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' B Bw JV STEELE , JOHNSON & CO. , WHOLESALE GROCERS AND JOBBERS IN Flour , Salt , Sugars , Canned Goods , and All Grocers' Supplies , A Full Line of the Best Brands of CIGARS IANUFACTUREB TOBACCO , Agent : for BEHWOOD NAILS AND LA7LIN & RAND POWDER 00 , THE JELM MOUNTAIN GKDHLID AND sin , Mining and Milling Company. Working Capital - 3 < X,000. Capital Sioclc , $1.000,000 Par Value ot Shares , { 26,000. STOCK FULLY PAID UP AND NON-ASSESSABLE Mines Located in BBAMBL MINING DISTRICT. DR. J. I. THOMAS , President , Cummins , Wjomlng. WM. E. TILTON , Vice President , Cummins , Wyoming E. N. HARWOOD , Secretary , Cummins > omlng. A. Q. LUNN , Treasurer , Cummins , Wyoming. Dr. J. I. Thomas. Louis 1'lllcr W. S. Dramcl. A. Q. Dunn. E. N. llarwood. Francis Leavens. Oca. II. Falos. Lewis Zolman Dr. J. C. Watklns. no22mc5m OEO. W. KENDALL , Authorized Apent ( or Sale ol Stock : Bo " " n > . . Neb. WHOLESALE LUMBER , COAL & LIME , On River Bank , Bet. Farnham and Douglas Sts. , -DEALERS EN- HALL'S SAFE AND LOCK GO , Fire and Burglar Proo O 1020 Farnham fStreet , JLSJfcS JLJEa. -WHOLESALE- BOOK SELLER AND STATIONER AND DEALER N Wall Paper and Window Shades. 1304 Farnham St. Omaha Neb. . O. A WHOLESALE GROCEE 1213 Farnham St. . Omaha , J. A , WAKEFIELD , WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN Lath , Shingles , Pickets , SASH , DOORS , BLINDS , MOLDINGS , LIME , CEMEfH MTBTATE AQEN1 FOR MILWAUKEE CEMENT COMPANY } Near Union Pacific Depot , - ( POWER AND HAND Steam Pumps , Engine Trimmings , HAOHINKRY , BELTING , rin , HALLADAY , WIND-MILLS , CHURCHIAND SCHOOL BELLS A. L. SRANG , 205 FO O St. , Omaha PILLSBURY 'S BEST I Buy the PATENT PROCESS MINNESOTA FLOUR. always gives satisfaction , because it makes superior article of Bread , and is the Chear est Flour in the market. Every sack warranted to run alike or money refunded. to. M. YATES , THE MISSISSIPPI. The Father of Waters nnd the Onuso of the Overflow , SlloltouH in Wlmt AUi Hlm-Tho FnturO n Comiudrniu Whnt Can the People Do ? A California ! ! who navigated the Mississippi forty yours ngo writes to the Los Angclos Times concerning the present ilood : The newspapers nro full of distress ing news of the ovorllow of the Mis sissippi river. No ono who 1ms nol soon this iro.it river with his Sundny clothes on has but little iden of the BUiTuring nnd hardships brought upon the people living along its banks it : consoquoncn of these terrible Hoods , such as they nro hnving down there now. Theeo poor Buffering souls are entitled to the sjmpathy of ever ) man , woman and child in the country and now is the tnno for Undo Srm to show that ho Is aa benevolent as ho is powerful. In no other way can every body lend a helping hand than through government. For the last thiity or forty years there lira boon moro or less suffering on the lower Mississippi. Of course this suffering is intensified s hundred fold in seasons of unusual floods , such as occurred in 1832 , 1840 , 18 7 , nnd 1882. In 1832 the Oaio river rose to the height of Co foot. Proba bly not moro than 4 foot difference in the height of the water in these years. It may bo interesting to the readers of The Times to know some thing of the cause of the trouble down there , and whnt it is that ails the old. father of waters that ho bohavct himself - self BO badly in ordinary years. Slick- ens is what ails him. Not the kind that is troubling the Sacramento river ; but slickons , nevertheless , brought down by the turbulent cur rent of the great river. It is pretty ovidonl that the Mississippi , at ono period in the history of this country , poured its water in to the Gulf of Mexico ice at the mouth of the Ohio. All the interval or bottom land from the mouth of the Ohio to the present mouth of the Mississippi is composed of thcso slickens. There is an im mense amount of this debris taken down by the current at all seasons of the year , whether the rain bo high or low. The Mississippi from the mouth of the Missouri is always muddy. It is a curious fact that the old father of waters flows all the way from Cairo to the Balize on a ridge cdnmderably higher than the bottoms a little way From his banks. Before the dykes or lovocs were made along the banks of the river the overflows wore not very deep along its banks , and for some distance out into the bottoms , for there is a largo extent of land on the western side. No high land can be aeon on the western side of the river from Cairo to the gulf , except in one place , in going up or down the river ou a vessel. The whole extent - tent of country , a thousand miles long , and from five to fifty miles wide , was overflowed , moro or less , every time the river brimmed over. As long as the rain was per mitted to overflow thcso bottom lands , the bed of the river was never ma terially changed , so far as raising it was concerned. The current over' ' flowing its banks took along an immense monso amount of debris , and as soon as the water was well over the banks , it became almost standing water , giv ing the debris an opportunity to settle into fearful mud banks , as many a poor follow has found to his sorrow , The intervals on the east aide arc numerous , but not so extensive as on the others , for the river makes its way to the bluff or high land in many places. Thcso intervals arc rich and wonderfully productive , and it was natural enough that the owners of those rich lauds should devise means to keep the overflow of the river off these lands. A system of dikes or levees was devised and gone into , and just here is where thorotroublos com menced. They did make dikes , high and strong enough to keep the river within its banks for a time , except in such terrible cases as mentioned. But just as soon as the river was confined within its banks , the bed of the river began to rise , for the debris had to settle somewhere , and so the dikes had to bo raised , and now at an , or dinary spring freshet there flows' by those largo cotton and sugar planta tions on the lower Mississippi an im mense body of water twelve to fifteen feet higher than the main land. Standing on the boiler dock of the steamer as wo passed up and down the river , it looked as if the deck of the steamer was abont oven with the tops of the houses along shore. When such a body of water cuts a gap through one of thcso dikes two or three hundred font long , is it any wonder that the adjacent plantations nro soon delug ed ? Forty years ago I was up and down the river frequently and notic ed what was poing on and I turned prophet , as it was , on my own private account and said to myself , these fol lows may , for a cimo , keep this great river between these dikes , but by and by the river bed will got full of mud and sand , and then the old father will break through these temporary banki and ruin the plantations. The plant ers down there might have put off the day of their calamity a few years , had they , at the start , allowed the river at leant five miles in width In which to flow by , but instead of that they did not allow one-third that distance in places. The bed of the river is now BO high that it requires about the profits of th plantations to keep the dikes high enough to keep off the water in ordinary high water , much leis such awful floods as they are now haying. Another decade and it will take all they can raise to pay for keeping up the dikes. Some of thoao largo cotton and sugar plant ers have boon squealing for several pears. They nay it is the duty af Uncle Sam to come to the rosouoand foep up the dikes for them. That is ibout on a par with our slickons gen tlemen up above Sacramento , apply- ng to the state to take off the slick- ons that they may continue to mnko money by washing down the moun- ; ains into ( ho Sacramento river , rais- ng its bed until no dike can bo ado that will kcoj ) this water off the farms and cities along its banks. May bo Uncle Sam will do it may bo ho won't. ( PACIFIC RAILROAD FINANCES. An Offlolftl Stfttomont of Earnings Opomtmf ? Expenses nnd Govern ment Expenses The secretary of the Interior , in response sponso to an inquiry from the house , gives a detailed statement of the financial condition of the Pacific roads. Tl-o totals are as follows : Central branch of the Union Pacific , from Oc- bor , 1808 , to December 31 , 1881 ! Grots earnings , 85,012,801 ; operating expense , $3 081,691.110 ; not earnings , 8M01,101.1)0. ) The interest on first mortgage bonds , Amounting to $ ! ' ( } , 000 per annum , is not included in the operating expense . Union Pacific , from November , 18(50 ( , to. December 31 , 188L : Gross earnings .SlDTiSOO.noU Gtij operating expenses , $78.213,015 47 ; 1)ct ) earn ings , $70,085,454 11) ) . The annual in- torcst on the first mortgage bonds of the Unicn Pacific amounts to$1,633- 740. Since the consohdatinn the an nual interest on the first mortgngo bonds amounts to $2 , ISOMO ( , and is not included in the opor.-vtiug ex penses in this statement. This sate- mont , however , includes the Kansas and Denver Pacific , win h was consol idated with the L'nion Pacific January 20 , 1880. The Kan sas Pacific , from November , 1868to December 31 , 1870 , 391 miles subsidized with bonds ; gross earn ings , $25,567i095.18 : operating ox- lenses , $14,036,720.14 ; nut earnings , .111,031,276,04. , The intetest on the first mortgage bonds , amounting to $378,180 per annum , is not included in this statement of operating ex penses. The earnings and expenses af this road , subsequent to December , 1879 , are included in the statement of the Union Pacific. Central Pacific , November , 6 , 1869 , to December 31 , 1881 : Gross earnings , $184,381- 0)0 ! ) (33 ( ; operating expenses , $119,873- 378 88 ; not earnings , $04,507,715.- ' 5. Interest on the first mortgage joiids , amounting to § 1,717,080 per annum , is not included in the opera ting expenses. Sioux City and Pacific , 117.42 miles , from September 30 , 1868 , to December 31 , 1821 : Gross earnings , $4,471.027 52 ; operating expenses , $3.279,033 88 ; not earn ngs , $1,191,993 64. Interest on the list mortgage bouilp , amounting to 97,680 per annum , 13 not included in the operating expenses. The letter of uanmiiiision Mates , ! wt prior to July 1 1878 , no olllcml rut urns wcro furnuhed the dopart- iiont , but the dates sins believed to bo reliable. Bradford , Pa. Tlio . l itclmn , Bradford , Pa. , writes : 'I enclose money for SPIUNO BLOSSOM , ns I said I would If It cured 1110. My dyspep sia lias vanished , with nil Its nymntoiDB. Slany thanks ; I shall ne\cr bo without It n the houBo. " Price 50 cents , trial bot- les 10 cents. mch'Jl-lw AN HONEST MEDICINE FREE OF COST. * Of all medicines advertised to euro my aflection of the Throat , Chest or Liungs , wo know of none wo can rec ommend so highly as Du. KINO'S NEW DISCOVERY for Consumption Coughs , 3olds , Asthma , Bronchitis Hay Fever - vor , Hoarseness , Tickling in the Throat , loss of voice , cto. This mod- cine does positively euro , and that where everything else has failed. No ncdicine can show one-half so many icsitivo and permanent cures as have ilrcady been effected by this truly wonderful remedy. For Asthma and bronchitis it is a perfect specific , cur- ng the very worst cases in the short est time possible. Wo say by all means give it a trial. Trial bottles 'reo. Regular size $1.00. Forsaloby Ian & McMAiioy , Omaha. Real Estate PROPERTY ! For Sale By JOHI I , CLARKE , 3 , W. oor , Douglas and 14th Sts. foliS-cod-tf FAST TIME I In going East Uko the OMoagoMorthwest- "Tralna leave Omaha 8:40 : p. m. and 7:40 : a. m. For full Information call on II. P. DUE' , . Ticket Agent , 14th ami Farnham 8U J. mi : > L , U. P. Hallway Depot , or at JAMES T. CLARK , Goner Aircm , Omaha. _ ] al7m&e tf Cuming Street , J , J , NOBES , Propr. Fresh and Salt Moats of all Kinds , Poultry , Pish , &o. , lu Season. M. R. RISDON , Gen'l ' Insurance Agent Phovnlx Assurance Co , , of London , Cash AlsUta . $2,801,104.00 Wutchcsser , . V. , Capital . 1,000,000.00 The Merchants , of Newark , N. J. , Capital . , . 1,276,000.0 Olarrt Fire , Philadelphia , Capital , . . , 1,200,000.0 'Iremcn'a Fund . . . . . . . . 1,239,916.0 British America Assurance Qo . 1,600,000.0 Office , Boyfl's Opera House , John G. Jacobs. ( Formerly ol OUbi JacoU , ) " ' ERTAKER DexterL.Thomas&Bro , WILL BUY AND BELL 1 D ILL TRAKUlcrriON CON1IIOTXD TUBRIWIIU. Pay Taxes , Eent Houses , Hto , llf TOO WAHT TO Ut OR Bull 0 Offle * Room < &CL vT sstsHRF./ i West fcr bain * lti uia-t - t , 'iiii * < im , in nfcot llr.e comoctInK the irrot ) lt.ir9.i i | , 0111 t'AOO , and tha Burn , SciTi-K't xs , I ) ' ( and Soiini-Kmrni LIKK , which terminate * here , irlth KA < m $ CITT , LMMUftORTii , ATCIIUOH , Ofltmeiti Hwjrrs amt Oxuit , Hit Uiuincui UINTIIRII from which rndUtr EVERY LINE OF R0AD : tut prnctntM the Continent ( mm the Mlctonr Hlrr to the P clflp Slot * . "I-1 OHIOAOO HOOK ISLAND * PA OIFIO RAILWAY l the only line fromChlrAsro cwnlnc track In Knnw * . or which , by lla o n rtaut , ttiu.hn th ralnta nt > o\o nninoj No TiUMtrnRH * r CABSIAOH Wo xiwiNd coNNncrio nl No luU.llliic In 111 vcntlUtcd or unclcAn ovrn , m rxrrj j iwciicr ( ctrrtod In roomy , clean mlcntilti < id coachn upon Fwt K > iircM Trulns DAT Cn iMinrl\vlv | iuKnincRiic , PntLMiO I'AUcn SmnriNO CASS , \nJ cur wn"tM ftcioui DINIXI CAM , upon which n\r ls ro nrv , l of uu urpiwol ctcDllence , t the lo r t flt HJVRST Pit * CRYT mm , with Mnplr tlm rnr hiMtlthfn enlo ) mont. Through Cm hotnc ti Chlo.u.n , i' - < iili , Ml ) w ulcoa Mill Mlmiourl III * < r PMnfi ' "i ln < ct h ncrtlont at til paint * of iituxvi'iciiih | athpi to * li , We ticket ( da not forcot th' i rtirpcil ) Vo en M.V of lmxjrt | nce In Kitnuu , N''ihr ik/v , DU-v Hills , Wiomlnff , UUh. ItUho , NaVMift , Onlllotr . . , Oregon , Winhlnffton TBrrHnry , ' mri .to , ' .tltoni > tul New Mexico. Am hcral trranKemonU reiriMliik' lm.vv < any other line , and ratoa ot taru tlw. . > > a ow a > competitor * , who lurnloh tiut tlthx o the con- fort. fort.Don Don and tacule ot uportimin free. ricKots. luajwi and folder * at all prlnclpa offlcos tn the Ui.ltotl Stati * and fjntm K II. R. CAULK , K ST. JOHN , Vice Prci't & Oen. Oon , Tkl tntPau'rAc Uanager. Chlcaro Chlcftiro (880 ( , SHORELINE. 1880 , KANSAS CITY , 3t , Joe & Council Bluffs IS Till ONLY Direct Line to ST. LOUIS AND THE EAST Proin Onmha and the West , So inutile of c rs botwocn Omaha and bi. mil liut ono l > ctwocn OMAHA and NEW YOKK. Daily PassengerTrains IKACIIlNcl ALL EASTEUN AND WESTERN CITIES with LKSf ClIAHOKS and IN ADVANCE ot ALL OTHER LINK a. This cntlro line IB rqulimoil with Pullman I 'jlaco .Sleeping C\rfl , Palnco Da > Coaclice , ill Uci't Platlonn anil Coupler , and Uiooleb rated ku. XiJTico thit jour ticket rcndi VIA nANSAi Cm" , IT. JOSEPH It COUNCIL DLUFKS Ua I ) roiulla St. Joseph and St. LoulD. Tickets lor eale at all couxni | stations ID tht \Vo6t. J. F. UARNARD , A 0. DAWKS , Don. Hupt. , St. Joseiih. Mo Orn. Pue. and Ticket ARC. , Bt. Joseph , Mo , ANDT BORUI.N , Ticket A ent , 1020 Farnham street A. D. BABRAUP General Aecnt , OMAHA , Nn Sioux City A Facific THE SIOUX OITY ROUTE Rung a Rnllil Train through from Council Blufle to St. Paul Without Change Time , Only 17 Hours IT IB S.OO UILES THE SHORTEST ROUTE FROM COUNCIL BLUFFS TO ST. PAUL. MINNEAPOLIS DULUTII OR BISMARCK nd ll points In Northern IOWA. Minnesota and Dakot * . Tills line ll equipped with the Improved .VonUughouso . Automatic Alr-brako and llllle Platform Coupler and Ruder : and ( or SPEED. BAFIITY AND COMFORT 8 uneuriiaBscd. rullmati Palace Sleeping Car run through WITHOUT CHANGE between Kan 8aaClt > fttid St. I'aul , vl Council Jiluffs and Sioux City. Trains lorno Union Paclflo Transfer at Coun cil UlutlB , at 7:30 : p. m. dtlly on arrival of Knneas City , St. Joseph and Council ItluQa train from the South. ArrMng at Sioux City 11:36 : p. m. . and at the New Union Depot at St. Paul at 12:31) : ) noon. TEN HOURS IN ADVANCE OF ANYJOTHEH ROUTE. dTRcmcmbcr In taking the Sioux City Route ) on got a Through Train. The Shortcut Line , .ho Qulcktbt Time And a Comfortable Ride In the Through < 'ara between COUNCIL ULUFFS AND ST. PAUL. t&Bco that your Tickets read > Ia the "Sioux City and Pacific Railroad " J. B. WATTLES. J. R. DUCHANAN Superintendent. Clcn'l Paea. Agent. P. E. ROBINSON , AM't Ocn'l Pass. AK t. , Missouri Valley , Iowa. J. II. O'BRYAN , Southwcttern Agent , Count ! BluOi , Iowa THE OJMIMTIL ! J. I. PAYNTER , Proprietor Corner 10th and Howard Streets. OMAHA , NEB. .Two Dollars For Day , BTATEMFNT OF THE AMERICAN PIHB INSURANCE COMPANY , OF PHILADELPHIA Januvry , Int. 1882 , Caih Capital , $100,000 00 Ucucrvo ( or Re Ina 610,210 W Reoorvo for Unpaid Loana and other claims 42.B27 82 Net Surplus 601,232 81 > $1 020307-30 SUMMARY OP INVESTMENT. Hull Katato 8160,100 00 llortWiCoa l > t Htni , 289,389 CO xiani on Collateral ) 118,702 41 Socki and Itondi 4)5,100 26 U , a , Ilondi CliU.lOO Jround Renta 10.IJ20 01 'rimlumi In course of Collection 10,368 07 Accrued Int. and.RcnU 13,217 01 Catli on band and In Banks 38,408 03 $1,020,307-37. TIIOB. R. MABIS , TIIOM. A. JIOM-ocmxur , Prealdont. Vlce-Preiident. A , U. L. CIAW roBi > , Secretary , RICII/KU MAUIH Aaa't Secretary. STATK or NruRAiKA , IMH.'RNC D/i-iiiiMK.sr , ) LINUIL.N , ftb.1,1882. Al'Iinou'H OfflCK , / It la liculiy ( ertlflud that thu American Klre niurancc Co . of PblladelntCa. In the Utato ot VniiBjivanla lias louiplled wltlijtho luiurancti aw of till , BUte. and li authoritcd to tranuavt ho tnnlnessof rlro Iruuranco In thla State lor he current jear , WKiiots wy hand and seal of the Auditor ot 'utlloActounU thu day mid yvar above wilt on. JOHN WALLICHS , Auditor ol Public Account * . In Charge ol Inaurauitt Department , OP DUANOII OF THE o , n. & Q. K Jf WiUon Oftshior , B. M. Webber's Bank NyoifeAlooro , General Motvhnndiso A. M. Jones. .General Merchandise ) J ilin Lniderholm General Morchandtso .1 0. K siinan . . . .General Morclmndiso Juhnsou it Donnldson General Morcliandiso Jnsopli Trtvernor Nelson Broi . . . . . Groceries Groceries & Meat \V. 0. M.ixwull i Hestaurant and Confectionery Charles Humcnovor Il staurant and Confectionery 0 , K Brooks Restaurant nnd Confectionery . . . . . . , \V N. Mnlony * Hardware and Farm Implements DoLeo it lloss , . . . , Hardware nnd Farm Implements C. Nichols Drugs M. Barlow , Drugs H" , S. Gromborg . , Drugs Jnnics Martin Packing IIouso Pearson it Ilartnian W. It. 0. Moore , M. D , Physician Harness E. Kckerson , M. D Physician 0. M. Burlmnk , M. D Physician Stearns it Unnnor. Homeopathic Physicians G. B. Jennings , , Law G.V. . Churchill , Essex Index D. A. Pee Lumber and Coal Goo. Palmer it Co Lumber nnd Coal Ponclloton it Co , , . .Elevator 0. M. Folk Stonm Elevator nnd Mill G. W. Churchill Nursery 1. M. Russell , Nursery II. 0. ICiustor. i Coa ! p-1 * t > - y Grain nnd Stock Linuon it Lindorholm Stock Amen it Mal < no Stock A. II. Dray } \ A. A. Boidun , , , . , A. Blodgott Lindoll House J. F. Kunvpi Boots nnd Shoos S. A. CollfiW Livery J. 0. Thorp Barber 3uor o Stilt Barber D.V. . Jones Creamery HENRY LEHMANN , JOBBER OF AND WINDOW SHADES EASTERN PRICES DUPLICATED. 1108 FARNAM ST. - - OMAHA. BASWITZ & WELLS , OPERA HOUSE SHOE STORE , Under Boyd's Opera House. Are noW daily receiving large Stocks of SPRING GOODS ! And invite the people to.call and examine Goods. Good Goods ! Low Prices ! AND SQUAEE DEALING AT THE " Opera House Shoe Store. " | an3113ni CARPET HAVE DECLINED SLIGHLTY T ID r 4--r T rt ll the first to make the announce ment to his customers and the general public. MATTINGS , OIL CLOTH AND WINDOW SHADES , Always sold at the lowest Market Prices. We carry the largest stock and make the Lowest Prices. Orders promptly filled and every attention given to patrons. J. B. DETWILEB 1313 Farnham Street. OMAHA , - - - - NEBRASKA. IROTIB : & Wholesale Lumber , Farnkm Street Omaha Ho , 1408 , , M-Sma
