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El ROSEWATEB , Editor.
EVERY important outcome in polit
ical contests , as well as labor troubles ,
has been the result of compromise.
A EMAI > BSTATB boom in revolution
ary battlefields may bo expected , since
& Virginia congressman has introduced
a bill asking the government to pay
$25,000 for the form on which the bat
tle of Torktown was fought.
WBLL paid labor is always the most
profitable , And those employers who
treat their employes with the greatest
consideration invariably secure the
greatest amount of work for their
money.
TUB Erie canal will bo open for
business in the latter part of April.
If the railroads propose to raise their
tariffs on east bound freight they can
not issue the necessary orders any too
soon. In six weeks water competition
will drain the starch out of high rate
eastern freights.
SOUTHBRH democrats profess to bo
able to kill whatever of vitality there
is loft in the liberal movements in
ttibir several states this summer by
liberalizing their platforms. When
thoi tissue ballot is exchanged for the
school house the dawn of prosperity
In the south , of which we hoar so
much , will brighten into 'day.
SENATOR EDMUNDS persists in de
clining the tender of the supreme
judgeship made him by President Ar
thur. No man in the senate is bettor
fitted for the position than Mr. Ed
munds , who , In point of native ability ,
legal learning and sterling integrity ,
la the peer of any member of that
body. His acceptance of a plao on
the bench would give his seat in the
senate to a railroad lout of very mod
erate abilities , and on this account the
people may congratulate themselves
that "tho watch dog of the treasury"
baa decided to remain at his post.
TUB incroasp of our imports , which
show a marked upward tendency ,
make it certain that the surplus rovo-
nuo'of the government will bo greater
at the end of the current year than at
any previous time in our history. Al
lowing for all the claims upon the na
tional treasury for tbo expenses of
maintaining the government , includ
ing pensions and interest on the na
tional obligations , and adding to this
a sum sufficient to make a total reduc
tion of 9100,000,000 in our public
debt by the end of the fiscal year , it
is plain that the country can bo re
lieved of at least $60,000,000 in taxa
tion without injury to any of its in
terests.
Congress has recognized this fact
clearly during the present session.
The only question over which there is
any dispute is iu what direction it
will bo most advisable to begin the
reduction in our surplus rovonuo.
Outside of the taxes on tobacco and
liquors the government during 1881
collected $11,133,168. This sum was
the result of taxes laid during the war
upon matches , patent , medicines , bank
checks , bank capital and bank do.
poiita. Three at least of those
those on matches , patent medicines
and bank checks , ought at\mco to bo
repealed , All are indirect taxes on
consumers and come out of the pock
eUof , the people. The match tax
offers a direct premium on monopoly.
The tax on chocks is thrown upon
every .depositor in a bank , and the
import on druggists sundries is an un
w rrantablo burdou on a single Hue of
trade which h
opposition to every
precedent and principle of our govern
ment , When those are moved t
committee on ways and mean * will do
well to direct their attention to a re
ductlon f taxation on raw materials
used in American manufactures. This
is a rorision of the tariff which ought
to moot with no opposition from ad
vocates of industry in the United
Otates. The tax on crude chemicals ,
drugs ana dye stuffs might safely bo
remitted , Quinine is now free of
duty , while Peruvian bark , from
which qulnia is extracted , is taxed to
the direct profit of European manu.
/acturers.
RESPONSIBILITY AND REM-
EDT.
Busincw men of this city whoso ps-
tronago has built up THB BKE nro the
men who are responsible for the exist
ence and influence of that organ of
riot and mob violence. A half dozen
times within as many years has that
communistic shoot shown its red
hand in a game of violence and blood
such as was rconactnd on our streets
yesterday. The business patrons of
THE BBR have themselves to thank
for the strength for evil which that
incendiary shoot wields when the mob
overrides law and order , and the
rights of property and person. [ Re
publican.
Business men of Omaha patronize
TUB BKE because it is the only me
dium through which they can reach
their own patrons. They patronize
TUB 'UHE because it pays them to ad
vertise in n paper that circulates over
8,000 dallies within our city limits ,
where the Republic. circulates loss
than 000 and the Herald less than
7 00. They patronize TnKBEB , not as
a matter of. charity , but as n business
investment that yields the most
profitable returns.
The responsibility for the oxistonoo
and influence of THE BEE is not with
the business men of Omaha , but with
thodishonostnndmorconarypublishers
of Omaha .dailies , who are not only
soul and body the property of cor
porate monopolies , but are always in
: ho market to sustain jobbery and
public plunder , whether it bo a
scheme like the Holly water job or a
defense .of star route thieves.
Had the men who publish The Her
ald and Republican given Omaha hon
est , reliable and fearless newspapers
n which the community could repose
conGdonco , TJIB BEE would have no
existence to-day.
But why do those editors of reader-
loci papers charge THE BEK with beIng -
Ing the organ of riot and mob violence
lence ? Oan they .cito'a single sentence
uttered by this paper in advocacy , de
fense or justification of riot or mob
violence ?
Have they forgotten the memorable
uprising of workingmen in Omaha
during the Pittsburg riots -when the
editor of THE Bra by a personal ap
peal against mob law saved their
printing houses from being demolish
ed by a mobf
Have they forgotten that the peace
able settlement of the smelting works
strike two yours ago was largely duo
to the efforts of this paper as an advo
cate of arbitration between the strik
ers and their employers }
What foundation is there for the
duo and cry which the monopoly
organs raise against THE BEE every
time that laboring men Are engaged
in a conflict ! The editor of THE BEE
lias lived in Omaha moro than eigh
teen years During that period ho
liaa contributed moro than $15,000
in taxes to this city and county and
always has boon and is to-day iden
tified with the growth and prosperity
of Omaha as much as any other man
engaged in the publication of a news
paper. All the fruits of a lifo time of
unceasing labor and his hopes and
aspirations for the future are centred-
tioro. Nobody in the city has moro
at stake in its future growth , and of
all men ho is the last to desire a de
struction of property or a stoppage of
public improvements.
But the editor of TUB BEX differs
very radically with the editors of- the
Herald and Republican as to the
rights and wrongs of labor and the
treatment of workingmon.
Having boon a wage worker lo
{
many years , ho has always sympa
thized with workingmen in their ef
forts to bettor their condition. .Ho
regards laborers and mechanics as hu
man beings , whoso earnings should bo
sufficient to a/lord / them and their
families food , raiment and shelter.
The editors of The Herald and Re
publican look upon workingmen as
more boasts of burden. They crack
their whips over them as if they wore
unruly mules , and hound them down
as if they were a pack of wolves.
They forget that oven mules will re
sent cruel treatment , and men of flesh
and blood will not tamely submit to
being oursod , kicked and abused like
dogs.
dogs.And
And when this brutality is resented
the cry pf communist and nihilist is
raised , and the responsibility for the
bitter feeling aroused among workingmen -
men by imprudent employers and
brass-collared editors is charged upon
the newspaper that dares to plead for
huiuano treatment for laboring men.
Nobody deplores the existing state
of affairs moro than wo do , but wo
don't believe that vile abuse of work-
ingmoii will restore friendly relations
between laborerand employer. Wlmt
the busiuoas men and men of all
classes in Omaha ohould labor for is a
conference that will bring about an
amicable understanding with the
working people , and the establish
incut of a scale of wages for the sea
son satisfactory to all concerned.
TUB annual report of the Union
Pacific shows not earning for the past
year of $11,778,474 , and an expendi
ture of $590,740 in replecing rails on
the liuu. Tiio grots earnings of the
company were reported at 824,258-
817. After satiifying their interest
obligations thu directors were onublud
to declare a quarterly dividend of 1J
par cent on millions of dollars of > rut-
urud stock.
Tin energy with with General Van
Wyck Is pushing his inquiriosinto our
system of land frauds Is worthy of the
highest praise. Seltlorf in Southern
Nebraska will bo especially gratified
to learn that the senator on Wednes
day introduced a bill hi the senate
which bears directly upon the cases
of the gang of land sharks who have
boon plying their nefarious trade
upon the occupants of lands along the
line of the St. Joseph and Western
railroad. The history of this fraud
was given some weeks ago by Til *
BBB and allusion was made at the
tlmo to Senator Van Wyck's efforts
to protect the homes of our farmers
in that section of the state. Entries
of lands made before the filing of the
railroad claim to the land grant and to
which title was given by the United
States certainly ought to bo protected
by the government. \ The principal
feature of General Van Wyck's
bill directs the attorney
general to appear and defend the title
of the purchaser , pro-omptoror settler
whenever any railroad or other cor
poration claims the name land under
the land grants of the United States.
It will bo soon that this provision ap
plies directly to the Knovals cases.
Knovals * fraudulent title was secured
for a song from the tit. Joseph it
Western company nearly ton years
after settlement was made on the
disputed quarter sections , and the put
up teat cases which resulted in favor of
the land sharks are not likely to stand
fire when brought under the notice of
the higher courts. It' is to render
such appeal possible in suits where
the value of the property under dispute
puto is loss than $5,000 that a clause
has boon introduced byv Senator Van
Wyck in his bill providing that the
attorney general shall appeal to the
supreme court , if necessary , to settle
the title of the settler with
out regard to the value of
the property or the real-
donco of the parties interested ,
and also that nil proceedings and executions
cutions shall bo stayed except in t
lost suit.
General Van Wyok has bopn earn
estly pressing this matter since the
opening of the congressional session.
At his request a special investigation
was hold at Lincoln in January to ob
tain materials for a report upon the
Knovals' claim , and the results ap
peared a few weeks later in a resolu
tion offered by the senator , instruc
ting the attorney-general to defend
the government's original title to the
lands afterwards vested in the settlors.
The bill just introduced in the senate
is favorably considered by the committee
mittoo on public lands and will un
doubtedly bo as favorably reported to
the senate. If it secures a passage ,
General Van Wyok will have addi
tional claims upon the gratitude oi
his Nebraska constituents.
CABLEGRAMS announce that there
was a general fall of European stocks
yesterday on the London exchange in
consequence of grave apprehensions
of a coming rupture between Russia
and Germany. General Skobeloff has
boon received with great favor at the
court'of the czar and still breathes
forth Ihreatonings and slaughter
against Gorman influence. The sultan
is anxious to conclude an offensive one
defensive alliance .with the Emperor
William as againstRussia , and various
other foreign straws point to trouble
in the near futuro.
Senator Sauudora has submitted a
joint resolution proposing an amend
ment to the constitution allowing the
people to elect their postmasters , in
ternal revenue officers , United States
marshals and district attorneys. He
has studied the question as a member
of the civil service reform committee ,
and is satisfied that this is a wise and
essential reform [ Associated Press
Dispatch.
Senator Saunders is eminently cor
rect in his conclusions about the civil
service , but wo fear ho will not pul !
the proposed constitutional amend
ment through during his official term.
NEDUAHKA has been hoard from in
favor of opening the water route to
the seaboard. Hon. R. 8. Jfalonoy ,
one of the delegates from this state
chosen at the St. Joseph convention
to represent the needs of the Missouri
valley at Washington , has boon hoard
before the committee on commerce ,
and we have no- doubt made a favor
able impression.
Valentine's Record.
Mlobrara Pioneer.
Mr. Valentino's ability as a states
man is greatly over-estimated , while
his ability for wire-pulling and ques
tionable maneuvering is not denied.
True , ho has been elected to con
gress by fair majorities. But let us
go back and ask if his early works
have not boon deliberate steals ? Tuko
his record as a w rl pulitioitti in
Omaha , and it will idt Itur bonuiny ,
Look at his record ub m'istur of the
United States land oflico when at
West Point , und it would not bo
called honest among honorable men.
Trace hi * record to the judgi'ship of
thin district , which was a deliberate
steal , and it shows but the successful
work of an unscrupulius politician.
Viuw his success as congressman , and
the start comes from like methods.
A flyimwfhy was felt just at that time
aver the death of lion , Frank
Welsh , und Mr , Valentino stepped
into hia place through trickery ,
promise * and political debauchery.
Knox county furnished delegates from
Holt and Pierce counties , and fliini-
lar methods m other counties in
Northern Nebraska , except
were used in the management of his
irst nomination. At his second
nomination it was made almost unani
mous as a matter of courtesy and for
iho purpose of following the long es
tablished precedent to allow a con-
rrcssman from the slate two terras.
Being presidential year , there was no
organized fight made and the "unani
mous" dodge was merely the outcome
of a desire on the part of the niiti
element of the state to create har
mony.
A sympathiser for star route
swindlers , a sinecure of the Union
Pacific and other monopolies , a cham
pion of the bill to provide for back-
ay of n contingent congressman who
. .as done no work , and a friend to the
worst element of a political party , the
people can judge for themselves how
far The Pioneer misleads them from a
duty to which they ewe good , honest ,
faithful government.
HonryWSrcl Boochor.
Chicago Time * , March 7.
The sudden illness which compelled
the Rev. Henry Ward Becohor to
leave the platform before reaching the
middle of his lecture , last night , can
hardly foil to excite fears that it was
the bogining of the end of A career
that for its brilliance and itn duration
has had few rivals. It may have boon
merely a passing weakness , the result
of fatiquo and some recent impairment
of health , but , where a constitution
has shown such wonderful strength as
that of the pastor of Plymouth church
the first signs of its decay seem emi
nous. So little has Mr. Beechorshown
the effect of ago that it is only by re
flecting on the length of time that he
has boon a national character that one
realizes how near ho is to the tradi
tional limit of three-score years and
ton. On the 24th of npxt June ho
will lack but a year of thin point. Ho
comes of a family , however , that is aa
distinguished for its vitality as for its
genius. His lather , one of the most
eminent and influential of American
clergymen , died at the ago of 88. His
sister Catherine , who was born in the
year 1800 , only died a couple of years
ago , and his still moro distinguished
suter Harriet is a year hia senior.
Few men at the ago of 68 defy years ,
maintain their health and strength ,
and continue in the performance of all
their duties duties moro numerous
and arduous than most men are able
to perform at carlies periods in lifo.
Though ho has all his lifo worked with
exceptional industry , and in a wide
range of occupations , the ago of ' 68
finds him doing the work of a pas'tor ,
a lecturer , an editor , a miscellaneous
writer , tariff-reformer , an after-din
ner speaker , and a man taking an ac
tive part in all public movements.
Though the extent of his pastoral la-
bora has rendered an assistant neceisa-
ry , his physical condition has not.
Instead of husbanding his strength ,
and as his years increase , decreasing
thu amount of his work , ho has con
tinued all his varied employments , as
though what is advanced age for most
men were the prime of lifo for him.
Mr. Beecher was born in Litchfiold ,
Conn. , and graduated at Amhorat col
lege in 1834 , at the , ago of 21. Ho
did not make a high record for him
self in his classes , but the tireless ac
tivity of the man over since ho left
college , and the success ho has at
tained in so many kinds of work , for
bid the idea that he idled , away his
time ; he may not have worked as the
professors wanted him to work , but
ho must have done work of some kind ,
and a good deal of it. In his fondness
for the fields he cultivated that close
observation which has always distin
guished him , and acquired a physical
strength that has served him well. Ho
has occasionally said that there was
not afoot of ground within ton miles
of the college that ho did not know
well , and the fondness for nature that
impelled him to his long walks has
never ceased. Immediately after leav
ing college ho studied theology al
Lane seminary , near Cincinnati , ol
which TUB father had not long before
become president , and in 1836 ho edi
ted The Cincinnati Journal. After a
pastorago of two years in Lawrence-
burg , Ind. , he was pastor of a Presby
terian church in Indianapolis for eight
years. Ho then accepted a call to the
pastorate of a newly-formed Congrega-
'tional church in Brooklyn , which was
named for the landing place on this
continent of the Pilgrims , and that
pastorate ho has hold for the long pe
riod of thirty-five years , during which
time the church has grown to be the
largest one of its order , and perhaps
of any order , in the United States.
Almost from the first ho achieved a
reputation aa a pulpit orator and that
reputation extended in area and in
creased in degree so that for many
years ho has been recognized as one
of the first orators of the age. Hit )
abilities as a public speaker were not
limited to the pulpit. As a lecturer
ho has had no superior and few men
who could bo counted rivals. On all
great public questions ho has always
boon ready to speak with marvelous
effectiveness. At a time when the
slavery question was as much of an
apple of discord in the churches as in
politics , ho was an out-spoken aboli
tionist ; during the war ho was in .con
stant request aa a champion of the
union cause on the platform , and
since that period ho has been equally
at the service of and in demand by all
public movemtnta iu behalf of relig
ion and philanthropy. Besides his
work in the pulpit and on the plat
form ho has found time and strength
to contribute for twenty years to The
Independent , of which ho was the ed
itor for two years , 'and since 1870 he
has held the editorship of The Chris
tian Onion. Ho has written frequent
ly for The Ledger , including his uovel
"Norwood , " and has published a
whole library of mormons as reported
by a stenographer , essays on various
subjects , and u ' Life of Christ. " In
1B7J ho delivered thu course of lec
tures at Yale on preaching.
An Inland Sea Serpent Under Ice.
Tule ( Oregon ) Letter In the AthlandTldlngs.
Michael Hartley , in digging a hole
in the ice of the lake for his cattle to
drink from , discovered a { Ipep hole
near the edge of the lake , in which
was an immense fish. Ho said it
seemed to bo about eighteen foot long ,
and its body . appeared as thick
through as a horse ; it had tins und
scales and head something like a dog.
Ho struck it twice with hut axe , once
on the nock , but did not succeed in
killing it , Ho and some other men
wont the next day to hunt for it , but
could not find it. Mr. Hartley thinks
itln salt water fish , which liar pome up
Klamath river from the ocpan pnd
crossed through Lost river slough into
Tulo lake when the water was high.
OCCIDENTAL JOTTINGS ,
CALIFORNIA.
A ccntleman In 8f n Bernardino county
old his place the other day { or $24,000.
A year ago ho offered it at 87,60 , ) .
The funded debt of Liusen county on
January 1 , 183A WM $ % 4GC.88. War
rants redeemed February C , 1882 , $955.03 ,
Prevent in cbtedntn ? , $1,511.80.
Thu American colony of Southe n Cali
fornia has been orvunized by excursionists
from the cant , tour thousand acres of
land will be . .purchased. The capital in
$100,000.
Santa Cruz county baa 3,738 school chil
dren , and the amount apportioned from
the state school fund for this numuer
amounts to 920,240. Montcry county ,
with 3,189 children , gets * 2 < ! ,38G 78.
A Baptist minister in ftapa created a
sonsatii u lately bv proposing marriage to
one at the members of his congregation , an
old la ly SO y an M , who had come into
ossession of a largo farm in Lake county.
liis clerical suitor la 0. At first the lady
refuted hia proposal , but alter much press-
ins' of his love ehc wavered and was about
to accept him , when her Iriencla saw
through the thin disguise of the minister
and prevailed upon her to have nothiiigto
do with him. rtfter his little scheme col
lapsed ha loft Napa.
MONTANA.
forged bank checks ore floating around
liutto.
A $150,000 hotel , with $5CO rooms in it ,
is to be built in the National park.
During 1882 , the Northern Pacific will
carry fiuit and ornamental trees free of
charge for eettlcrs along ita line of rood ,
RChoteau county capitalists have invested
$2 < JU,000 in a cattle ranch in Texas 14 , .
COO acres oi land and 16,000 head of cat
tie.
tie.The
The residents of Eastern Montana are
confident of the mineral portion of the
Crotr reservation bei g opened for settle
ment ,
On account of rivalry in the laundry
busnes ! , two Mieeoufa Chinamen last
week bent an old Indian woman almost to
death.
There are too many divorce cases pend
ing in the courts .of Montana for'the old
bachelors to ever expect a heavy emigra
tion of eastern girls in that direction.
During the month of 1'ebruary the
amount of bullion receive 1 at the United
States assay office at Helena amounted to
874,588.20 Gold , $00,022.81 ; sil er , $13 , .
905,95.
The tlmidest an in Montana is a press
man who reiuses to print a newspaper in
which there is a giant powder advertise
ment , lie's afraid of an explosion. The
business manager gave him a good blowing
up about it.
COLORADO.
Work will be soon commenced on the
proposed Jewish Synagogue at Denver.
It will cost about $25,000. v
The new $25,000 edifice of the Christian
church congregation of Denver , will be
completed by the 1st of October.
The sheriff of Weld county has arrested
five parties for selling liquor without a
licens on the line of the Burlington &
Missouri railroad.
It now looks as though Denver were to
have an elevated railway. The city en
gineer , it is said , Is preparing plans and
specifications for such an institution to be
built from " \Vnzee street to the west side of
West Denver.
The samples of ore taken from tha Rob
inson mine were assayed at one of the
largest smelting works of Leadville. The
returns were AS follows : The first assay
waa from the largi face of ore at the end
of the d ift , and gave a return of sixty-two
and a half ounces of silver to the ton.
Sample number two was from the bottom
of the level , and contained considerable
galena. This osaayed:125 : ounces.
DAKOTA.
Aberdeen is soon to begin the erection
of a fine school house.
A Lutheran church will be built at
Mayville in the early spring.
The -Mitchell Capital says that contracts -
tracts have been let for an expenditure of
0 cr $200,000 in Mitchell during the
present year.
The Hydraulic company near Poctola ,
in the Southern Hills , is making prepara
tions to expend $50,000 thia year in im
provements.
Interest on the bonded indebtedness ol
Lawrence county to the amount of 837,600
fell due on the 1st inst. , and the county
had the money ready.
Huron papers , backed by the Huron
board of- trade , invite thd editor * ol
nouthern Dakota to meet there on the 24th
and 25th of May. for the purpose of
forming an editorial association and being
entertained.
George Brady , charged with the killing
of John Hunt at DeSmet a year ago , es
caped from jail at Brookings on the night
of the 28th of February , hut Sheriff 1U-
sum res ptured his man on the 2d inst. at
a farm house in Moody county.
NEVADA.
The total expenses of tne Virginia City
schools during the last month were 8-
148.95.
The flow of water from tha Sutro tunnel
last week was 0,538,819 gallons per twenty ,
four hours.
The first train on the Carson & Colorado
railroad arrived at Candelaria on the eve *
ning of February 28th and was received
with inutli enthusiasm.
The following coinage waa executed at
the ( Jarsun mint last mouth : Double eagles ,
$00,000 ; half eagles. $52,000 ; standard dol-
law , 8114,712 ; total$232,712.
The entire length of the road to be con
structed from Iteddlng to Itoseburg is 310
miles , of which 140 miles will be in Oregon
and 170 in California , Most of the route
is in untalnous , and consequently pretty
hard work.
The Kureka Leader publishes a compila
tion of statistic * , Riving the yield of over
800 miles in that district since January 1 ,
1873. It places the tot 1 number of tons
at 7C1.371 759-2000 and the total value at
$30,040,002.32.
The destruction of timber on the west
tide nf the Sierra and the Immense growth
of underbrush and second growth , is prov
ing favorable to wild animal life. Bear ,
deer , rabbit * , grouie , etc. , are much more
plentiful than they wera ten years ago.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Portlanl ha * decided to balld A $75,000
city hall.
The fools are not all dead. A cargo will
leave Liverpool April 1 for the land of the
latttr day tluners.
Nitinte n m n , f ur milieu ami four or
tivo Uiinameii u > m > t'tut llir | iupnluiiun
01 GaK'iu , Iilalij , lull wj.u.r.
A citizens' meeting has organized for
mutual protection against thieves , rob-
burn and incendiaries abunt Ketchum ,
Idaho.
An immense bed of sulphur baa been
din ovcred at San Pedro , eighte n miles
train Wallace , A. T , , on the Atchuon ,
Topuka & bauta Fe railroad.
Horse thieves raided a harness shop and
stable in Haw HUB , on the 10th. and were
departing with their plunder when greeted
by the sheriff. The > are now in jail.
Aged Gratitude-
FLINT , Mich , , June 22 , 1881.
II , W , WAHNEH & Co. ; Sirs I am
72 years old , and have not been so
wull in 20 yours an I am to-day , thanks
to your Safe Kidney and Liver Cure ,
the best remedy in the world
mchV-dlw JK
FORBIDDEN FRUITS.
The Liquor Leaking Out At tbo Bung.
bole of tne Drug Storos-A
Haunted Corn Crib ,
Etc , Etc.
Correspondence of tha Hie.
BLANCHARD , la. , March 8. Our
annual election of town oflicera was
held hero Monday , and resulted in
electing the people's ticket , or those
in favor of license oi saloons , That
soemcd to bo the only issue before the
pcoplo. Dr. Bcghtol was elected
mayor , Dr. Holliday and R. D. 0.
Wetmoro trustees , N. S. Miles as *
< esor , A. E. Pratt treasurer , and Prof.
Cunipboll recorder.
Moro than a year ago our people
closed out the saloons , but liquor kept
luuking out at the drug stores , and
some concluded that moro was leak
ing out thcro than when the saloons
were running. It seems that some
icoplo never would think of drinking
f it were not forbidden. It is on the
principle that if you want cattle to
oat n stack of old Hay , just put a fence
around it ; or if you want your daugh
ters to marry off quick , load up a shot
gun and threaten to shoot any young
man that comes around.
Sharp & McKnight , formerly of
Avery , Monroe county , Iowa , have
bought out J. Vf. Mann , our pioneer
grocer , who goes to Clarinda. Ho
was the first man to break ground and
build In Blatichard , two years ago last
July , hauling his lumber from Clarin
da He had built up a largo trade
and was ono of our most enterprising
and substantial business men. Sharp
it McKnight are also well known in
business circles as honoat and ener
getic men , and will fully sustain the
reputation of the old firm. They
will enlarge and roBt the Pioneer
Store building , and open up in a few
months a largo stock of general mer
chandise. At present they have
opened up a fine stock in the , building
opposite , A. E. Pratto's.
Judge Hurst , one of our early settlers
tlors in Missouri , has sold bis fine
farm throe miles southwest of town ,
to Joseph MoElrpy , of Burlington
Junction , Mo. , and goes with his
family to Oregon in search of health.
The juoge is ono of our most promi
nent and highly esteemed citizens ,
who has represented Atchison county
in the legislature on the greenback
ticket. He will bo much missed.
Ono of our neighbors south of town
tolls us of a haunted corn crib. He
had noticed for some time the mysterious
torious disappearance of corn from the
crib. Ono night ho saw the strange
spectre vanishing from the crib , car
rying a sack of corn. Ho followed
with his shot gun and commanded his
jjhostahip to halt , but it made no re
sponse. Ho then raised his gun and
fired , but the apparition paid no at
tention , and was just disappearing in
an opposite direction when ho raised
his gun higher and fired again. This
time the spectre .dropped the sack ,
throw up a pair of bony , ghastly
anne , and cried , "Oh , my God ! " It
then vanished from sight , leaving him
in possession of the sack. He thinks
that the ghost will not' make its ap
pearance again soon.
KNOT
Glory for Gosper.
Arahahoe Pioneer.
Ever since the first issue of The
Pioneer we have frequently called the
attention of the citizens of Gosper
county to the great injustice and fraud
pf the Union 1'acific railroad company
in evading the payment of taxes on
their land in this county , and not only
have we urged the matter upon our
representatives in congress through
the columns of The Pioneer , but per
sonally and by 'correspondence , until
at last a senator has boon found who
will push the matter to the bitter end
and force the Union Pacific to either
patent their lands and pay taxes or
relinquish all title , so the land can be
opened for entry. At least this is the
text of the bill introduced in the sen
ate last week by 0. H. Van Wyck and
advocated by him on the floor. The
bill will undoubtedly pass , and not
only Gosper coUnty , but many others
in the State , will be materially beno-
fitted thereby.
DYING BY INCHES.
Very often wo see aperson Buffering
from some form of kidney complaint ,
and is gradually dying by inches
This no longer need bo so , for Electric
Bitters will positively cure Bright's
disease , or any diseases of the kidneys
or urinary organs. They are especially
adapted to this class of diseases , acting
directly on the stomach and liver at
the same time , and will speedily cure
where every other remedy has failed.
Sold at fifty cents a bottle by Ish &
ATcMahon. (5) ( )
SMOKERS' ' HEADQUARTERS ,
Joe Beckman bos removed to No. 215 South
Thirteenth street , between Farnham and
Douglas. He now has a fine , roomy store with
an extensive cigar manufactory In roar ,
AWNINGS !
Made -to Order on Short Notice
-AT
Harness Store. .
1508 FARNHAM STllEET )
nlWSm
-AND .
Store Fixture. W ork
and French Donh'o Th'ok ' Flat and Ilent how
C.K ! ( illU *
O. J. WILDE ,
1315 and 1317 Oass Street.
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DOANt & CAMPBELL ,
Attorneysrat-Law
Dexter L , Thomas ,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Uoom e.CreUhton Block'
Geo. P. Bemis
REAL ESTATE AGENCY ,
Kith nn-l DodcoSts. , Omaha , Nab ,
Thli gency does UTEICTLTH brokerage buslntM.
ilspoculats aud therelcre * uy bargalni
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HOUSES ;
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LOTS !
For Sale By
BEMIS.
FIFTEENTH AND DOUGLAS SIS. ,
178 , House 8 rooms , full lot on Pierce mtvtf
2Uth street , $1C50.
177 , House 2 rooms , full lot on Douglas D ar-
26th street , $700.
176 , Beautiful residence , full lot on Cass near *
19th Btrret , (12,000.
174 , Two houses and ) lot on Dodro ntar 9th >
street , SI 500.
176 , House three room" , two closets , etc. , bait"
lot on 21st i car Orace street , $800.
172 , Ono and ono-hall story brick houio nn
two lots on Douglas near 26th strict , tl,7CO.
171 , House two rooms , wcllcutcrn , stable , etc
full lot t < * r Plirce and 18th stre't , (960.
170 , Ono and one-half story house six rooms-
and well , bait lot on Convent street near St.
M r ) ' avenue , $1,860.
No. 170 , House three rooms on Clio ton alrwti
near shot tower , $325.
No. 169 , House and 83x120 , feet lot on
street near Webst * r street , $3,600.
No. 16X , IIouso of 11 roon s , lot 53x120 feet on >
10th n < ar Curt street , (5,000.
No. 167 , Two story house , 9 rooms 4 closets. ,
food cellar , on 18th street near 1'oppletot/e-
'
No . 165 , New house of 6 rooms , halt lot on
Ixard near 19th street , (1,860.
No. 104 , Ono and one half story house 8 roomi.
on 18th street i car Lcavei.worth , $3,600.
N. 161 , Ono and one-half story fcouso of &
rooms near Hanecom Park , 81,000.
No. 158 Two houf cs 5 rooms each , closets , etc.
on Burt street near 26th , $3,600. ' /
No. 167 , bouse 0 rc < ms. full lot on IDth street- , \
near Leavenworth. $2,400.
No. 166 , House 4 large rooms , 2 closeta
bait acre on Burt strcoi near Dution , (1,200.
No. 165 , Two houses , one of ' 6 and one of *
rooms , on 17th street ncarMarcy. $3,100.
No. 154. Thrco houses , ope of 7 and two of 6
rooms each , and corner lot , on Cass near 14th
street , 81,000.
Nr. 153 , small house and full lot on PadBf
near 12th street , $2,600. .
No. 161 , Ono story hoaso 6 rooms , on Leaven-
worth nor 16th , $3,000.
Np. 150 , Hoi.so thtce rooms and lot 02x110
near 26th and Farnham , $2,600.
No. 148 , Now house of eight rooms , on 18th.
street rn ar Lcacnworth $3,100.
No. 147 , House of 13 rooms on 18th street
near Marcy(6COO.
No. 146 , lloti-e of 10 rooms and IJIots on 18th-
street near Marcy , $6.000.
No. 145 , House two large rooms , lot 67x210 fee
on Shern an avenue (10th ( street ) near Nicholas , ,
,600.
No 143 , House 7 rooms , barn , on 20th iticet
near Lca\cnwortp , $2,600.
No. 142 , Home 6 rooms , kitchen , etc. , on 16th <
street near Nicholas , $1,875.
No. 141 , Houio 3 rooms on Douglas Bear S6tb
street , $960.
No. 140 , Large hour e and two lots , on 34t
near Farnham street , $8OiO.
No. 189 , House 3 rooms , lot 60x166 } feet , on-
Douglas near 27th street , $1,600.
No. 137 , IIouso 6 roomi and half lot on Capita
avenue near 23d scrcet , $2,3011.
No. 136 , House and half acre lot on Cumin g-
street near 24th $ S60.
No. 131 , House 2 rocms , full lot , on Inutt
nein 21 street , ( SOD.
No. 129 , Two bouses one of 0 and ana of t-
rooms , on leased lot on Webster near 20th street ,
92,600.
No. 127. Two story r ouse 8 rooms , half lot on--
Webster near 19th 83,000.
No. 126 , House 3 rooms , lot 20x120 feet on > -
26th street near Douelas$676.
No , 125 , Two story-house on 12th near Dodge-
street lotV3x6B feet $1,200.
No. 124 , Large ) house and full block near' -
Farnham and Oea rul slreet , $8OUf. 1
No. 123 , House 6 rooms and large lot on Saun- f
dcrs street near Banocks , $2100. f
No. 122 , House 0 rooms and half lot on Webster - ' ,
ster near 16th street. $1,600. |
No. 118 , House 10 rooms , lot 80x80 feel on |
Capitol a\enue near 22d street , (2,950. fl
No. 117 , House 3 rooms , lot 30x126 feet ; o&
Capitol avenue near 22d $1,500.
No. 114 , House 3 rooms on Douglas near S6tb-
rtrcet , $750.
No. 113 , House 2 rooms , lot 66x99 feet on
near Cumlrg street , $750.
No. 112 , Brick house 11 rooms and half lot otr
Oita near 14th street , $2,800.
No. Ill , House 12 roomsjon ( Davenport near
20th street , $7,0 0.
No. 110 , Brick house and lot 22x182 feet on
Cess street near 15tb , 3,000.
No , 108 , Largo house on Harnoy near 16tu-
street. $3,600.
No 109 , Two houses and 36x182 foot lot aa
Casi near 14th street , $3,500.
No. 107 , House 6 rooms and half lot on Icar
str.et ( . 7
near 17th , (1,200.
No. 106. House and lot 61x198 f set , lot on Ittb
near Pierce street , $600 , . , . . .
No. 116 , Two ntory house Brooms with 1 } lot'
on inward near Blunders street , $2,800
No. 103. One and one luf story house HX rooms-
Webstar near 16tU street , $2,500.
No. 102 , Two bouses 7 rooms each and j lot ce
ll th near Chicago , $4,0,0.
No. 101 , House 3 rooms , cell I , etc. , IJ.lott on.
South avenue near Pacific strco , $1,050.
No. 100 , Homo 4 roomi. cellar , etc. , half lot -
on Iiard street near 16th , $2,000.
No. 99 , Very large houfo and full lot onHar'
ney near 14th streor , $9 000.
No. 97 , Largo house of 11 rooms on Sherman
avenue near Clark street , make an offer.
No. 96 , One and one half siory house 7 roome-
lot 240x401 feet , stable , etc. , en Sherman ate--
nue near Orace , 17 100. _
No , 92 , Large brick house two loti on Daven
port street near 19th $18,000.
No. 90 , Large house and full lot on Dode
near 16th f tre , t , $7,001.
' No. 89 , Largo bause 10 rooms hall lot on 20th
ear California street , $7,500.
No. 88 , large house 10 or 12 rooms , beautiful
comer lotonCas nt r20th , $7.000.
No. 87 , Two story bouse 8 rooms C acres
land in Saundere street near Barracks , $2,000
No. 86 Two stores and a resliunce on leased
half lot.near Mason and 10th street , $800.
No 84 , Two story home 8 rooms , closeta , lt ,
with 6 acres of ground , on Saunders street near
Omaha Umacks , $2 600.
No. M , House ol 0 rooans , half lot on Capttok
avenue m ar 12th street. $2,600.
No 62 , One and one ball story I ouse , 0 room *
lull lot ou Pierce near 20tb street , $1,800.
No. 81 , Two 2 story houses , one ot 9 and out-
6 rooms , Chicago St. , near 12th , $3,000.
No. 80 Uouss 4 rooms , closet * , etc. , large lot
on 18th stre.t mar White Lead works , $1,300.
No. 77,1 arge house of U rooms , closets , cel
lar , etc. , with U lot n Farnham near9tb street , .
$8,000.
No. 76 , Oreaulone-half storr house of 8 room , .
lot 66x8 * feet ou Cats near Uth street , $4,500.
No. 76 , House 4 rooms and basement , , lei
161x132 feet on Miivy near 8th street. $676.
No. 74 , Largo brick house and two full lot OB-
Davenport near 16th street , $16,000.
No. 73 One and one-ha'f story house and lot
36x182 feet on Jac. sou near 12th street , $1.800.
No. 72 , Large brkk house 11 rooms , full lot
on Dave port near 16th street , $5,030.
No. 71 , Largo bou e 12 rooms , full lot on Call-
ornlt near 20ih utreet , $7,000.
No 66 , 8'able and 3 full Iocs on Franklin street
M ar aundvf , } ,000.
> \ . Cl , Ttc it rj frame bislldli'if ' , store UUMT
and < ooiu > alxn e , un ie.ucd lot uu Dodge neat
16th street , $800 , >
No. C3 , House 4 rooms , basement , etc. , lot. \ .
93x230 feet on 16th street niai Nail Works , ' jl
'
o , 62 , New house 4 rooms one story , full lot.
on llaruey near ! ! Ut Street , $1,76" .
No. 111. Largi house 10 rooms , lull lot on Bu
te 2Ut street , $5,000.
No. 60 , House 3 roi ms , half lot on Dtyenport
near 23d strett , 1,000. . . . . . . _ V.
No 69 , Four houses and half lot on Cans near T\
13th strett $2 600. lA
No. 68 , House ot 7 rooms , full lot Webster
near 21st itreet , $2,500.
BEMIS'
REAL ESTATE AGENCY
iotd and Douglas Street ,
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