TJElJil OMAHA DAiJLY BLE : THURSDAY FEBRUARY 28
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EBOfEWATER. Editor.
Tun most profitable farms at prcseni
vaccine farms.
TIIK over present mud keeps frosl
.theall absorbing problem of paving.
SOME newspapers mark the line foi
people to follow except thorn-
solves.
NEW is nominated , but his enomief
hint that a nomination and confirma
tion' ' are by no menus the same thirg.
THE Russian boar seems to have
made a slap at the Gorman onglo and
Bismarck's scream may shortly be
looked for.
IN the democratic Kilkenny cal
contest in Now York Hio Tammanj
torn seems to bo making the fur ( ly tc
the best advantage.
OMAHA , and Council Bluffs must nol
permit interest in the bridge across tht
Missouri to ling. With BO much Sapr
the project ought to have vitality.
GENF.RAL SKOIIKT.OIT is thu Sher
man of the lluasian army. Ho IB nol
afraid to talk at all times and on al
subjects without regard to the cilecl
of his remarks.
I
WHEN the railroads combine for ng
grosaion against the public the producers
ducors must join hands to protccl
themselves against the aggressions ol
" - thn monopolies.
PllEHlDRNT AllTIIUK 18 Bald to bi
the slowest president in making u ]
his mind of any of his predecessor !
in the White Houso. Ho believes ii
the motto "Slow but suro. "
ONE of the great need of the timoi
is a college which will decline to accept
copt rowdies as students and whicl
will not hesitate to kick such of it
students out as may develop into row
dies.
TIIK entire Now Jersey dologatioi
"havo petitioned President Arthur * ti
restore Fitz John Porter to the army
It is never too late to right n wrong
especially when done to a gallant elli
cor.
OIIIUSTINB NILSHON. the quocn a
Bong , is coming .again to America
She has lost her fortune with that o
her husband , who is in an inoano hoc
'pital. The assurance of a hearty we !
como will precede her departure fror
Paris.
TIIK polite personalities in th
newspaper war between the No' '
York Commercial Advertiser nnd th
Tribune are becoming affected by th
aesthetic crnxo ; Hugh Hasting
of the Now York Commercial Ae
vcrtisor threatens to "pluck White
law lluid and wear him as A lily ,
ho don't keep his petals closed. "
IF the Union Pacific shops are move
to Denver , the balance of Omni :
mk'ht as well como aloneua the tu
to the kite. [ Denver Tribune.
There is no probability that tl :
Union Pacific shops will bo remove
from Omaha , but if they were , Omul ;
would go on just the eamo and sti
remain the liveliest and most rapid !
prospering city in the Missouri valle ;
The dty has gone by when nny on
industry , however large , is neccssiu
"for the existence of Omaha. Tli
" -of ' her citizens and the
norgyof , wealt
of her capitalists nro coursing in e
many channels that the filling up cone
ono , while f olt nt first , would soon I
forgotten in the onward inarch of pre
a ' gross of this .metropolis. All thin she
talk arises from n question whether
will not bondusablo toostablishbranc
repair shops in Oolorado for the us
V of the diviuioiu of the Union Pac if
railroad in that state. So far u
Omaha it concerned , it will not huv
the alightcet objection if it is done
Our own Bhopa are constantly boin
enlarged , and moro temporary struc
turei are giving way to pormancii
and solid buildings , in which thu cor
fltructionof cava and machinery an
the principal repairs on rolline stoc
for the main line will be carried on a
long as the Union Pacific Juta. W
rather hope that the railroad is ubou
to erect division repair shops at Denver
vor , for thun the metropolis of Cole
Tado will bo placed on a par witl
Grand Island , Nebraska , which al
ly boasts of one of these ueefu
nd ornamental appendage * .
THE NEW BANK.
The organization of n now bank ,
atippliod with ntnplo capital nnd
owned and managed by residents of
our city , is an event of no little iin-
portanco in Omnha. It indicates ,
wltitoit niipplicB , a ncod long felt of
greater faculties for the transaction of
the largo and constantly growing busi
ness of this city.
For a number of yoara past our
morclmnts Imvo felt that a now bank
would prove n profitable investment
for capital rind a ductdcd advantage
to our business men. No city in the
west of Omaha's aizo has had HO few
banking houses in proportion to ita
population and the importance of its
commercial relations. The depots of
money supply for nil the atates and
torrit'ories went of the Missouri river ,
our banks have found tliuir energies
overtaxed in attempting toclo.il nith
the busincHS crowded upon them.
This Ini nuido them less niclinod fn
seek for Bin.ill deposits nnd to H me
oxout has naturally influenced tliuir
dealings with a coi't.iin class of cus
tomers.
Injt year the aggregate dnponits ol
the four banking houses of Omaha
amounted to over live and a half mil
lions of dollars , while ono of our
bunks with a capital of S'200,000 re
ported deposits of 82OrO,000 and un
divided surplus funds of $107,533.00.
These figures show that there is
room for nncli an institution , and it
will bo a matter of congratulation to
our citizens that its projectors and
organizers comprise nuch broad
minded and liberal business men M
A. E. Touzalin , H. W. Yatea , S. R.
Johnson and W. V. Morao. That
those men have an abiding faith in the
future of Omihais aeon in the fact
that they arc about to make heavy
nnd permanent investments in out
midst which depend especially upon
the development of our trade and the
increnso of our mntoiinl resources.
Incidentally Farnnm street is inter
ested in the new project. The aito on
the corner of Twelfth and Fnrnam
streets , which has so long been an oyc
sere to our citizuns , will shortly bi
covered by a substantial and elcganl
banking house which will bo alike n
credit to Omnha nnd n handsome
homo for the now financial institu
tion.
SENATOR , VAN WYCK ANI
THE LAND RINGS.
Senator Van Wyok is letting no
grass , grow under his feet in investi
gating the surveying nnd land rings ol
the west. Since the introduction ol
his original resolution in the senate
calling for a thorough overhauling ol
the records , the senator has been bu
eying himself in collecting a mass ol
testimony from all available sources
bearing upon the subject io which h (
is devoting his attention. , llmnori
having been current that u ring line
been formed to eecuro early and favorable
vorablo locations on the Otoo lands
which will shortly bo put on sale n
the Beatrice hind office , and thutmon
oy was being paid to government of' '
ficials to influence thorn in favor o :
the land ahnrks , Senator Van Wycl
has aont the following letter to tin
editor of the local paper -Beatrice
Editor Gaga County Democrat :
Having noticed several articles ir
all the Beatrice papers in rogari tc
the sale of the Otoo lauds , I natural
ly concluded there must bo aoim
cause , and hud uovoral conference !
with the Indian department on tin
Bubjoct. My opinion was that thoi
should bo sold to the highest biddo
and at not less than the npprhiaei
value. But the department , as well ai
many who claim beat to know , though
that they should bo sold at the .ippraisoi
raluo This will make the atruggli
for early location nnd application a
the land ollico , nnd open the wuy fo
much scandal and more dissntisfac
lion. There should bo an honest effort
fort to secure the lands to bona fidi
JoHora who will benefit the commu
nlty by making homes , and not as i
often the ease , the aottlora Boon pnaa
ing off of the BCCIIO nnd the land
left in the hands of a few ,
The newspapers nro entitled ti
credit for opening up nnd. oxp'osiii |
nny notual or prospective frnuduloti
BchomerB. It would seem impossible
that this could bo consummated except
copt by connivance through the him
pflloB at Beatrice , and I would esteon
it a favor to bo notified of the firs
appearance of any combination there
and promiao the people Unit it ahal
bo rebuked , and if possible the guilt1
person removed.
If n bona fide eottlor or iiitomfet
purchaser has jwid money to a ring o
n person connected with the land office
fico , nny amount , to secure a portioi
of this land , let the fact be madi
known , and any money thus paid , HI
clearly against public policy , can hi
recovered , Every honest applicant alial
bo protected , and every ring to con
trol the afilo or extort money will bt
nveriurnod if only the information ii
furniahod , '
The matter in with you , the pcoph
and the settlors. There may not b (
hnd enough for all desiring , but lei
it bo understood , it must bo used foi
actual occupation for homes , and no !
speculating purposes I can aafolj
the Nebraska delegation will BUS
tain tin's proposition , nnd have nt
doubt the Indian and land depart
nionts will each consent to send u
special agent to superintend the sale ,
then thu department hero will control
the ratification , so th.it nny scheming
or rinc will probably find it difficult tc
get sales confirmed.
No matter who , if any in the land
o'llco la hit , ho must take the conao'
quono's of Itia own act.
Yours , 0. U.VAV Wycu.
General Van Wyck does not intend
to roat until ho has brought before the
ttontidn of congresa the disreputable
which prevail in many of our
and offices , by which the interests ol
, ho Bottlers nro shamefully neglected
'or the advantage of swindlers nnd
jishoncst scoundrels who draw thuii
pay from the Government.
The political dead duck and blathers
ors kilo who edits the Oaeola Hocorc
makes a scurrilous attack on the editor
tor of this paper , in which nmon <
olhor things ho accuses llosowator o
being n conspicuous nllianco man n
the late convention nt Hastings
Roaoivalor hnd not that honor. II
was present ns an invited guest o
the Farmers' nllianco , nnd spoke b ;
request before the meeting. Asiil
from this , though thoroughly in sym
pnthy , with the aims nnd objects o
the alliance , ho took no part in th
proceedings cither on- the floor of th
convention or in the committee room
And no ono knows this better thai
the impudent monopoly tool who i
trying to pull the wool over the eye
of the farmers of Polk county b
professions of ftiendship to thu pro
ducers of Nebraska. As to Rose
water's "object" with the Farmer'
nllianco , it may bo stated in a vor
words , It is to BOO them give to Nc
brnskn a pure and efficient state gov
eminent elected by the voic
of the people and free from all suspi
cions of monopoly control. Ho hope
to BOO n legislature at Lincoln withi
the next two years which will fear
lotsly pass such measures for the re
lief of the producers of this state n
will forever put it out of the power o
the monopolies to confiscate a fourt
of the earnings of Nebraska farmere
while they icfuao to boar their jus
share of the burden of taxation. H
hopes to see through the fanners' al
llanco the breaking up of the corrur.
local rings which disgrace so man
counties in our state , and in the !
place an honest nnd incorruptible sc
of officials , who will feel their respor
sibility to the people und not to th
railway companies. If those "objects
nro objcctionnblo to the stontoria
atraddlcr of The Hecord , ho can coye
his face with his eara nnd think ou
butter ones.
ACTIVITY in thu real ostnte inarkc
In Omaha is a strong indication of th
ateady and incre.iBing growth of ou
city. Property is still on the rise
and is hold firmly at prices in som
instances fifty per cent nbovo liu
year's figures. Tim is especially th
case with property fronting on ou
business stroeti or on streets adjacer
to those now used for commorcif
purposes. The sale of small lota i
largo numbers and in various portion
of the city ia gratifying. Eacl\B <
these traimfont mo.ina a little house i
the near future and the homo of
family. What is especially noticeab !
in the real estate movement is ti
fact that moro speculation seems I
play little part in it. The sales ai
made in n largo majority of instnnc
to parties who intend to build as ra ]
idly as possible , nnd not to lar
sharks who purchase nnd hold for
future riso. Omaha has been nfilicU
with a great many of these gentl
men in times past , nnd could dispom
with n few of them now.
'TUB late convention of the wonin
BufTragists at Lincoln does not scoiri I
have boon n howling success. In n
sponso to an inquiry thu Lineal
Jonrnalsays : "Tho Wnhoo Indepom
ont asks , nnd the Omaha Herald sei
ondu the question , that The Jourm
give an estimate of the number of a
tonaants nt the late woman's suiTra
convention in this city. Well , coun
ing out mon , the number was abet
thirty-five. Counting in the men ,
was about fifty. Spoakiug soriouslj
and comparing it with other bodie
the convention was n flat nnd ridici
lous failure , and aside from the Bonn
what undue prominence given it o
the local page of this paper , it did n <
create n ripple or leave a mark on tl :
surface of events ,
THE MAGAZINES.
Harper's Monthly Mug.izino f <
March is before us , with its usual vi
rioty of subject and treatment. Tl :
opening paper is ono by John Austc
Slovens , entitled "Old Now Yoi
Cofloo Houses. " "Typical Journoj
nnd Country Lfio in Mexico , " by V
H. Bishop , and ' 'A ' Canadian Piicrin
ago , " by Frank II. Taylor , two wel
illustrated papers , constitute tli
month's contributions to the litoratui
of travel. Professor Simon Now
como givea us an able nnd entertain
ing paper on the astronomy of tli
nearer hoa.vons , entitled "A Sum
Telescope and What to Sop with It.
The soopo nnd intent of the nrticl
nro BuHiciontly suggested by its tith
The publication of George Elliott
luttera , "Elizabeth Stuart Pholpa ,
under the caption , , "Tho Last Wortl
of George Elliott. " is , perhaps , th
most intoroatins finturo of Hio nun
her. The letters c. n i'uloihn ' fullef
collection of Miss Li * i'u' corrodpond
once yet published , nnd nro written i
a singularly unconatrninad tone.
STATE JOTTINGS.
Dr , ; < Tl , ° Wll > > tlle loading hard cltlze
of Hiimlo'dt , IB under" imUctuient fc
forgery.
A Kearney woman who was vacclnntei
liy humanized \ iru was obliged to lia\
hrr nrm amputated to prevent/ the noUo :
of the \ lru getting into the system.
T WMrvcar'old ° ww of Mrnnd Mr
J. O. I'liillliw , of Syracuse , ilieil last wed
fr , m the clfeoU of a drauuht of carboll
f.1 , The BuirerlDgs of the child wen
frightful to look upon ,
Gen. VJfqun'n ' has sold his Intereit h
1 he Lincoln Democrat to Mr. Watklos
of Sioux City. The firm will hereafter b <
cnown AH Wktklii A. Barnhnrt , nnd thev
will publtih a tlmon-puro ntmocrnttc
> ftper nt the customary price ,
A destructive prairie ( Ire wciit over the
tdnr river lioltomo , near Fulltrtun , hi'
week , consumlnK twn hunilred turn of liay
alunc. The ti ry bH iwa loipeil t > o r ve-t
at n p'dnt wh re it WAS nbnnt It'll roil *
whip , vvjth it tri > ntt northwest wind ,
firc-bici B were unavailing.
Harvard U nnn * in a f ver of oxcltcmcnt
over the elopement of n couple wliu < e
lame * arc A. Gdliflng and Mrs. Lllllali
Tumor , better known ai I < lll Tlnbocker ,
'nrinerly from Hoftcobel , Or.int inunty ,
Wl , A. ( Jithrlti was n llvo y man. lit
wn rnarr cd ftbtmt ono year ngo to tin estl-
nah o young la ly , n daughter of a well-
to-do farmer Mi . Turner wft * marrleil
about finir yenr ngo nml ilvfil Ijiit n slmr ;
time wl'li hcrhunlinntl , ilo crtiiu liiin. She
came to Hnrvntd with her pirents alinul
.hreii > catK ngo xn I da * coniluctcd lio'soll
n mostwi men Miidcr uiiilnrtlrciiMmtnnoc ,
to inoxc in the lic t oclely. Oti
the Olh inst , . nccoinptnli-il by Gorhing ,
she went to Mnjierlor , Ntickolla county ,
nnd on the follinving day Uohrhm return
ed nnd ttirncil eveiythlniwb \ \ e Inlc
money , iuiirt'a ( < lng hm livery KtojU to U
A. 1'nvno k Co. , toi > k the earliest train f < n
Superior nnd , in the nequel > liowa , wa-
noon in the nr < > a of our Lillian , leaving
liii vouni ; wife , feud pxrentB and nnxii \
: reilitorrf to inniirn hl ilejiarlurc. Goh'ln
in twenty two niid Lillian thirty-one , Slit
n.ild BIH wnnl'il t'i ptt H n IIIHV ( mi
poni't fin ) nml then xlio xvuuld leturn , bul
nl i 1 hhu ijluynl a double game mi tin
public nml on IIIT ptirentH , Her pirenti
ire about broki-n-lie.u tul and fttl tin
di ( { race keenly The wife of Gohring I
n lady of culture nnd rcHuempnt nnd ha
the sympathies of the entire village.
INDUSTRIAL. NOTES.
*
During the laat year 1.r > ,000 person
have been eniplojccl in the P.ittfrfoo.N.J.
Kilk mlllH , nn < l have produced $ l,001,00i ( !
worth of silk gooils.
In llampdcn , M.i'is. , there is an nppl
tr e which w grafted by Robert Session
100 years ago. llowa ? DUO of the mei
wlio pitched the tea overboard in Boitui
harbor.
Iho amount of surplui wheat Rrownla
year in en tern Oreg n and Washington i
placed nt 3,730,003 bushel * . The ncreaK <
of 188 ! will lie nearly double tint of 18S1
and it U estimated th.it there will he a cur
plus of 8,01)0,000 ) bushels the coining
caiaon ,
In a amall grove near Cincinnati ai
irmy of crow take sh.-ltcr every night
They nHaeiulilc by thousands hour be
fore dnrk , and an old man living nenr th
place nays that to liis porhonnl knowledi ;
the Kiiino ijrove hau been their tlormitor
for alxty years.
The great milktrnmo of New York fron
Ornnge un < l other counties had a H unit be
ginning in 1813. In 1849 or 1850 the firs
regular ini'k ' trnin wan started. It create )
much religious excitement nt the time h
comeriuenco of the train 'running Stmda ;
morning. The milk trains are now by fa
the moat protitable on the road * .
Up to February 1 , the receipla of th
1881 crop of cotton nt nil | ointa WOP * 4 ,
553,827 bales , aguinit 4,770 , ,19 bales atth
con expanding time n year agn. The d
crease , there lire , HO fur is 210.89. : balcj
Rjportn conflict as to whether a greaie
percentage than usual has been marketed
i ut i is evident that tin nhiink go ha
been overestimate t. The bales this year
hou over , are about thirteen p umU li.htp
on the axer'ge thun a year ago , whic !
in.ikcs the decrease a lit le la per. Sine
September 1st the Uni'ed StiitrH C'jtto '
factories ha > o uic < l 23,151 ha u < more tint
in the mime period last yea , but a-i th
bales weigli led * , they have- really not Ul <
i ai much cotton.
Seime interesting information respecting
the ndvancccment of the telegiaph Bystet
in the colony of New South Wales ha
been laid before the colon'al ' parliamen
by the treasury. From the document i :
question it appears that in September las
the colony had 13,089 wires. Victoria hai
u total length of 0,075 iiiilo < . New Zen
land cornea next New South Wales wit !
9f)87 miles , then Queensland with 8,90
miles. Sou tli Australia with 7,017 roller
and Tasmania with 1,000 miles. The re\
enue derived from telegraphs in the vari
ous colonies for 18dO is stat'd us follow !
New South Wae ! , 81,1 0 ; Victorii
83,359 ; New Zealand , 73002) ) Soui
Aiibtralia , 55.1 2 ; Queensland , iJ,3U (
'rnsuiiiiiia , 7,42. . The colonial telegran
department , looked at in the light of
revenue producing branch of the service
is not a profitable one , the balance fu
acime ye.rs past having been on the wren
bide of the ledger.
RAILROAD NOTES.
The Chicago , Rock Inland & Pacific wi
run through aleeperg to St. Paul and Miu
neapolia after April 1 , 1882.
The eirningsof the Chicigo , St. Pau
and Omaha railway company for the fir * !
week in Febru iry were $73,731 , an in
crease of 831.083.
The Chicago , Burlington' and Quinc ;
Itailroad Company has declared its rege
lar quarterly dividend at 2 per ctnt , , pay
able March 15.
& Beginning March 1st , the Union Pacifi
will run through I'ullcnan Sleepers fiat
Kansas City to Ogdinvia , Uenvei
Through emigrant trams will bo also rue
Tlie ioux City & I'ucific has organizes
a surgical corps of five members. One i ;
Sioux City , Dr. Knott. one nt Miisoui
Virflijy , at IlUir , at Neligh and one a
Fremont.
The tottl earning i of the Denver k H !
Grande for the lirat week of February to th
7th inclublve were , from alUourres , 8100 ,
483.03 , as compared with § 70,103.58 , fo
188 , an aicrtaae of 824,380,05.
Tha I'urlingtoi ) . Cedar Uapl Is & Nortfc
ern railroad hu file I n bond with the Chicago
cage col otor of cimoim. inaUing thu cor
poratioii H common carrier for goods im
porte 1 dlrei ted to any port of entry.
The new coupon tickets being Introduce
iiiuluseil by the piincipnl railroads in tli
Uni od S'ates , nru ahead of anthing 1
the rullroad tifkrt Hun jot introduced
They are du-'ded into three eectlonn , a
follows : Class , dtstination and limit
with t punch to represent each xectinn
thereby sweeping the entire coalmen
with onu ticket.
A miner provaila at Denver that th
controlling interest of the stock in Th
Denver Tribune has been transferred ti
n gentleman representing the Chicago
Burlington k Qulncy rallrnod , If ther
ia any truth in tuii tumor It would tent
to confirm the tepnrta that the Chicago
llurlinjfion k Quinov ha ceoured contro
of the Denver & 11 o Grand- ) railway
which , as U well known , hui fur inoi
than a year putt u introlled a majority o
The Demer Tribune btjck.
The Sioux City & Pacific has lecentl ;
put into IIHO n mneniojH appliance t
strva as n speed record fur train * , etc. I
is nttachrd to the ixxlo of the car , and ni
attachment with the Indicator extend
intoth inteiior , where ab x iirrangemen
faithfully chronicle ) the opcf-l the trail
hm m.ido ( n any pjit of ihu line , th
tl no of tiippiDK utatations. and , in short
n complete record of the1 trip. It can b
locked when it&rtlng on a trip nnd openci
at thu other end , and tells iU story with
out belug asked any questions ,
Vast profits are made out of paper rail
road * . A firm of contractors , who hav
huilt hundreds of miles of railway track
recently received n letter fromnpromlnen
railwtyolHcial ut Cleveland , Ohio , tellini
liow a ion- dollars may be made out of i
: oatiact. The letter la as follow B ; /
Friend of mine is building two hundrci
inilfH ofinllrond fr m He no , Nov. , to tin
3regnu state line. He sold the first tldr
ty-one iniled of bonds to New Yoi k banker
or * fttHl cents , 8 per rent , fifty.yeni
bondi , " rut will get 00 Vents for the b l
auce of the 170 miles , He will ha\o aboul
00,000 In cosh from auhscriptloim alon
hri line. Ha ha i event con milt a of ruili
ai < 1 , fourteen more graded and the ties or
heKrouud. There will boaomh profit in
building the road of f 160,000. , Heajguhai
a majority of the ( took. He wants $00 ,
000 for working capital for n yfnr. Yet
can then have your money hack , nm
within n vear and ft half your profit wouli
> e $150,000 , and nlno 8000,000 of tock , 1
know at the ca t , tock l < often cnnidderei
ofn t much value , but this inmpanywll
jet 20 cents per ton icrndlnfor frelg/'tnni
10 cent'i i er mile lor pauengorn , nnd tin
rn\\ ( \ will pay for itself very toon. Voi
would be astonished to koow of ( he im
tncnso traffic ) the tovl would have , am
yonr titoek would bo worth p r In n ehor
lime. Hut your cash profit alone wouli
1 is a nice little fortune.
INSECUKE MAIL PAOKABES
Export Work in the In
quiry Room at tlie
PoetoiBce.
How Cnroloss Lottor-Wrltors Rial
the ILoss of Their Missives
Trnclnpr Up the Sonel-
ors of Letters.
* . Y. Time > . V
That ao comparatively amall m
amount of mail matter ia lost ii
cuur.iu of trnnsmisbioii in a mnttu
( if ( . ( mitulerablu credit lu the post
ollico ollicials , whuii ono consiilota th
oxtrcmely caroksa wny in which matter
tor to bo aont is inclosed. This care
Icssn-fs can bo thoroughly undoratooi
only by those who have had nn oppor
tunity to sou the mail bags como inl
n postoilico ami their contents dump
cd upon the assorting tables. Sucl
nn opportunity was recently grantei
to n Times reporter by Postmasto
Pearson , of the ollico in this city
Hardly u pouch comes it the oflic
from nny distance but contains n num
ber of broken packages. Thia term i
applied by the postal employes to nl
lands ot inclosurca tranamittoi
through the mail , nnd the catnlogui
nr materials that arc mailablo wouli
fill a closely printed column of Tin
Times. Letters without envelopes
with broken or torn envelopes , nowa
papers , in every known language
without wrappers , package ] of al
kinds of material without nddreai
taga , and envelopes without letters
wrappers without newspapers , un <
taga properly addressed attached tc
nothing at all , are the frequent con
tents oi a mail pouch , especially o
ono from ono ot the foreign countries
which cause the postal official trouble
and the public generally much pro
fanity. To an observer i
Booms singular to see the posta
clerks carefully pick out and tender ! ;
set aside this mass of matter , which
on the arrival of nn ocean steamer. '
raiil , accumulates rapidly. Ever
scrap of paper that is not certainly attached
tachod to a piece of the well-preserve !
mail matter is preserved , and the ac
cumulated mass of scraps , wrappers
envelopes , newspaper , etc. , is plucei
in a basket and sent up stairs to th
inquiry room. Incredible , as it ma ;
set-in , the quantity of this materiti
that ia forwarded to the inquiry roon
from the general delivery alone aggre
gates three or four bushels daily. *
Arrived in the inquiry room , thi
matter is handled by Superintendon
Jones and his corps of assistants a
tenderly as though each piece of pape
were a choice and fragile bit of gl-iss
The newspapers are placed in on
heap , the letters in another , and th
miscellaneous mailablo matter in nr
other , but the real work of the cs
'perts begins only when there is lol
simply the pile of torn nnd apparcm
ly worthless paper that formerly cor
stituted the wrappers of sumo of th
papers or letters. Each piece ia crit
cally examined , and nil such ascertain
tain a post-mark-or a bit of writin
arc preserved. Each letter is carefu
ly examined , and if the address , si
nature or contents give evidence of tli
party for whom it 13 intended and hi
whereabouts , it is at once foi
warded to its destination. ]
in the moss of apparent !
worthless paper an envelop
is discovered , evidently written b
the same hand as the body of an ut
inclosed letter , the letter and wrappe
are together inclosed and forwarded
In case the address and signature c
the writer of n letter can only be at
certainod , ho or she is at once communicated
municatod with , and asked for directions
roctions as to the disposal of th
missive. If the only clue that is let
to the examiners is the address o
what v > ns once an envelope , that poi
son is informed that such an envelop
is in the possession ot the postmistei
and that if ho ran give any idea o
hat he expects in the mail , the in
closure is in possession of the post
master , and will bo forwarded. Th
torn and ragged bits of paper tlm
have been gathered from the wreck
of the mail are frequently so skillfull ;
manipulated that by being put tc
gethor properly , u needed name am
address is brought to light , or th
patchwork reveals the dcatinntioi
of some bundle of foroigi
periodical literature , or o
aoniQ package of moro or less valu
that has been intrusted to the mail
in nn insecure wrapper. A recon
and description of every , packuni
whoso Bender or destination cannot b
ascertained is kept , as is each latte
that ca'inot be forwarded or returnci
because tho- only clues to identify i
are the vnguo address and signature
as , lor instance , ' 'My dear Harry' '
from "your own Gertie , " names sig
nillcant enough to the parties inter
eated , but of no earthly use to th
poatollico au ioritioa. These letter
nnd packages , numbering hundreds ! )
the course of a week , are held at tli
ollico in this city na long us the la >
will allow , and .ic the end of tlm
time forwarded to the dead letter ol
iico , in Washington , there to bo regie
torod and held to await claimant *
should any appear.
Tit" fcy > < fin lm bi/i'ii br < u 'lit f i
jircbuut perfection by I'oatumstt'
Pearson , and results in the discover ;
of many of the writers or parties win
would have been the recipients , am
thu delivery to them of lottprs am
packngos , frequently of considerable
importance nnd value. Less nttcn
tion is paid to the periodicals ant
newspapers , because it ia almost at
utter impossibility to ascertain tin
Una ! destination of foreign papers
bound further west , north or gout !
than this city If they ore forwardee
to parties in this city , and complain
of the loss of u paper is made at tin
oilico , it is n very rare thing induct
for the loser to bo unable to find hii
missing paper by calling at the in
quiry room. Papers published in thii
country which como to the poatottict
lioro without addresses or wrappers
are returned to the oilico of publica
tion. The foreign papers that are un
claimed hero , nro , nftor 30 days' ' stor
age , sent to the dead letter oftlco al
Washington , many tons of them in the
cpurso of n year. This same disposi
tion , after (10 days of storage , ia made
of the packages containing samples ol
ilk or other goods , pieces of jewelry ,
bits of machinery , spools of thread ,
boxes of buttons , hosiery , cloves , and
the thousand and ono other articles ol
merchandise that nro now allowed tc
bo transported through the mails.
The arUolca that nro thus thrown
ont _ of the innil bags have a value ,
but it is inconsequential in compar
ison with that of the broken letters
and packages that frequently como tc
light when a repi&tored pouch is
dumped out on the sorting table.
That much of the money shipped by
registered letters readies its destina
tion is dun rather1 to the care exorcis
ed by employes of the postolllco than
to that shown by shippers. Gold and
silver coin , often in largo quantities ,
is carelessly inclosed in no aafot
wrapper thin n common business en
velope. Unless these envelops nr (
handled with the utmost care thej
nro liable to be torn or bmkot :
upun by the weight of coin ntrikn {
against the thin , creaetd ' edges of tin
envelopes , oven before'they are ready
to be started toward their destination ,
Sometimes n dozen or more cnvolopei
containing coin are placed together it
ono of the special envelopes provided
by the department for this puposo
nnd by the tune these have made the !
trip , say from San Francisco to thii
city , the coin has worked its waj
through both the original envelope
and that furnished by the uovcrmncnl
and is found on its arrival hero loose
in the bjttom of the pouch , llardlj
a day passes but there is dumped up
on the sorting-iablu of the postoflici
from a registered pouch a shower o
gold and silver coin which has in thii
way cut through the packages it
which it was inclosed and lodged it
the bottom of the pouch. It is no
coin alone that finds its way oul
of insecure packages into the mass ol
matter contained in the pouch. Yes
tarday morning when the , content ;
of ono of these pouchci
wn a dumped there fell ou
without inclosure , and with no pro
tection but a small rubber band , t
package of coupons destined for ont
of the largo banking houses in tin
city whoso aggregate value was $30 ,
000. lu the poorly made envolopi
that had originally contained tin
coupons , nnd which had been broker
open while in process of transmission
was also found § 10,000 in greenbacks
AS the coupons wore negotiable , ii
speaks well for the honefaty of "the
registry department clerks Unit whoi
the count of the coupons was com
pleted they ta'lied ' exactly with tin
forwarded invoice to the firm. A
singular thing about this carelessly
shipped package was that when tin
firm to whom it had been forniardei
were notified of the ar
rival and breakage of the package
ago , they only asked the post
office authorities to account for tin
$30,000 in coupons and knew nothinj
whatever of the § 10,000 in green
backs which came with them. It wai
but a short time ago that a poucl
when emptied on the sorting tabli
brought to light several million del
lara * worth of bonds that had beei
shipped from the other aide of tin
water in such an insecure packagi
that it was broken open. Ono poucl
that was emptied in the office in thi
city a short time ago let full on thi
sorting table § 300,000,000 of tin
bonds of the Now York Central rail
road company which were in proces
of shipment , and had been placed ii
an insecure wrapper. Almost innumerable
merablo instances mi < ; ht be citec
where the coin and greenbacks or negotiable
gotiable bills , checks , .and draft !
that are dumped without wrapper
upon the table , aggregated thousand
of dollars. The average number o
broken packages received in this cit ;
daily in the registry department o
the postoflico is GO , and the value ii
money contained in them is from § !
upward. A singular fact in relatio-
to these broken envelopes is tha
many of thorn contain remittances o
daily balances from postmasters to tin
assistant United States trcasuror-
thp last persons , ono would naturally
think , who would be careless in thi
manner of inclosing money for trans
mission through the mails.
This carelessness is a source o
great annoyance to the authorities
because it necessitates a great amoun
of labor in separating thu loose mon
ey into packages to correspond wit ]
the amount called for in the uccom
panying statements and letter ? . Tin
presence of the loose money in tin
pouches , too , is a constant source o
temptation to thu men who handli
the packages. In order to romed ;
the trouble caused and remove tin
courco of temptation to employes , Mr
Iluasull , the superintendent of tin
registry department , has recommended
od to the general pudtoilice authiiritki
that an order be issued prohibiting
the transmission of coin through the
mails unless it is inclosed in a prop
erly constructed envelope of stout pa
per , lined with linen or some
other suitable material. The rosul
of such an order. Air. Kussell thinks
would bo beneficial to shippersas wel
as to thojtiorvico , and would certainly
prove a chock tu possible peculation !
by dishonest employes. That nil possible
siblo safeguards should be throvvi
around this branch of the service wil
bo apparent to every one when it ii
stated that between January 1 am
February 15 over 150,000 pieces o
registered matte.r have boon duhv <
ored to ueople in tliia city ,
Nearly as many moro pieces have
boon forwarded from heri t (
vminus points a1 d nvory much 1'rgoi
jiUuiwur e.f IHIMJ .1 h.iM ) been huinl > t.d
in course ) of tranamisiuon to othui
cities. That the loss of packages ant
letters would bo very much smallei
if people who use the mails would
use only good envelopes , is uppareul
to any ono who will visit the inquiry
donartmont of the New York Citj
postolfico.
A Cross Baby.
Nothing is BO conducive ) to a man's
remaining a bachelor as stopping for
ono night at thu houiu of n married !
friend and being kept awake for five
or six hours by the crying of a cross
baby. All cross and crying babies
need only Hop Dittors to make them
well and sunling. Young man , remember -
member this : Traveler. feb4-w2t
HOUSES
LOTS !
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For Sale By
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FIFTEENTH AND DOUGLAS STSi ,
175 , House 3 rooms , lu'l let on I'lcrco mwr ( I
2uth street , 81.C50.
177 , HOLBO 2 roou f , lull lot on Douglas near
20th rect , $70)
176 , Uovitllnl realclcnco , lull lot on COM rear
10th 8 not , 812,000.
174 , Two houses and j lot on I > oeVu noir Bth
Btrcet , 81 60i ,
170 , llotisa thrcuruoni' , two closets , c c. . Imll
loton2lBt car Oraro street , gSOO. '
172 , One nnd one-hull story brick house tn
tw lots on Douglas near 2tth strict , f 1,710.
171 , House iwo rooms , vcll.cutern. UIU > , o e
lull lot near I'l rconinl 13th Hire t , 8050.
170 , Ono ami one-half storj hou'O * lx rooms
\Ml 11 tnlflot on Cogent street tear St.
M i > 4 vvnui , il ; : > tii' .
No. 170 , lloii'o irrcoroomson Clli ton rcct >
near shot owcr $325.
No. 109 , llmuonn' 33x120 lect lot on 10th
ttet near We list r slid83,6tO. .
No. 1CS , Ilnxno 01 11 rrn s lot 33xl2j t .ct on
10th n nr III rt Uriel , i.000.
No. 107 , T o story hoi M , II rooms 4 clcsctsL
good eel ar , en Ibth Mice * near 1 applctou'i
No . 1P6 , NC.W house rl e ) rooms , hall lot on
Izxrd n nr IDth street , SI S50.
: * o. 161 , One and one h llslon linmoS roems
on 18 h street eir Lcixeii worth , W.fiOO.
N 101 , Duo nnd oni-ru ; htory 101190 ol 6
rooms near Hansccm Park , $ lt > 00. j
No. 163 Two luutca B rooms each , closets , etc B rfTl
on Hurt sttcct mar 25th , 83,600. *
No. If7 , honsi Orocms , lul H.t tn 10th Mrccl
near Lcavcnworth , 82,400.
No. HO , Home 4 ] argt > rooms , 2 closets
hall acre on Butt ( .tree near lint on , 21,2t.o.
No. 165 , Two IIOUBCS , onu ot 6 and ono o ! 4
rooms , on 17th street near Marcy 83 , ( CO.
No. 164 , Three houses , onf ol 7 nnd two ot6
r..oii each , and coiner lot on Ctvsi IK or Hth
street , 8SOOO.
Nr. 103 , pmall hou o and lull lot on 1'aclfic
near l"th trcet , 82,6uO.
No. 161 , Ono Btorv homo 0 rooms , on Lccn -
worth nor 10th , $3,000.
No. 160 , Ho HO th'cc rooms and lot 02x115
11 ar 2Gth and Fan ham , 82.600.
No. 148 , Now house ol eight rooms , in IBtb
Etrctt n-nr Lin\cnwortti $3,10' .
No. 147 , llouso ol ' 13looms on 18th Urcct
near llarcy , 85 , ' 00.
No. 140 , Hou-e of 10 rooms and 1J lots on 18th
Btrcet near Mircy , $8,000.
No. 145 , llouso two urge rooms , lotG7x210fco
onslieru an avcnuu (10th street ) near Nicholas , , 1
$2.600.
No 143 , llouso 7 rooms , barn , on 20th stlcct
near Lcavenwort$2,600. .
No. 142 , Hou o 6 ronnv , kltchin , itc. , on 10th
street near Nicholas , 81,573
No. 141 , Hou u 3 ruous on Douglas near 20th
street , SiliO
No. 140 , I ere hou c nnd two lot ? , en 24t
near Fariihiing'ro t , { 8,0 0.
No. Ib'J , H use 3 rooii.s , lot CCxlCCJ leo , on
Douglis iie.ir 27th Btrect , 81W 0.
No. 137 , llouso 6 room * at d half lot on Captto
ttuiiio neir 2 M a rect , S'.UO1.
No. lot ) , Iloiibo and hall acre lot on Cumlug I
street in nr 24th 8-60. V
No. 131 , House 2 ro 1119 , lull lot , on Jzard '
no n21 i H'rcet , $300.
No. 120 , Tw houses one ol 0 and ono ol 4
rooms , on leased lot on Webster near 20th street ,
§ 2,6011
No. 127 Two story t ouse 8 room , hall lot on
Wcbiter no ir 19th SJ 6(10. (
No. 120 , House 3 rooms , lot 20x120 Icct on
20th s ro t near DoueUit > 75.
No , 125 , Two i-tory hou e on 12th r.cir Dodge
btritt lot'3\0 licet SM.2UO. <
Nn. 124 , t.nr o house and lull block near
Famhuu and Cen rul 8 r. et , SS.Oih .
No. 12 J , Ilousafl rooms olid Urge lot on Saun-
dersa rect near narincku , XI ItO.
No. 122 , House 0 rooms and hall lot on Web
ster near 15th t-tr < .et , 81,600.
No. 118 , llouso 1(1 ( room ) , lot 31x00 Icct on
Capitol a enuo near 22d stieet , 82,050.
No. 117 , llouso 3 rooms , lot 30x123 feet , on
Cap tel a\enuo near 22d 81,600.
Nn. 114 , House 3 rooms ou Douglas near 20th.
trect , $750.
ho. 113 , IFousa 2 rooms , lot 00x93 feet on 21st
near Cumli K btrcet , $760.
No. 112 , Urtck house 11 reams and hall let on
0 ss near Nth strict , 82,8 jO.
No. Ill , House 12 rooms on Davcnpoit near
20th strctt , $7,0 0.
No. 110 , Brick houao and lot 22x132 ( eet on
Ca 3 street near Klh , $3,000.
No. 1(8 , largo house on llarncy near ICtb
street 31,600.
No 101) , Two houses and 30xlS2 loot lot on
Casj near 14th street , $ .1,600.
No. 107 House 6 rooms and half lot on Izard
near 17th sir ct , $1,2(0. (
o. 10(1. Houfo uml lot 61x198 feet , lot on litb
noir I'lcrco t-treet , sOUO
No. 15 , Two story house 8 rooms with 15 lot
on Reward near Siundrni street , $2,800
Nn. 1C3 Ono and one lu f stoiy boutelO rooms-
Webster near 10th etrect , 22,600.
No. 102 , Two bout e * 7 rooms each and i lot on
Hth near Chicago , 84,0 0.
No. 101 , House 3 rooms , cell r , etc. , 1 } lot * on
South nveuuo r car Pac tie sties , 81,050.
No. 100 , House 4 room * , cellar , etc. , hall lot
on Izard street near 16 h , $2,000.
No. OJTry large hou-o and full lot on liar-
nev no if Hth street , $9 OOu.
No. 07 , Largo houte ol 11 rooms on Sherman
avenue near Clark street , make an eider.
No. IKI , One and ono half u ury house 7 rooms
lot 2IOxliil feet , stable , etc. , on Sherman avenue
nuo near i.racc , $7100. *
k No. U2 Large brick hnute two lot-i on Da\en
port street near 10th J18.000.
No. 00 , Large ho HO and full lot on Dodo -
ncir Ifcih > tre t , 87,00 > . A
No. 89 , Lar ehause 10 rooms half Iotoi20'h , *
near Cahtornla strict , 87,100.
No. 88 , I urge boujo 10 or 12 rooms , beautiful
corner lot on e > ss n ar 20th , $7.100.
No. 87 , Two stor > loiso S rooms 6 acres eland
land < n Maunders street mar liar rucks , $2,000 '
No. 86 Two stores and a nsi men on leased
hall lotiiu.ir MIIHOII and 10th street , $800.
No 84 , Two ttorv hou o 8 rooms , closets , o c. ,
wl h 6 acres of ground , on Saundere street near
Omaha U rr.icks , 82,600.
No. 81 , House ol 0 rbors , hsll lot on Capitol
axenue near 12th street , $2fOO.
No 82 , Oi.e nnd one lialtmory ouse , 0 room *
ull lotoi. Pierce near 20th ttreet , $ lbliO.
No. 81 , Uwo 2 story houses , one ol 0 and one
0 roomc , Chluuio bt. , near 12ih , 83,000.
No. 81) llousi 4 rojms , closets , etc , largo lot
on 18th stre t mar White Lead works , $1,300.
No. 77 , I arge house of 11 roomi , closets , col-
hr , ct : . , with Ulot n Karnhaiunear 19thstreet ,
{ 8,010.
No. 78 , Or c an 1 one-half story house nl 8 rooms ,
lot (10x8 ( < tut nn Cats no ir 14 h Htreet. 81,100.
No. 76 , House 4 rooms and basement lot
Ixl32f ! ) et on MuritMic.ir8th : tttcet , $ i76.
No. 74 , Large b'lck house and two full lota on
Da\cnporlncar 16tn strict , $16 , < 00.
No. 73 One and one-ha f story Home and lot
30x132 feet on Jac von near 12th ktrcet , $1,810.
No. 72 , Lurgo Iirlck house 11 room * , full lot-
on Dave port near 16th Direct , $6 OKI.
No. 71 , i arge hou e 12 rooms , full lot on Call-
fornUncar IMihctrcet. SJ.OJU.
No. C5 , S'able and 3 full lots on Franklin street
mar ° awidera , gJ.OOO.
No. eiTo story frame building , store below
and loonii above , on Ic-ucJ lot on Dodge near
16th street , ( SCO.
No. 3 , Il Uko 4 rooiiM , baiement , etc. , lot-
01x2.0 feet on Isth street mar all Works ,
41,700
i o. 02 , Nev homo 4 rooms ono story , full lot
on llnrney near 2Ut street , $1,760.
No. HI , I nr.'e huueo 10 rooo.s , full lot on I ! rt
ueir 21-.tstncf , $5,000.
No. CO , Ho'iiu a ro ins , halt lot on Divcnport
neir 2JU stre t , 1,000.
No 69 , Knur houses and hall lot on CUB near
13th ttro.t 82600. 4
No M , House o' ' 7 rooms , lull lot Webster
near 51st btrcet , 82.600.J
No. 67. house of 0 rioms , lot 00x140 feet on
21.t street near .St. Uary'aavuimc. $ j,000.
No,60 , Houbool lOiojins , fall lot on Calllor-
nil nof JUtHlrect , ? VWO.
u to Iliu-u0 laonii , two lull I t onlOtlk
t eet I uir lUill fJ.IHW.
No. 40 , Urick ht.use 11 rooms , full lot on Karp-
ham mar 17th street , 8 , OCO.
No. J8 , llouso of 9 rooms , half lot on raclflc-
near Oth street , $3,000 ,
No. 48 , Large houie with lull block near uno
tower , $2,000.
Po. 46 , Largo house 7 foom , closotx , etc. , on
18th street near Clark , $3,000. ,
No. 44 , Ilou.e and full lot on Chicago near
21 Kt Btri'ot , $5,000.
and two lota on Chicago nwv
No. 43 , Hou-e
22d ttrcfit , 87.600 ,
BEMIS'
REAL ESTATE AGENCT
16th and D * . agla Street ,