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EtBOSEWATER , Editor.
Tnn city election close at hand and
Pat Hawo a thousand miles away.
WHAT is the matter with the Omaha
gas works ? Are wo to go back to
tallow dips and pine knots )
WELL paid men work a great deal
bettor and cheaper in the end than
men that are underpaid.
THOSE who imagine that Omaha is
the only place in the country afflicted
with strikes dn not read the news
papers.
AND wo rise to inquire Whether Mr.
Hascall is in town. Wo are still hold'
ing that $50 contribution subject to
lib requisition.
OMCAU WILDE is coining to Omaha.
Dick Wilde is already hero. Oscar
parts his hair in the middle , but Dick
curls it to the centre.
Tire Illinois legislature has boon
called to convene in special session
on the 23d ol March to retlistrict the
stn/o under the now congressional
appointment.
A MAHS-MIF.TINO was hold at Steinway -
way hall the otjior night to discuss
the host measures for securing a fe
male police for New York. This is
"an opening for women" which must
commend itself to the notice of Ne
braska woman suffragists.
Ponu million two humdrod thou
sand dollars for public buildings out
side of Washington is the sum recom
mended by the house committee on
public buildings. Council Bluffs and
Peoria como in for a plum apiece from
this rich pudding.
Dii. SuHWENK , wo understand , as
pires to state senatorial honors. West
Point Progress.
Schwonk would make a very popu
lar candidate with the homestead settlers
tlors of the Elkhorn volley. That
hind office record ought to ffommond
him for almost any office ho would
aspire to.
IMPROVEMENT OF THE MIS-
SOURI.
The memorial prepared by the ox-
ocutiro committee appointed by the
Missouri improvement convention hold
in St. Joseph last November has boon
presented to both houses of congress.
The array of facts presented in this
memorial are an irresistible arqumont
in favor of the speedy improvement
of the Missouri river. The Missouri
valley the most proliBo agricultural
region on this continent contains
249,847,875 acres of land , aud an aggregate
grogato wealth of $1,240,210,834 ,
with a population of 3,600,000. This
region paid to the government last
year $7,727,137 in internal revenue.
High rates ol transportation have
boon the greatest clog on its prosper
ity. Transportation has oaten up half
the grain product of the country , and
almost one-third of . .tho live stock
product of the country. What this
amounts to may be concoirod
when it is considered that the
census report of 1880 shows that there
wore in this area of country 4S45,3CO
head of cattle , 1,549,000 , head of
hones , 4,093,900 head of hogs , aud
2C71,160 head of ahoop.
A very great portion of this grain
and live otock 'finds a market in the
South , and could bo carried by the
river route to its destination at loss
than ono-fourth the cost by rail. Bo
aides much of the grain shipped to
Europe might go by this route at a
great deal less cost than by rail to
eastern ports.
If the river can bo improved' ' for
.oven double the sum estimated by
Major'Sutor , congress should not
hesitate. Tho' people living along
this uroat stream are entitled to that
jiiuch , and the national government
will bo the gainer in the end ,
If the delegation in congress from
the Missouri valley presents an ag
grtfwivo and united stand in support
of the proposed appropriations for
river Improvement they cannot bo
safely ignored ,
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THE LABOR CRISIS.
The labor troubles in this city have
reached a crisis. The turbulent dem
onstration at the B. & M. dump caus
es sorions concern for the public safu-
ty oven among the most ardent friends
of the workingmcn. No matter how
reasonable the demands of wage work
ers mny bo , they cannot justify a re
sort to force as a moans for obtaining
concessions from employers.
No matter how earnest the desire
of workingmen may bo enforce their
demands by peaceable means they are
confronted by the fact that public
ponce has been violated by an effort to
prevent others from working. These
riotous proceedings may bo no part of
the programme of the laboring men's
union.
Their leaders have tinin and again
publicly urged strict compliance witli
law , and they disclaim most emphatically
ically any intention to create disturb
anco. But it is evident they cannot
always control the body of laboring
men , and consequently lay themselves
liable to the charge of organizing
mobs and labor riots.
Having failed to maintain ) aw and
order with his imported special police ,
Mayor Boyd deems it his duty to ap
peal to the governor for military pro
tection. For our part wo do not hesi
tate to oxprcss a doubt as to the wis
dom or necessity of calling out the
militia , because wo buliovo the labor
troubles could and should bo amicably
adjusted by arbitration. There maybe
bo nothing to arbitrate on the part
of the B. & M. road as Mr. Holdridgo
maintains , but such a course might
prevent fresh labor troubles during
the building season. In our opinion ,
an amicable understanding with workingmen
ingmon and an adjustment of a scale
of mechanics' nnd laborers' tvagcs for
the season would bo very desirable fur
all concerned. Wo believe thai an
agreement made by workingmen for a
given time under certain conditions
will bo lived up to as faithfully as a
contract between builders and capi-
; alists. These who desire to suppress
workingmen by bayonets should re-
nombor that cheap labor under coer
cion is dearer in the end than volun-
: ary well-paid labor. Before Gover
nor Nance cilia out the militia or
makes requisition for regulars , every
reasonable effort should bo mada to
secure a peaceable adjustment of these
abor troubles.
OUR GOLD AND SILVER PRO
DUCTION.
The census bureau h just pub-
ishod the rpsultof its investigation
nto the gold and silver production of
.ho United States for the year ending
May 31 , 1880. The statistics collected
are interesting and valuable. They
show that ono-third of the cold and
one-half of all the silver * ukon from
the earth each year are produced in
this country. Superintendent Walker
divides the gold and silver
producing bolt into thrco parts
the Pacific division , the East
ern division and the Rocky Mountain
division. The work of collecting ma
terials for this report was entrusted
to the eminent geologist , Clarence
King and a largo force of assistants.
The results are condensed in the fol
lowing summary :
Of the states California produced
the largest amount of gold , aggrega
ting in value $17,150,941 , Colorado
heads U > o list of silver producing
atatos with 817,549,274 of the precious
metals , exceeding the output of Ne
vada by ever $4,000,000. The
decrease in the ' production
of Nevada is accounted for by the do-
olino in the Comstock ipdo. In 1870
the Comstock yloldod ' 818,002,900 in
gold and $20,570,078 in silver. In
the census year the yield of the entire
Oomstoek district was only $0,952,030
for both gold and silver. Colorado is
now first in the rank of states produc
ing the precious motala with $19,249-
182 in gold and silver to her credit
and followed'by California vith ? 18 ,
101,828. Nevada holds the third
rloco with $17,318,909 , and there is a
gap of nearly $13,000,00 in production
before Montana , takes her position
fourth in the list with $4,710,835 to
her credit ,
The question as to what becomes of
this immense amount of precious
metals is aniworod by the census
bureau. A largo proportion was con
sumed by the mints , which coined
$84,370,144 into money , Of thisjium
a considerable amount was foreign
bullion. It is estimated , by means of
mint records and the reports of manu
facturers , that the amount of gold
consumed in the arts in the year cud.
ing Juno 30 , 1880 , was $10,000,000 , ,
and of silver $5,000,000. Of this ,
$5,500,000 in gold and $4,000,000 in
silver wore of domestic bullion , pro
duced in the year ; $2,500,000 in gold
and $000,000 in silver wore United
States coin , and the remainder was
old manufactured articLs and foreign
coin ,
Mil. Merrill is
opposed to the es
tablishment of n branch mint at
Omaha. Mr. Merrill is opposed to
silver coinage. Ho believes In the
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almighty gold dollar. " * ' '
SENATOR VAN WTCK'S BILL
Senator Van Wyck's active interest
and untiring energy on behalf of the
settlers of Nebraska has shown itself
in a bill-already referred to in the tel
egraphic columns of this paper , whoso
object is to compel the land grant
railroads to pay taxes on their unp.it-
ctitcd lands now exempt from such
taxation by the decision of the United
States supreme court. This bill is
similar in design but greater in scope
that the ono introduced into congress
by Mr. Anderson , of Kansas , which
applies only to the unpatontcd landi
( f the Kansas Pacific land grants now
owned by the Union Pacific , It will
bo seen from a reading of Senator
Van Wjck's bill that it includes in its
provisions all lands cf any railroad
company to which lands have been
granted by the government. A heavy
fight along the line of the railroad
lobby is certain to take place when it
comes before congress for considera
tion.
A HIM ,
To release end quit claim to any ttnte ,
county , or municipality , nil equity nnd In-
tcrodt tlmt the United Htntcfl may have by
rciison of the neglect or refusal of any
railroad company to pay cost * of locating
and selecting Uuds donated by net of con
gress in and to lands sold and to bo Bold
by elates , counties or municipalities fur
non-paymont r > f taxeR by any railroad
c.ompany ,
Whcroftx , varioui railroad compnnlo , to
whom donntlonsof land Imvo been granted
by the United Stated , were required to [ < ny
coats of iurvoj Ing and locating lands nnd
other fco9 , before receiving patcnm for the
game ; and
Whereas said railro id companle * in rt-
fusing topvy fluid cojtj nnd fees , nnd not
procuring puttntJ , nre seeking to protect
themselves from Ute nnd local tar tit ion ,
thereby claiming as against sUtoj and lo -
cal authorities exemptions not intended by
Cin.ross ( ; ; and
Wheicas t..c tmpremo court has decided
that itates catiiut tax unpatentcd lane's
donated to onld r llroadx , because of the
equity and InUnst the United States way
bnvo to raid lu.drf ia case of an absolute
refusal on thu 1'itituf sail railroad com
panion to pay H id coita mid foes ; and
Wlicroaa tlio i-nid nets were not Intend
ed to protect or exempt any such unfrat-
enteitl landr , or any railroad company to
whom tlioy were donated , from taxation
by any eta to , county , or municipality :
Therefore ,
Bo It enacted by the tcnnto nnd hoiuo of
rcprcjcntativea of the United States of
America In congress assembled That the
United .States due-l hereby rolln < ] unti ! nnd
quit claim to any xtntc , county or munici
pality eelllng unp.Ueuteil lands donated tea
a railroad company , for non-pay m nt of
laics nsHSBPed nnd levied upon said lands ,
all equity nnd in crest the United States
may have in rny such Kindi liy reason of
Lho failure ot tlu railroad company to pay
any conU nnd feud or commissions before
obtaining pnUnti to euch lun B.
TUB atateint'.nts of certain news
papers thut Mr. Colliding has never
boon anything but a politician and
that ho never did anything which was
of any ro l service to the country are
unfair , unjust and will not bear can
did inspection. To Mr. Conkling ,
mora than to any ono man , belongs
the credit of thinking out , formulat
ing and successfully advocating the
electoral commission bill , a measure
which carried the country safely
through ono of the gravest perils it has
over known by a masterly triumph of
reason over passion. No ono at the
time denied that by far the largest
portion of the credit for the success of
this measure belonged to Mr. Oonk-
ling , and it is the grossest partisan
ship to-day to deny what was then ad
mitted by all parties and all factions.
Mr. Conkling has made grave mis
takes flinco then mistakes which seem
to have permanently lost him the con
fidence of the nation. This should
not , however , blind honest journals
to his past services ,
A Ri'KGiAL to the BEK from Lincoln
announces that Governor Nanco has
decided to call an extra session on
April 1st , and to issue his proclama
tion to that effect as soon as ho learns
the wishes of Omaha in reference to
amendments to her city charter.
So far aa Omtthu's wishes uro
concerned , the Douglas county dele
gation , after consultation with
a committee from the board of
trade have drawn up amendments to
our city charter for the purpose of
rendering paving practicable. The
governor has beoli notified of thu
action of the Douglas county delega
tion , and haa no reason to plead delay
on Omaha'a account.
MoNiaouKHY BLAIU has written a'
letter to Senator Miller expressing his
views on the Chinese question. Mont
gomery's lost letter was to our Omaha
Miller , containing some extended re
marks about a heathen Ohinoo bolter
known as Sammy J. Tildon. Doth
loiters seem to ho of about ixiual
merit.
Now that there seems to bo some
clmnco of the breaking of the disreputable -
utablo Iowa pool throughtho ] | efforts
of .tho Burlington road and the
Omvlm route via Phttimouth , an op
portunity will bo given our people to
teat the sham of so-called railroad
competition ,
Aged Gratitude-
FLINT , Mich , , June 22 , 1881.
II , W. W-iiiNKit & Co , : Sirs I am
72 years old , and liavo not boon BO
well in 2G years as I am to-day , thanks
to your Safe Kidney and Liver Cure ,
the best'romedy in the world
moh7'dlw
EAKLY CHURCH HISTORY.
The accuracy of certain statements
in the early history of the Catholic
church in Omaha , as published in
THE BEE of Saturday , has been ques
tioned , particularly as regards the
time and place where the first mass
was celebrated. THE UF.K'S statement
of tho.point in dispute was as follows :
"In the summer of ' 63 the first
minister of the Catholic church , Rev.
Father Emondfl , visited the town ,
greatly to the joy of the ncoro or more
families and many sinplo members of
that faith then hero. Ho enjoys the
honor of having been the pioneer
priest in Omaha nnd the territory.
He miimtorcd to the spiritual needs
of the Catholics , and celebrated the
the first mass in the old cnpitol build
ing. "
Mr. Thos O'Connor was our au
thority for the principal facts con
tained in the article. Mrs. O'Connor
helped to fix the altnron that memor
able occasion , nnd carried a small
pitcher of water from her humble
homo lo bo used in the moss , which
was celebrated in the secrotnry'n room ,
lirst floor , in the month of May , 18515.
This was long before "the cottage on
the hill" was built or the site for the
name selected. The following corres
pondence establishes beyond question
the truth of THE BEE statement i
OMAHA , Nov. 20 , 1878.
Her. Father nnomh :
Mv DEAII SIR : As some parties here
nro inclined lo diacredit my statement
regarding matters and things connect
ed with the location , etc. , of our old
church , and especially the houao and
place where you first ottered up the
holy sacrifice of the tnaaa. * _ * _ *
I will ask you to write and aid mo in
Bottling that question. Yours ,
Twos. O'CoNNon.
ST. JoHnrn's INSTITUTE , \
IOWA CITY , In , November 25,1878. /
Mr. Thomas O'Connor , Om&ha.
DEAK Sin : April or May was the
month when the first mass was said in
Omaha ; rather think May , 1855
you ought to know. It was in the
court room of the old state house ,
built of brick , about the only brick
building in the capilol , not far from
the raised round joining the river.
Governor Gaming assigned us lots ,
a part of n so-called Park. Wo com
menced digging the foundation. Some
folks objected.to have the Park thus
disposed of. Wo kept on digging not
withstanding pistols bcin threatened.
This ground 1 think wns nearer the
river bank on the raised ground.
Yours in Jesus and Mary ,
W. EMONDS.
Many additional facts regarding
this historical event can bo given.
Another pioneer of ' 55 , Mrs. M. Mc
Donald , places the date on the 14th
or 15th of May "a bright , warm
work-day. " The clergjman was
brought from St. Joseph by Mr. Joro
Drao , who went to that city for sup
plies. Mr. John Kelley , now living
in Washington county , served nt the
mass.
TTntazod Railroad
Chicago Timos.
Some of the land-grant railroads are
making a good thing by holding their
lands for an advance in values , and
holding them in such a way that in
the meantime they escape taxation.
Senator Van Wyck , of Nebraska , and
Representative Anderson , of Kansas ,
have undertaken , rather ( ate in the
day , to put a stop to this. The supreme
premo court has hold thut land _ in- '
eluded in a land granl , but not' yet
patented to a company , can not bo
laxed by a State , because the federal
government retains an equity in the
land , which might revert to the donor.
Under the terms of the land grants
the railroad companies are to pay all
expenses of surveying the lands , and
the land oftbo is then to issue patents ,
on receiving which the railroad com
panies becorao full owners of the
lands ; the State governments can then
compel them to pay taxes thoroon. To
ayoid this the companies delay sur
veying and patenting so far as possi
ble , but in the meantime thcso lands
are reserved from sale and pre
emption by the covornmont ; the com
pany , which does ( not own them
enough to pay taxes on them , owns
them enough to mortgage thorn , ad
vertise them , and soil them to set
tlors. The settler , also , is enabled
to escape the payment of taxes.
Instead of having the land surveyed
aud gelling a patent , ho merely takes
a warranty deed from the company ,
and is to all intents and purposes the
owner o' Ida farm , with the advant
age that the stute cannot tax it.
Even in the ease of the unsold land
there is no reason why the railroad
company , which reaps all the benefit
of the increase of the value , should
not pay taxes on it to the stato. The
largest loser by this clever device is
the fitalo of Kansas , and the largest
gainer is the Kansas Pacific railroad ,
now a portion of the Union Pacific
system. This road received a grant
of about G,200,000 acres , of which
2,000,000 ncrus are in Colorado and
3,000,000 are in Kansufl. In the latter -
tor state this company has moro than
three million acres earned but not
patonlo'd. Over this land , said to bo
worth 813,000,000 , the company ex
orcises every right of ownership ex
cept the payment of taxes to the
amount of about $240,000 n year ,
which it magnanimously waives.
Senator Van Wyck's bill is general -
oral , and applies to all cases of
this kind ; it releases and quit
claims to uny Citato that proceeds
uyainst a railroad company for the
collection of taxes ou thesu lands all
intprpft in equity of the gonoml gov
ernment Mr , Audoraoii'ii bill i
directed specifically at the Kunsua
Pacific , and provides that the road
shall pay for the survey of all its
lands and take out patents for them
within ninety days , or the attorney
gmieral shall commence proceedings
against it , and that , if the company
dons not pay the costs and take pat
ents within five months , the lands
shall bo taxable by the etato of Kan
sas. The company already owes the
government some $200,000 for the
cost of surveys made up to the pres
ent time. By the terms of this qranl ,
lands not Bold or disposed of within
three years from the completion
of the road were to bo offered
tq the public at $1.25 an
aero , ' and a second bill , intro
duced by Mr. Anderson , is intended
to effect n fulfillment of this condition.
It will bo noticed that m all these
grants the terms and the law are in
terpreted liberally in the case of the
corporation , and strictly against the
government and the public. These
lands , that are hold to bo non-taxable
by the State because the railroad com
pany dooa not own them , are held to
ho the property of the roads absolute
ly when the company fails to perform
the conditions of the grant and the
land oflico proposes to resume control
over them ; a epicifio act of congress
restoring the lands to the public do-
muni required. All the legal obstn"
clcs are thrown in the way of the put [
lie ; all the advantages , and the bcno
fits of all doubts , nro bestowed on the
beneficiary corporation. It is six
years , too , since congress acquired the
right under the terms of thu grant to
the Kansas Pacific railroad , tJ compel
Iho unsold lands to bo offered tu the
public at $1 25 nn acre , but it is only
now that r cji.gro sman lias con
cluded to do whtit ho can to got con
press to take this important action for
the benefit of persons desiring to set
tle on thuBo lands.
Tfhito-HoiiBo Visitors.
Among the peculiar ambitions of
the American citizen on a visit to the
National Capital is to gratify a burn
ing curiosity to BCD and shako hands
with the President. The throngs of
people that have been doing the city
this winter have not boon exceptions
to thin particular weakness , and there
has perhaps never boon an occupant
of the presidential chair who has been
so accessible to Iho public as Presi
dent Authur. How ho finds the time
to sco so many viaitoto nnd yet attend
to the public business is n matter of
general wonder. Still ho docs it , and
the largo number of people that como
to the White House all have n chance
to sco him. Amidst the rush of con-
gicssional visitors and office-seekers
who have lo bo seen Iho President
sends out word that ho will see what
is technically known as the "respect"
visitors.
g4 > Thcn the guardians at the foot of
the stairs and at the presidential door
stand aside and the public pour in. It
is a curiosity to BOO the crowds that go
in. Thcro is no distinction made ,
and everybody is admitted. Some
days Ihero am as many as 150 of thcso
visitors , The plan gives general sat-
isfnclion , because it affords a privilege
which was never BO generally accorded
and which is very much prized. To
bo able to go homo and say thut they
have seen the president is a source of
preut satisfaction lo American citizens.
The present arrangement is very dem
ocratic , and places everybody on an
equal footing , so that the humble , obscure -
scuro citizen has as good a chance to see
the president as the highly connected
and prominent member of society.
Thcso little informal receptions are
very pleasant , and the president al
ways lias something to say which is
agreeable to each of his visitors. The ,
democratic style of dping things un
der the present administration meets
with popular approval.
STATE JOTTINGS.
Lincoln don't want Sunday theatricals.
Holt county haa thirty-four postoiBces ,
Harlan coal pros.iectora claim to have
truck it rich.
The North Loup bridge was recently
swept away by high water.
A woman canvasser is in Fremont sell
ing the life of Guiteau.
An Omaha party i * now uogotiatlug for
th Pacific Hotel at Fairmont.
A brmch of a Cincinnati wh > lesalo
Riocery house will bo opened at Flatta-
mouth.
Blue Valley will have a daily mail on
and after Juue 1. The route will be be
tween York and Friendville.
A younp man from Norton county ,
Kansas , drove a herd of twenty-nine
txilch cows to Kearney last week , aud sold
them at an average of $33 per htad ,
Hemy Tedrahn , who murcloro 1 Louis
Paxton , last June , and who broke j til at
Grand Island , on the 8th of December ,
1881 , and who haa been within fifteen
mile * of St. Paul for over two monthi ,
was arreste 1 last week and taken to jail
In the district court at Lincoln Geo.
W. Travis , of Wftverly , plead guilty to
tabbing his wife with intent to kill , and
was sentenced by Judge Pound to one
year in the penitentiary. The crime was
pnirupted by jealousy.
Henry Steipermeyor , a farmer from
nor Centorville , in Lancaster county , was
killed last Saturday evening about five
o'cli ck by falling under his wagon , as he
w s on his way home. The deceased was
an old resident of this ounty , having
lired upon hii farm for thirteen years.
Mrs. A. H Church , wife of The North
1'latto Nebraikian man , who hai been
studying medicine for the past four years ,
completed her course at the womau'a
medical college of Chicago recently , nnd
will "hang out he shingle" in North
Plttte
The tottlemont for the North Bend
bridge wai ; emi > lcted last week. Th
& 8OOJ , of county bonds were turned over
on the Binning of the agieement , the other
$2,000 to be turned over when work is
comment eJ on replacing the bridge , and
the 81,000 of North Bend precinct bonds
when the bridge h completed.
Nearly a y ar ago James Mar h , a mer
chant at Green la'and. ' wus drowned out
by the Hood end all hla property swept
away. Jtiat after hU escapa from the
watery experience , he married a young
lady who shared the dangers with him.
Now ho hits a comfortable hnn.e , in doinr
a good busfne < 8 , aud a few d yn ugo a girl
baby cams Intel the houiehold ti > share its
joys.Yankton Press.
On the 8th of February , a. and and fatal
accident occurred at Mr , Ilowell'u resi
dence , one mile southeast of H bron. The
little two-year old boy of Charley Howell
incidentally fell into a pall of hot water
and was scalded BO badly that , after suf
fering for tine week , it died , and eon afttr
Iti de th Mrs. .Tolmsonb.mgh. grand
mother of th * child , c mmenced having
Huasino , and died last Monday at the same
| > lace. [ Hebron Journal.
T e Fjrmcn.1 A'llano'K ' ufOt'f runnty
hel'l ' ammutif IiiSiiftr" " l.vt . Wiinlaj ,
the 4..h inet. , ortf nizeJuCounty AhUuca ,
and anix > inted a part of their county or-
ganMng committee. The attendance was
tiotlnrgr , but all seemed determined touse
their utmost endeavors to extend the or.
ganUa'ifii ' Into every prerlncte , before the
opening of the approaching campaign.
They ho u to have u Urgur attendance at
the Juno meeting.
It wiia nt Osceota , Polk county , The
woman sufferers we e condoling over the
tyrrtmles of man. A horrid man with real
pants arewe and mufei' that tha women
present vote ou the nuffraittt question. The
chairwoman's cominvnta upon this motion ,
aavs The llecord , revealed a ' 'cut-and-
diieel"state ff Ihlnit * which really burpils-
cd tie audience. She arone and remarked
in the rooit artless manner , ax though
It were a coimn < ui occurrence , "Idont
know what to do about this motion. I
was handed paper with the programme
Qn It and thU motion U not on the paper. '
The motion was upt put. *
INDUSTRIAL NOTES ,
There r 9.JI59 munnfivctnrlog t V > -
lisnments in Wisconsin.
Parties from Boston are talking of tt >
tablidhlng : . In Chlcign , n Urge manuli.cto
ry for making steel und other car wh els.
The Michigan Cnr Company ( Detroit
last year completed 0,000 frieght caw.
'itlng 30,000,000 feet of lumber and 40,000
to 50,00 tons of iron nnd utetl.
The SchenecUdy Locomotive works em
ploy 1001 men nnd manufacture 1C engines
iior month. They i re erecting new tmlld
ings which more than double their capaci
ty.
Buildings for A new locomotive works In
Scheii ctady are to le erected thi oson.
The works wilt be styled the McQueen
Locomotive Works , and have ft capacity
of tw engines per week ,
California farmers are ft little disturbed
to find seven Chinese capita.U ! ! In posses-
Kioti of ft 4,000-atre trnct in Snn Matco
county , where 300 coolies are to be cm-
ptojea In Its cultivation.
The Grant Worki , at Pnlterson , ro.
polled favorable progress with the remod
eled boiler of tha new water gas lo emo
tive. The changes in thin boiler relate to
the flues , with a view to the more perfccl
circulation of the burning gas.
Mail , Foss & Co. , Springfield , O. , man.
ufncturrrc , nmonjr ninny other thing ; , o
the celebrated Iron Wind Kninoa wen
awarded the Urge gold medal , on wim
cnciues , nt the Kxnoeltion lately hrld a
Adelaide , South Australia , for superior
merit. This medal Is of the fmoit AustrA
Han gold and is very valuable.
Thototnl quantity of Be emor stee
ingots produced In the Unit d States In
1881 was 1,530,157 net ton" , or 1,374,247
jrro H toni ( of 2,210 Its. ) . The production
in 1860 was 1,374.247 net toni ; in 18 a ,
928.072 net tons in 1878 , 732,220 net tons.
The increased production of 1831 over 1880
wns 335,9ft i net tons , or 28 per cent.
Ono of the hardest wood * in existence
is that if til * desert irouwood tree , which
grows in the dry washes along the line o :
tlio Southern Pacific railroad. Its specific
gravity is nearly the same ns that o
lignum-vitip , and it has a black heart , so
hard , when well seasoned , that it will
turn th edge of an axe , nnd can hardly be
cut hy a well-tempered saw.
Among the new business enterprises In
Chattanooga , Tcnn , , now under way , are ,
a , stock company with a capital of 875,000
to manufacture plows ; n stock CTilpanj
with a capital of 850,100 to manufacture
stoves ; the East Chattanooga Iron com
pany will erect a blnst furnace with a cap
ital sto < k of about $200,000 , nnd there Is
also talk of ono or two morq furnaces be
ing built in the city.
The two furnaces at Oxmoor. Ala. , nre
operating very successfully. Now I oilsrs
are being put uivnnd the furnaces wiL
bp generally overhauled. They now turn
out about 80 tons per day. Alabama fur
naces on the Selma , Home & Dalton rail
road will soon be transferred to Nobles &
Ware , of Vnustown. The furnace will
be greatly improved , nnd its daily yield
will be iuc-eased to 50 tons.
The Denver fCol. ) Furnace and Rolling
Mlli Company h is been incorporated witt
n capital of $2,000,000. The company pro
pose to erect a l rgo furnace , of modern
construction , for the production of pig
iron for foundry purposes , after which 8
rolling mill for the conversion of pit ; into
merchant bar iron. Finns are already pre
pared , nnd ground will ba broken for the
construction of the works within n sborl
time.
An.Knglish firm of tobacco manufac
turers hare completed a table showing the
amount of tobacco 'manufactured , the
revenue nnd the amount consumed per
head of the population during tbn forty
years from 18-10 to 1850. From this it ap
pears that in the former year the quantity
of toba.Mo used was 22,876,641 pound * ,
and the quantity per head of the popula
tion wua 0.80 pounds , Erery year the
manufacture inciensed up to 1877 , when
there was a slight decline until 1880 , in
which year the total WAS -19,174,00 :
pounds. The consumption per head ol
the population in 1879 t ! at in 1880 not
being iiven ; was 1.41 pounds.
The profits of a bale of o tton made into
sheetings in southern cotton mills u thus
igured down by Mr. Hammett , president
of the Piedmont foctorv.r-f Georgia : Cosl
of bale , $45 ; cost of manufacturing , trans
portation nnd commission , $23.b2 ; total
cost. SG8.G2. Value cf the produce of a
bale made into sheetings , $86.16 ; net
profits , $17,54. A New Orleana paper , in
commenting on this showing , . Btys : "In-
cl ding amount paid in wages , the manu
facture of u bale of cotton into c arse
goods , leaves $31.91 behind in the place
which manufautuies it almost as much as
the total value of the cottom. "
Previous to 1820 the total co.il produc
tion , of Pennsylvania hnd been 1,800 tens.
The total proauetinn did not reach one
million tons until 1837 , after which it fell
of ! to lens than that amount for n couple
of years. The production did not reach
ten million tons until 186.1 , since which
time it has not fallen below that figure ,
but has pretty steadily incren ed. In 187i
the total production reached 32,880,921
tons , from which it gradually declined
until 1878 , when it had fallen to 18,600,000
tons. The following year , 1870 , it rose to
27,711,250 tons. In 1881 the total pro
duction wns 10,271,940 tons. The total
production of anthracite coal in Pennsyl
vania , from the opening of the mines to
the close of j881 , is stated at 482,979,490
tons.
Cruelty of Stock Gamblers.
From the Nation.
Some of the great operators make
the nearest approach to Satanic ; meth
ods , in their falsehood , treachery , and
indifference to the fate of friends and
foes which thu modern business world
has yet witnessed. They remind ono
of Olovis , the king of the Franks , who
is reputed to have killed all his rela
tions thnt ho could discover , and then
began wailing and lamenting his deso
late , kinless state in the hope that
moro relations would show themiolveR ,
so Hint ho mtght kill them loo.
DYING BY INCHES.
Very often wo see a person suflbring
from sonic form of kidney complaint ,
and is gradually dying by inches
This no longer need bo so , for Electric
Bitlors will posilively euro Bright's
disease , or any diseases of the kidneys
or urinary organs. They are especially
adapted lo thii class of diseases , acting
directly on Iho stomach and liver at
the same lime , und will speedily cure
where every olher remedy has failud.
Sold at fifty cents a bottle bylsh&
MoMahon. (5) ( )
DeiterkTMasfiM
WILL KU.SI
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Cjill titflf r lloom 8. pel. h > ( y t * * nehi.
J. L. WILKIE ,
MANUFACTURER OF
PAPER BOXES ,
218 aud 320 8. Mth St.
. , - - arena.
Geo. P. Bemis
REAL ESTATE AGENCY ,
16th and Dodgaeti. , Omihm , Neb ,
Tot * geccy aoe * nmcrtia brokerage builnin.
ntipcculate and thtrelcr * uy bartalai
onoki are liitured to > " > lu.Uad
HOUSES
J
LOTS
For Sale By
FIFTEENTH AND DOUGLAS m
178 , llouno 8 room * , full lot on ricroo neat
2uth street , Jl.CM.
177 , Houpo 2 mores , full lot on Douglas ncar-
26th si reel , $700.
176 , TlcMititiil residence , full lot on CaMiitar
18th street , 812,000.
174 , Two housu nod } lot on Dodro noir OUi
street , $1 500.
170Uouo thrro room" , two closets , o'c , , hall
lot on 21st i car Oraro street , fSOO.
172 , One and ono-h < 1 ( story brick house an
two lota on LouRlan near 2Sth etnet , 81,7(0. (
171 , Homo two rooms , * ellcittcrn , triable , o o
full lot near IMirco and ISlh stre-t , $960.
170 , One and ono hall srory hoti o six rooms-
Mid well , hal/ / lot on Convent street near St.
ll rj avenue , 81,860.
No. 170 , llou'O i free rooms on Cllr.ton st root-
ncnr shot toner , $326.
No. 1P9 , House and 83x120 feet lot on
street near Wcbsti r street , $3GO.
No. 1CR , House o ( 11 roon s , lot 33x120 fett on
10th mar Hurt street , { 5,000.
No. 107 , Two story house , 8 rooms 4 clnrctv
good ccl'ar 18th btrcct ' '
, on near I'oppleton'B *
No. 105 , New house of 0 rooms , half lot on
Izard mar loth Btrcct , Sl.BEO.
No. 104 , Ono and ono lull story house 8 rooms ,
on 18th Btrcct i car Lca\c ( worth , $3,600.
N , 101 , Ono and orit-hult story I ouso of D-
rooms near Hanscom Park , f 1COO.
No. 163 Two houses fi rooms each , closets , etc
on Curt street near 26th , $3,600.
No. 167 , house 0 rocnis , full lot on 10th.street
hear Lcavcnwortb , $2,400.
No. ICO , House 4 largn rooms , 2 closets
hall aero on Burt etrcol near Dtition , 81,200.
No. 165 , Two houses , ono of 6 and ono of 4
rooms , on 17th Street near Marcy. $3'iOO. '
No. 154 , Three houses , one ol 7 and two of 6
rooirn each , and corner lot , on Cass near 14th
strc-t , $1,000.
Nr. 163 , small house and full lot on Paclflc-
near 12th street , $2,600.
No. 161 , Ono story house 0 rooms , on Lemon-
worth near 10th , (3,000.
No. 160 , Hoiso thico rooms and lot 02x116-
near 20th and Farnham , 82,600.
No. 148 , Now house ol eight rooms , en 18th ,
street mar Lwucnworth $3,100.
No. 147 , House of 13 rooms on 18th street
near llarcy , 85COO.
No. 140 , IIou o ol 10 rooms and IJlots on 18tb
strctt near Marcy , $0.000.
No. 146 , House tvyo Urge rooms , lot 07x210 foe
on Shorn , an aVenueflGth street ) near Nicholas.
SJ.600.
No 143 , House 7 rooms , barn , on 20th street
near Loavcnwortt , $2,600.
No. 142 , Hou'o 6 rooms , kitchen , etc. , on 10th.
street near Nicholas , $1,875.
No. 141 , Hou o 3 rooms on Douglas near 20tb
Btrcct , $050.
No. 110 , Largo houto aud two lots , on 241
near Farnham strait , $8,0 0.
No. 130 , HcusoS rooms , lot COxlCO } feel , on.
Douglas near 27th Btrcct , $1,600.
No. 137 , House G room * and hall lot on Caplto
a\cnuo near 23d street , $2,300.
No. 138 , House and half aero lot on Cumlug
Btrcct mar 24th fcs&O.
No. 131 , House 2 ro'ms , full lot , on Izard
ncan 21-tt street. $300.
No. 129 , Twu houses ono of 0 and ono of 4
rooms , on leased lot on Webster nearSOtb street ,
92,6011 ,
No. 127 , Tn o story 1 ouso 8 rooms , half lot on
Webster near 10th $3,600.
No. 12D , House 3 rooms , lot 20x120 feet on
20th street near Douploa , $076.
No , 125 , Two t-tory house on 12th near Dodge
strc et lot mCS f eot $1,200.
No. 124 , Largo house and full block near
Farnham and Central street , $3,000.
No. 123 , IIouso 6 rooms mid largo lot on Soun
ders street near Barracks , $2100.
No. 122 , House 0 rooms and halt lot on Web
ster near 15ih Btrcct , $1,600.
No. 118 , House 10 rooms , lot 80x90 feet oa
Capitol acnuo near 22d street , $2,050.
No. 117 , House 3 rooms , lot 30x123 feet , on
Capitol avenue near 22d $1,600.
No. 114 , House 3 rooms on Douglas near 20tb.
-treat , $760.
So. 113 , House 2 rooms , lot 00x99 fcot on
near Cumlcg ttrcet , $750.
No. 112 , Urick house 11 rooms and hall let on-
GJSS near 14th street , $2,800.
No. Ill , House 12 roomsjon JDavenpoit near
20th street , $7,0 0.
No. 110 , Brick house and lot 22x132 feet on-
Cass street near 15th , $3,000.
No. 108 , Largo house on Harney near 10th-
'strect , $3,600.
No 109 , Two houses and SOxlS2 foot lot no-
Gas * near 14th street , $3,600.
No. 107 ; House 6 rooms and half lot on Izar
near 17th str-ct , 81,200.
1\0.100. House and lot 61xl08feet , lot on 14lb
near 1'lcrco street , e < iO , . . , , , . .
No. li 6 , Two story house Brooms with 1 } lot
on fceward near Saunilers street , 82,800
No. 103 , One and one hall etory house 10 rooms-
Webster near 10th street , $2,600.
No. 102 , Two houses 7 rooms each and J lot .on-
14th near Chicago. $4,0,0.
No. 10 } , Honso 3 rooms , cell r , etc. , 1J lote on ,
South avenue rear Pacific stroo' , $1,050.
No. 100 , House 4 rooms , cellar , etc. , half lot
on Izard street near Iflih , $2,000.
No. 09 , Very large houto and full lot on Har
ney near 14th street , $9 000.
No. 07 , .Largo houeo of 11 rooms on Shermaoi
avenue near Clark street , make an offer.
No. 06 , One and one half story house 7 rooms-
lot 240x401 feet , stable , etc. , on Bherman ave
nue near Urace , 17 tOO. _
No. 02 , Large brick house two lots on Daven
port street near 19th $18,000.
No. 00 , Largo ho' so and full , lot on Dodc-
near 18th ftreit , 87,001. '
No. 89. Large hausa 10 rooms hall lot on ZOtb
ear California street , $ ? ,600.
No. 88 , largo house 10 or 12 rooms , beautiful'
corner lotonCa&ni.ar 4 > th , $7,000.
No. 87 , Two story house 3 rooms C acres eland
land en Baunders street ntar Barracks , $2,000
No. 86 Two stores and a resilience on leased ,
half lot.near Mason and 10th street , $ SOO.
No 84 , Two story hou'o 8 rooms , closets , e'c. ,
wlihSacrcsof ground , on Saunders street near-
Omaha UirrACks , $2 600.
No. f , House of 0 TOOTS , half lot on Capitol
avenilo near 12th street. $2fOO.
No 62 , One and one hall story ouse , fl rooms
lull lot on Pierce near 20th street , $1,800.
No. 81 , Two 8 story houses , one of 0 and one
0 rooms , Chicago St. , near 12th , $3,000.
No. 80 House 4 rOoms , closets , etc. , largo lot
on 18th strett mar White Lead works. $1,300.
No. 77,1 argo house of 11 rooms , closets , col
lar , ctj. , with IJlotrn Farnham ncarlOth street ,
ko. 70 , Orean-Jono-hall story house r f 8 ro > .m * ,
lotCfli8 > ftet on Cassnear 14th street , $4,600.
No. 76 , Housu 4 rooms and basement , Io
105x132 feet on Harcy near 8th street , $075.
No. 74 , Large brick house and two full lots on
Davenport near 16tn street , $15.100.
No. 73 One and one-halt story homo and lot
30x182 feet on Jac > son near 12th street , $1.800.
No. 72 , Large brick house 11 room * , full lot
on Da\o port near 16th street , $5.0J | | .
Na. 71 , targe hou e 12 rooms , lull lot on Call-
ornla near 20ih iitrcet , $7,090.
No. 05 , Stable and 8 full lots on Franklin street
near Baunderc , IX.OOO.
No. 64 , To story frame building , store belnw
and rooms above , on leaded lot on Dodge near
16th street , f800
No. 3 , House 4 rooms , basement , etc. , lot
)3x2SOfqet on 18th street mar > all Works ,
'
fo. 02 , New houte 4 rooms one story , full lot
on Harney near 21st street , $1,750.
No. 01 , Larg < huuso 10 rooms , full lot on Bur
coar 21et street , $5,000.
No. 00 , House 3 ro ms , half lot on Dvenpcrt
near 23d stre.t , 1,000.
No 69 , Four houses and half lot on Caw near
18th strutt $2600. \
No. 68 , House of 7 rooms , full lot Webster
near 21st street , $2,600.
No. 67. house of B r Joins , lot 00x140 feet on
21't street near Ut. Mary's avenue. $3,000.
No. 68 , Hoiueof 10 looms , full lot on Califor
nia near iM Ktrect , $3,600.
Vn fo , 11 lUteU roams , two full 1 U on 10th
net iirtr I'Jiil , * IWU.
.So. 49 , Urlck , li uu 11 rooms , fall lot on Kuru-
iara n ar 17th stre et , $0,000.
No. 48 , House of U rooms , half lot on Facia
near th street , $3,000.
No. 43 , IIouso and two lota ou Chicago
22d street , 7t 0.
No 37 , Housu of 8 rooms , 1 } lots or. 19th nee
Nicholas street , $3OH > , . . . .
No. 8 , Two S story brick houses with lot
44x132 fett on Chicago near 18th street , $6.60
'
each ,
No. 45 , Largo-house 7 rooms , closets , etc. ,
18th street near Clark , $3,000.
No.44Hou > oand full lot on Chicago ne
t2st street , $5,000.
No. 48 , Largo house wlth.full block nuar tb
o er , $2,000.
$2,000.BEMIS'
REAL ESTATE AGENCY
16tb and Douglas Street ,
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