard to that back pay eteal of Majors , says that Val , by mistake , introduced the wrong and in correct bill A short time ngo Fred frantically exclaimed that Rosewater maliciously lied ; that no such bill was ever introduced , and now , when con fronted with the bill itself , Yalontino , through his secretary , says that it was a mistake "ho introduced the wrong bill. " Wonder if Val thinks the people ple of Nebraska are gullible enough to swallow such stuff as this. Hero is a steal involving thousands cf dollars and ono of our congressmen using every endeavor to push it through , "by mistake. " Bah ! The B. B. Octopus. Itut'o ( Mont ) X'rooinan. The freight extortions of the nar row < -auge are so grinding on our people ple that they have almost co.isod ship ping , and the regular burden train cuno in last night with only ono car. The largo dealers are discussing the propriety . of making heavy spring shipment } via the Missouri river , and i importing California gooda via the west end of the .Northern Pacific the cominir summer , na the track on the west t > ido will reach MisaouLt or that vicit.ity , 140 miles dietant , in time to put on the good old time bull-teams and operatelho oxhorn telegraph. n | I- ALMOST CRAZY. Id > f How otten do we see the hardworking i- ing father straining every nerve and if muscle , and doing his utmost to sup sr port his family. Imagine his feelings & i when returning home from a hard day's labor , to mid his family pros trate with disease , conscious of unpaid doctors' bills and debts on every hand. It must bo enough to drive ono almost crazy. All thin unhappitiess could be avoided by using Electric Bitters , which expel every disease from the system , bringing joy and happiness to thousands. Sold at fifty cents a bet tie. Ish & McMahon. (8) ( ) Deathfnl Diabetes. YOUNOSTOWN , O. , Aug. 6 , 1881. H H. WAUNER & Co. Silts : Your Safe Diabetes Cure not only removed the prominent symp toms of diabo es with which I had long suffered , but restored mn to full and perfect health. feb24 Iw COL. JOSIAH ROBBINS. JOIIN bTABlxR , P csldent. Vice PreVt W. 8. DXUIIKK , Sec. and Ticaa. THE NEBRASKA IANUFAGTUBIIG CO Lincoln , Neb , MANUFACTURERS OF Corn Planters , Harrow * , Farm Rollers , Qulky Hay Oaken , Bucket UeVAtlng Wind- mllli , &c. ' We are pri-rnred to do job work and m nula . turt' g ( or other parties. Addrea all oidcn NEBRASKA MANUFACTURING 00. LINCOLN , NKB. l nl8m J. C. ELLIOTT & CO. Plumbing , Stoain & Gas Fitting ! AOKKTS TO * Turbine Water Motor. AL80 JOBBERS IN Pmnpi , Pipe Fittlnc and Bran Good * . Cor. 14th and Barney , Omaha , Nob. A WATIR MOTOR In CONHTIXTOMIUTIOX. foM.dtt The Oldest UatapUsbed BANKING HOUSE IN NEBRASKA. Oaldwell , Hamilton & Co , , > y m UUbiuuui Ifiimv.'tuil time u ( hit 01 in laioi pontal rank. at Accounts kept In currency oi go\A \ subject tc id llrbt check-without notice. .1C - Certificates of depodt wined paynhle In three md twelve months , joartnf Interest , C * I ill UU fcWV J M.WMM.B cr oi jr dem nJ without Intereot Adv QC a mule to customer * on ipproted tucu _ . rltlew at muktt r t i ol Interest. . | Buy anj sell fold , bill * ol etchinge , gaitra meat eUte , county aud city boadt. 10 Dnw ilirht drilU on Enjhnd , IiclmoJ , Scot Und , and nil paru ol Europe. ofo Boll Kuropeiii jKUna c tlckcU. ) o COLLKOT10N8 PHOUiTLY UADK. 'P ' 'PP Clarkson & . Hunt , in Sucveeoon In Rlrhirdi f Hunt , iny ! | ATTORNEYS AT - LAW 8 UtfcBtrMt Om h Nrb. 1880. SHORELINE , 1880. . KANSAS CITY , , Joe & Council Elufe U THl OK1.T _ Direct Line to ST. LOUIS ANDTHKKAST Prom Omaha and the West. No th ngo ol can between Omihn bnd si. and bat one lirtwccn OMAIIA and NEW YORK Daily PassengerTrains &K10Q1NU ALL 4 KASTKIIN AUD WE3TKKN OITIEU with LRS8 CIIAUQES and IN AUVA.VCG pi ALL , OTIIKit LINRS. Thl ontlro line U oquinwd with Pullman' * Pal&co Slconlng Coe , I'ali.'i ) la ) Coachon , MUlor'c Safety Platlorm and Coupler , and the cololnsoj Wmtlnihot o Alr-brako. TSoo that your ticket rents VIA rvAN8AS < CITV , ST. JOSKIME & COUNCIL DLUFM IUII road , via St. Joicph and St. t/ouln. TlckotH lot uvle at all coupon ntattoun In tht West. J. F. DAIINARD , A C. DAWE3 , Gen. Suiit. , St. Jo cpli , &io Otn. Pans , and Ticket Agt. , St. Jowiph , Mo. A-ror IOHDRS ! , Ticket Aconf , 1020 Firnhira street. A U DinsiRn General Airnnt , OUAITA. NK WESTERN CORNICE WORKS y O. SPECHT , i Proprietor , -vxfj | 1213 Harney Street , OMAHA , - - - NKB. "A MANUFACTURERS OF GMMIZED IEOH Cornices , Dormer Windows , Finials , , TIN , IEON § SLATE ROOFING , Speoht'a Patent Metalio Sky- light. Patent Adjuttabta Ratchet Bar and BRACKET SHELVING. I am the general State Agent ( or the nhoro He ol ( foods. foods.IRON IRON FENCING. Crestlngs , Balustrades , VerandaOfllco and' Bank Railings , Window and Cellar Quards ; also GENERAL AGENT Peerson and Hill Patent Inside Blind. nov4dtl THE OCDDMTAL I. d. I. PAINTER . . , . Proprietor Corner 10th and Howard' Streets , OMAHA , NEB. , Two Dollars Per Dayr FASTTIME ! _ In going East UVe UM Chicago & Hortliwest- ern Trains loivo C"rahi8:40p. : m. For lull Infomatton call on II. P. DUEL , Ticket AK'cnt , Hth and Farnham Sta J. KKl.L , U. P. htll > ray Depot , or at JAMES T CLAHK , Ooner- Airem. Omaha jaHmftn tf A HI tit , WU > I. BYRON REED & CO. OLD1ST ESTABUBOKD f , . Real Estate 'Agency / IN NEBRASKA Keep a complete abstract ol title to K < tsute In Omana an Dnuclas coiintv mart Nebraska Land AgGQ DAVIS & SHYDER , IS06 Farnham St. , . . . Omaha. Nebra : , .w Care.ully uelectod land In Eastern Nebraska lot Je. Cireat Bargains In Improved farme , and * Omaha clh property. o. F.iDAvis WEBSTKP ' ' * ' lard Ccir'r Sioux City & Pacific THE SlbUX OITY BOUTB Kuna a Solid Train 'lhrouih Irom Council Bluffs to St. Paul Without Change Time , Only 17 Hour * . MILE3 THB BUOUTLST KOUTK 7MU COUNCIL ; BIJUPPS TO ST. PAUL , MINNEAPOLIS OULUTII OH BISMARCK and all points In Northern Iowa. HlnneeoU and Dakota. This line la equipped with the Improved Westlnghouse Automatic Air-brake tad UU1 * Platlorm Coupler and Duller : and lor SPEED , SAFETY AND OOMFOUT Is unturpa&sod. Pullman Palace Sleeping Cat' run through WITHOUT CHANGE between Kan eai City and St. Paul , via Council Fluffs and * Sioux City. Trains leave Union PadOc Transfer at Coun cil Bluffs , at 7:35 : p. m. dally on arrival ol Kanaa City. St. Joseph and Council Bluffs train ( torn the South. Arriving at Sioux City 11:85 p. m. , and at the Now Union Depot at St. Paul at UM noon. _ TEN HOURS IN ADVANCE CT ANY.OTim BOUTB. CVRemembcr In taking the Sioux City Root * you yet a Through Train. The Shortest Una , the Quickest Time and a Comlortabl * Kids In the Through I an between COUNCIL BLUFFS AND ST. PAUL. /3-Hee that your Tickets read via the "Bloux- CUy and Paclflc lUUjoad . . , , / 8. WA1TLE8 , i. R. BUCHANAN Buiwrlntendent , Oen'l fasn. Agent. P. E. ROBINBON , AM' OenT Paw. Ag t , llUeourl Valley , Iowa. / . H. O'BUT AN , Bouthwwterr , Agent , Conncl llluflu , low a B. D. MCLAUGHLIN , ATTORNEY - AT - LAW And Notary Publio. Geo. P. Bemis \ REAL ESTATE AGENCY , ? ' 16th and Dodge 6ts. , Omahu , Neb. This nencjaots BT iciLTa biokii vbutloeH. Dois nt i > culalo and thiitlciff oj bargralns cidn Mf liuutKl to f on , liuUad COUNSELOR : AT - LAW * J. H , MoOULLOOH , Room i , Crelf hton Block , Plit $ itn StroU- janlt Sm.