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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