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OMAHA PUBLISHINQ 00 , , Prop'rs ' ,
Et ROSE WATER. Editor.
NKDIIABKA'S creamery nnd cow crop
bo Inrgor than over this year.
JAY Goutn will roach here to-daj
and Church IIowo in already on deck.
SENATOR VANWica has paid the
compliments of the season to the
Doctor.
"i. ' THE Missouri Pacific ia a vary gooc
thing for Omaha nnd Omaha can
afford to jubilate when the roat
opens ,
CROPS may come nnd crops may
fail , but railroad dividends , whore
the stock ii not all water , scam to go
on forever.
WHETHER congressional oratory is
on the decline or not there is no
much doubt that Keifor ia a very poor
epoakor.
Governor Nance haa beoi
holding back that call for the npucia
session until ho ( jots his permit from
Jay Gould personally.
IK the republican party in
fts some of its opponents claim , u
without a head , the democracy seems
to bo minus both head and tail ,
TWENTY-SIX million pounds of oleo
margarine and Inrdino wore exported
lost year from this country. That is
the host usn to which the stuff could
bu put.
WHKN Mr. Wayne MaoYoagh dis
covers that ho isn't ; the whole of the
republican party ho will probably niter
his opinion that that organization is
played out.
His party opponents in Ohio are
already making political cvpital out of ,
Speaker Koifor's blunders to defeat
his ronominationi With fire iu the
and fire in the roar a speaker's
ot ia not a happy ono.
ft ' . , s
TIIK cloning up of the groatmorcan-
tile houao of A. T. Stewart & Co. , ia
proof in the mind of the editor of
The Chicago Times that a stolen
corpse cannot run a largo busineoa es
tablishment.
ONU reason why the rich are grow
ing richer and the poor poorer is because -
cause the poor pay about thrco times
as much taxes in proportion to their
property as the rich.
THE American people will never
take kindly to ono roan government ,
whether it bo in national or municipal
politics. Officials are merely the rep
resentatives of the people and ought
to register their will ,
1 reform does not mean th
abolition of the tariff any more than re
ft . . form'within the party , moans the do-
Atruction o'f party , lines , ThU Is con
trary to.tho opinion of a few overprotected -
protected monopolists , but it is Holid
truth , nevertheless.
IP Subsidy Hunter John lloaoh
spent half the money which ho wanton
on his naval lobby iu Washington in
improving his chip yards ut Chester
ho might bo able to compote success-
( V fully with foreign buildoru without
the aid of the munificent bounties
which ho so persistently asks from
congress.
To INDUCE traffic is the first prin
ciple of a railroad management and to
strangle competition the second. Under -
dor their now freight contract with
; the Pacific Mail steamship company
( ho Union and Central Pacific compa
nies guarantee it business amounting
to $95,000 a month. Under the for
mer contract it was $110,000. A portion
tion of thi guarantee will bo assumed ,
it is said , by the railroads which con-
atructod the line to California. The
arrangement is practically a temporary
ary ono. An agreement has been en
tered into by the Union Pacific on
the ono hand , and the Missouri Pa
cific , the Texas Pacific and the Atchison -
chison , Topeka & Santa Fe on the
other , by which the first named ia to
have CO per cent , of the through busi-
itess to and from the Pacifloooast , and
the latter roads 40 per cent , The
proportion of each of the southwestern
roads in the 40 per cent , is not stated.
They are , however , to bear their aharo
of the Pacific Mail guarantee. The
Central 'and the Southern Pacific
-roads are not parties to the last men-
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DRUNKENNESS IN THE ARMY
AND NAVY ,
The attention of congress has been
called to a petition signed by two hun
drcd and sixty-five officers of the nav ;
remonstrating against the restoration
of naval officers who have been retire *
or dismissed for drunkenness , or who
havn resigned to escape court-martin !
The petition is a strongly written am
very forcible paper. It represents tha
drunkenness is the most common
cause of dismissal in the navy ; tha
notwithstanding the cflbrts of the scr
vice to purge itself of the evil , the
frequent restorations by congress on <
the chief executive of dismissed ofil
cers "is working Infinite prejudice to
the navy , both by removing the
wholesome fcnr of discipline and by
discouraging the meritorious who have
earned expected promotion by con
tinuous efficiency and good conduct. '
More than this , human lifo is absolutely
lutoly "imperilled 'by continuing in
command men whoso judgments ar
afieotod by the inordinate use o
liquor. The petition very sensibly
remarks that probably every mombc
of congress would shun the railroad o
steamboat line whore the practice o
restoring to service officers once di s
charged for drunkenness was tolerated
ted for an hour. On a ship of wa
the peril is of courao infinitely greater
The remonstrance is timely and ough
to have the intended effect. Wo are
discussing at the national capital th
necessity for constructing a now navy
But of what effect will a now navy bo
if discipline decreases in proportion n
ho armament increases , and wba
improvements in construction wil
make up for a low morale on the par
of the officers in command.
The whole question of the revision
of the sentences of court-martials am
Iho oxoscioo of the pardoning power
at Washington in the case of botl
army and uuvy needs a thorough over
hauling. Then ) seems to have been a
deposition on the part of the public
pnwi to avoid uny publicity in the
nutter and to escape ranking vtho
proper comment upon a subject which
involves not only the discipline of the
service but also our national honor.
Verdicts of court-martials have been
time and time again sot aside on tech
nical grounds without ordering a now
trial , for the benefit of drunken bum
mers who wore no Icsa a disgrace to
decent society in general than they
wore and are to-day to their shoulder
straps. The pardoning power has
boon most shamefully abused in re
sponse to a mistaken sentiment of
compassion for dissipated culprits and
; he full force of congressional influ
ence has * bonn used in restoring to
rank men who were with cause dis-
lonorably dismissed for the bone-
it of the service , Two yean
ago a strong effort was
mmlerljilia -nrtuy to rid Itselfon *
number of officers , whoso continuous
drunkenness was a scandal to the
service. Court martials wore sum
moned to try the offenders , and in
the verdict dismissal
sixty-eight cases was
missal , It was known that the
horough measures to root out of the
service disreputable officers would bo
continued , and discipline at once felt
the good effects of the action of the
court martials. How much encour
agement the policy received may bo
estimated from the statement that oul
of the number tried , convicted and
sentenced by court martial to bo dis
missed from the army all but six wore
restored either by executive clemency
or congressional favoritism.
It is to bo hoped that the petition
of the naval officers will succeed it
its object and exorcise a proper in
fluence upon the same class of cases in
the army. While it Is true that iu
time of peace lives are not put in peri
in the army by drunkenness among
the officers , as ia the ease in the navy ,
yet discipline ia as much invalidated
by the pardoning of army scamps aa
it is by the restoration of naval rogues.
What is needed first of all is an
awakening'of public aentiment to the
facts in the caso. The expressed wil !
of their constituents is the must pow
erful spur to n congressman's action ,
and as soon as it ia once thorough ) )
undtrstood that the people uro du-
tei mined to support ull legitimate at
tempts of the nrmy and navy to in-
croaao their tlliooncy by decruoaing
drunkenness and debauchery nmoiif
their olliciTd , wo shall hear of fewer
reversals of vordlota nnd very many
less numerous exercises of the execu
tive clemency.
Fruit Prospects Never Bettor.
To the Kdltor ol The Boo.
OIIKTK , Nob. , April 18. Your road-
era may bo pleased to hear that in
this county the prospect for iruit was
never bettor. No harm done by the
ate rains and frosts.
The sixty acres of orchard connected
with the nursery promises an abundant
crop of apples , cherries , plums ,
peaches and pears. Small fruita also
never promised bettor. Many peach
> rcharda will boar themselves to death
this season , unleas the Jrop ia thinned
on the trees. E. P. STKMIKNB.
LIVELY times may bo expected in
Colorado during the next senatorial
campaign and seats in the legislature
will not go bogging. Governor
Tabor , who is very warm over his
ailuro to gat Ex-Senator Teller's
hoes , announces that ho is a candi
date for the long term sonatorship
and that ho will apend $1OCO,000 if
necessary to secure his election. Gov
ernor Pitkln will now have to take in
lia horna or shout.
BOARDS OF CONCILIATION.
Arbitration , as a principle in dispute
puto between nations and commercial
practice , ia of comparatively recent
application , The Geneva arbitration
in 1874 was the first formal experi
ment of settling disputes between the
great nations , and it is only within
the last twenty years that the princi
ple has found a place in the settle
ment ot disputes between capital und
labor in England. A few woeka ngo ,
iu the course of an address to the
working employes of the Fall Ilivor
mills , the secretary of the spinner's
union said : "Capital and labor can
not afford to bo so widely separated
in a country like this. It is only fool
ish obstinacy and false pride that
keeps them apart , and in the shadow
of coming events Um dawning of that
time can bo scon when all ouch potty
troubles as are at issue can bo settled
by boards of conciliation. "
This remark has peculiar interest at
the present timo. Strikes are occur
ring In every section of the country.
The demand for bettor wages haa its
basis in nearly every instance in the
increased cost of living and the diminished
ishod purchasing power of a dollar. In
many cases production is at a stand
still , entailing a loss of many millions
of dollars upon the country. It i
highly important that both
capital and labor should come
to a bettor understanding of
their mutual relations. It la
inevitable that disputes must occur ,
but there ought to bo a method by
which differences can bo adjusted and
both sides saved from loss. Arbitra
tion boards seem the best remedy pro
posed. They have been tried in other
countriea successfully , and ought to
succeed in this. In Franco joint com
mittees of the omployois and employ
ed moot at stated interv&la and ar
range the Bcalu of wages. In England
boards of arbitration are frequently
resorted to adjust differences between
employers and employees. By those
methods strikes and lock outs are pre
vented.
The suggestion lias been made that
the legislative authorities ought to
take this matter in hand and establish
tribunals by which labor acd capital
when in revolt against each other can
have their differences arbitrated with
out the exhausting process of a strike.
The principal objection to this sug-
qeption is that as legislatures and congress -
gross are generally controlled by capi
tal any tribunals which they might
create would bn likely to be subject to
the same influences. It would bo
bettor if employers and employees
would themselves agree upon ouch
boards of conciliation as would be
mutually satisfactory to both , and to
which all disputes might bo referred
and finally determined. ,
_ . _ . . " ' ew t
A RETIRING STATESMAN.
With the expiration of the present
congress Alexander H. Stephens has
decided to retire from public lifo.
There are those still living who will
remember him as an eminent whig ,
for it was as a whig that ho was elect
ed to the house of representatives in
1843. Perhaps nobody did more
thad ho did to give something like
coherence to the action of that usually
incoherent organization ; and yet , like
most southern whigs , his allegiance to
the party was always somewhat loose.
Ho drifted naturally to the democrats
when the alight bonds which held the
whigs together was broken ; and in
1859 ho for the first time formally re
tired from public lifo. It will bo re
membered how strongly ho deprecated
secession ; how ho both apoko and
acted against the secession ordinance
at Milledgevillo in 1801 ; and
how at last ho yielded to pressure ,
and acknowledged the confederacy.
Ho did as much aa any man to per
suade Virginia to join the ranks' of
the rebels. Still , ho never was a
statesman upon whom the confederacy
could rely , although he was its vice-
president. Ho showed himself will
ing to come back again to the union ,
if only a way of coming back decently
could bo discovered. After the peace ,
although ho was arrested and hold as
a public prisoner , his heart was evi
dently with the old union , and what
ever the restoration policy of presi
dent Johnson might bo worth , Mr.
Stephens supported it. Ho might
have boon in the senate if his
state had been a little
prompter in accepting recon
struction ; subsequently ho got into the
house of representatives , and there he
has been of occasional value. But
the condition of his health , and the
natural lack of confidence in his po
litical stability , have diminished his
usefulness ; and ho does not too soon
quit the stage of public affairs. The
American public haa always boon dis
posed to judge him leniently , and for
much that ia erroneous in his career
10 baa lone been forgiven. We presume -
sumo that the literary pursuits in
which ho will engage will bo of a his-
orical character ; but it ia doubtful
whether it ia possible for him to write
of modern American history with
lorfeot and judicial fairness. Ho haa
Jready given ut an elaborate work on
he late war ] and whatever he may
yet produce will bo read with interest.
JAMES GOHDON BHKNETT has re-
urnod from Europe for the express
mrpose of making a trial trip on his
new steam yacht. Mr Bennett ia an
editor , which account * for hla ability
o indulge in costly luxurlea.
RAILROAD NOTES.
Dolnffa In tbo State.
The I'lo Grande railway expects to build
nearly 300 mllei additional rend during
the year 1862.
The Burlington and Missouri nre put
ting in a tide track on the divide about
five miles north of Blue Spring ) .
Work on the Graod Inland k St. Paul
is retarded liy the scarcity of teams. The
contractors nre advertising for n.cn and
teams In St. J'aul.
Iron h bcinK delivered In Xemaha- City
for the extension of the Turlington &
Mlonourl rnilrond to Iho fpot where the
trnnftfcr boat * will operate on the Mis
souri. _ _
The Burlington nnd Missouri company
is geltinp iruUiial ready for the depot
building at the new town of Dortey ,
midway between Beatrice nnd Blue
Springs ,
The Missouri 1'nclfic lit
company * pur-
cha ed two acres of ground in Falls City
( or the purpose of rmtln ; machine phops
and n round huu.'e thereon. The worli
has already commenced.
AKtght paNBcnger trains arrive at and
depart from the depot at Flattsmouth.
The arrival of the Kansas City road increase -
crease < the number to twelve eight be
tween there and Omaha nnd four between
there nnd Lincoln.
The Sioux City and Pacific bridge at
Long- Pine haa just been fmiihcd. The
two spaos are each 140 feet long , and the
track Trill be t 7i feet above the stream.
TracllayiDg will not be resumed before
May 1. ( Jonnldcrabln has been done nu the
bridge over Plumb creek , which is nearly
tu big aa the one just finished.
With a now connecting branch of the
Burlington and Missouri railroad between
Hastings and Arapahoe , which branch ia
now an assured fact in the near future ,
I'lattsmouth will be the Missouri livet
crossing of the shortest nnd most direct
route between the two most prominent
and thrifty trade centers , Chicago and
Denver. ID there any wonder Platti-
month' * people are jubihnt orer the fu
ture-Journal [ ,
Considerable preparatory work Is being
done around the proposed elto of the Blair
bridge. The bill for a charter haa been
reported favorably to congress. An im
portant amendment was made , bringing it
under the provision * of the law of March
R , 1878 , with a proviso that no railroad
crossing the bridge shall charge a greater
amount per mile for passengers or freight
than over any part of the said railway ,
and no discrimination shall be made aa
between railroads crossing Bald bridge ,
and said bridge company shall not charge
or permit to be charged , any additional
faro to pnssengers on railroad cars cross
ings the said bridge.
General Notes.
The earnings "of the Union Pacific in
creased ? 2S1,000 the first twelve ciaya in
April.
The Chicago , Burlington and Quiney
ro d will use Pueblo steel rails ou their
Colorado extensions.
VTho Northern Pacific engineering force
is completing tlu final survey of the route
near Helena.
The B , It M. is now within seventy
miles of Denver , and traveling onward at
tlie rate of two miles a day.
The Denver'and Ilio Grande reports
earnings for March , $535,05f ; increanoov < r
name month last year , $130,002.
The land sales of the Northern Pacific ,
to the 10th of April , footed up $120,000 in
value. A'S acainsc $107,000 for the entire
month of March.
The Utah & Northern will soon put on
an extra passenger train to accommodate
the large increase la passenger trullic.
The C. , B. & Q. has let contracts for the
building of a big depot in Denver to cost
$100,000. It will be 815x50 feet in size.
Track laying of the D. tc R. G , between
Provo and Salt Lake City ia being re
sumed , two miles per 'day being laid Irom
the former end.
The Kansas .papers located along the
Blue river nre jubilant ever thacomple-
U n Iu fB6 Hear' future , of a road from
Burllngoma to Marysville.
The Denver and New Orleans railroad
la rv..w within fourteen and "a half miles
from , Pueblo , and by May 1st trains will
bo tunning into the. southern metropolis.
It is understood that the Northern Pa-
clfic has a Swedish colony of about 3,000
persona forming in ths old country to
kettle on tha lauds along ita line of loid.
r The Pennsylvania people have in con
templation the erect ou of n magnificent
low pateonger depot at Pittaburg , which
s to cost in the neighborhood of half a
million dollars.
The management of the Chicago , Mil
waukee and St.'Pnul railway company has
issued orders stopping all wprk on the
Minneapolis car shops. This order would
seein to bo in the line of retrenchment.
The master mechanic of the Chicago ,
Milwaukee and St. Paul road has return
ed from England , where he purchased
8100,000 of machinery to be placed in the
company's new Menominee car-abopa ,
which nre now almost completed.
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad com
pany in knocking for kdmisslon to Iowa ,
and negotiations are pending which maj
result in the building of A bridge at Fort
Madison. Their nearest present point ia
Beardatown , Illinois , fiom whence they
would doubtless extend their line.
The Union Pacific company is pushing
the extension of the Utah and Northeri
with all available energy to Deer Lodge.
The Idea ia to make tbo valley town the
terminus of the present year , and the point
at which all Helena freight will be un
loaded. Grading is now progressing Jn
three places.
'Ibe hea ling in the Mullan tunnel In the
Koky mountains , on toe line of the
Northern Pacific , ia now about 310 feet.
From the tunnel west to Lake Pen
d'Oreillo a considerable force is employee
in grading and getting out tiea and trestle
timber. Kcat of the tunnel the eighty
miles between Mlsaoula and Deer Lodge
are under contract and more than ball
grided.
Tha N. Y. FimncUl Chronicle reports
the grosa earnings of the forty-seven rail-
roadu In thU country for March at $19-
302 830. against 816,882,781 for the same
month last year. Tne earnings from Jan
uary 1st ta March SUt were $51,11)9,01' ) ) ,
, xahut $12,900,048 m 1881 , the net increase -
crease being * 11-30,101.
The compact betweeu'the Chicago nnd
Northwestern and tha Milwaukee Bus-
pending builditg operations iu Dakota bus
been practically bronen by the invasion of
disputed territory by tfcc Northern Pacific.
The numerous feeders thrown out by the
Utter company will force the others to im
mediately extend their linea in self de
fense.
The Chicago. Milwaukee and St , Paul
road haa issued au order informing ship
pers that tie atop-off privilege , giving
twenty-four hours lor cleaning , bbellling ,
and unloading , will be continued at a rate
f 2 } cents per 100 pounds above the
through ratw from the billing point to Chicago
cage , Milwaukee , or other destinations to
which the tariff glvea through rates.
The opening of the Missouri Pacific to
Omaha , to be followed by the running of
the Chicago. Burlington and Qulncy
trains over the Plattamouth bridge into
the same city , Ia likely to not omy dis
turb the pennknency of the IOWA pool but
also to result In all the ruads now having
their termini nt Council Blutfs , running
across the river. This will greatly injure
the latter town and bo of corresponding
aeueut to Omaha , { St. Louis Hallway
KegUter.
TroubleSaved. .
It is a remarkable faot that TbomM1
Eclectrlc OU U Rood for internal as well M
external use. For diseases of the lungs
and throat , and for rheumatism , neural-
rio , crick in the back , wounds and tores ,
, t b the belt know remedy ; and much
Lroublo IM caved by having it alwayi on
bond , 20dlw
STATE JO1 TINGS.
West Point laborers receive $1.25 te
day.
day.The
The Lincoln opera house tvill be en
larged.
Nortnlk in promised n new first-claw
hotel ; aize , 4CtOO , two stories.
Four saloons have so far applied fo
liceme- Mil liquors in West Point.
WaUeneld bid * $300 for the location o
the Wayne county fair nt that place nex
fall.
fall.The
The favorite medlclno in tempernnc
towns [ g a grain of quinine dlsolvcd i
thrco ounces of spirits frumenti.
A practical miller has been looking eve
the ground at Wayne with n view o
building n flouring mill at that place.
Lt. Gov. Cams It mcntlin ? his fence
nnd stocking his farm with blooded cattle
He bought 125 at the Mnr.on sale In Oto
connty.
Millions of young cottonwocd * hav
been sold in Tckantah this spring by In
dinns at $3 per 1,000. Farmers ha\e been
the principal purchaser.
A Blair physician i not trouble 1 be
cause of the hcalthfulness of the people n
long as he can make seventy-five dollar
in two hours playing poker nnd that i
what he did lait week.
Mpnalcs and mumps abound in Blal
nnd vicinity. The schools are dwlndlet
down to nbout half their usual number o
echolarn in consequence , and many COSOA
of the measles tire unusually fovero.
Arthur D. Rich , a land and loan igen
nt Niobrara has absconded , Ho has vie
timized his creditors nnd parlies who in
trusted him with business to nn nmoun
variously estimated at from 93,000 to
$5,000.
Carrie nnd Jessie Allen , of Fort Ca
houn , Washington county , being out o
whack , each took what was supposed to bi
a dote of Epsom salts , but which provei
to be oxide of zinc. The prompt tervicc
of a doctor saved them from death.
One of the few rights which the tyran
man baa not deprived woman of ia that o
making rag carpet. Mrs , Mary Gentry
of Blair , devoted her spare moments fo
the last seven > ears to the work. Datini
that time ehe has woven 5,300 yards o
carpet and d ring one year ot that tlm
she turned out 1,410 vards.
The grand jury of Dixon county , just a
the close of the term of court last week
brought in indictments against five ex
ofiichila of the county , to-wit : Denni
llurleytreaaurer ; N. Bltby , county clerk
and August Drager , Robert Pomeroy nnc
J. A. Atkinson , commissioners. The in
dlctmfuts were for neglect of duty. Th
accused appeared before Judge Barnes
nnd each gave tnelr o\vn recognizance , ii
the sum of $ . ' 50 , to appear and answer a
the r.ext term of the district court , Th
trouble appears to bo the mixture of th
school with other funds.
Grateful "Women.
None receive so much benefit , aw
none are BO profoundly grateful am
show such an interest in recommend
ing Hop Bitters ns women. It is the
only remedy peculiarly adapted to the
many ills the sex is almost universal ! ;
subject to. Chills and fever , indigoa
tion or deranged liver , constant orpo
riodical sick headaches , weakness in
the back or kidneyspain in the sboul
dors and different parts of the body , a
feeling of lassitude or despondency
all nre readily removed by these bit-
tors. [ Courant.
Metz To-day.
Riotz is a considerable town , with
narrow streets and high houses ,
among , which are many old hotels ,
entre cour et jardin , inhabited before
the war by old French families , who
have now all migrated. 'A French
country town ia always a very dead-
alive place , unless some special manu
facture is carried on. But although
it may hardly have been more
lively _ of old , y t thn. nnatanl
feeling of being under the iron bee
of the conqueror must now bo ex
tremely trying. It haa become a garrison
risen pure and simple ; troops of sol
diers in full uniform , with their arms
by their sides were passing in every
street , -soldiers were drilling on the
esplanade , exercising on the grounc
just outside the town , practising at
targets , fifty or more of which at dif
ferent ranges stand against the hill.
The triple girdle of earthworks anc
ditches makes it ono of the most
impregnable of fortresses , and the
utmost military precautions are always
enforced. No ono is allowed to see the
fortifications on the hills , except with
an order of the minister of war al
Berlin. M. Mohl once told us thai
ho had hoard from OountMoltko how ,
many years before , as a young man ,
ho had gene to Motz in order to make
plans and sketches of the forts for
practice. The general commandant
was wainod what ho was doing , and
answered , "Laissez-le faire ; jelecon-
nnia , o'ost soulemont lo petit Moltko. '
When the siege took place in 187C
these very plans were used , anc
were found to bo correct
in every point , except that iho'rango
of heavy ordinance had increased in
the proportion'of two to five or six
miles during the interval , which had
to bo allowed for. The low * hills
round the town are now all covered by
forts , ono of which , in the direction of
Uravolotto , dominates not only the
city , but the country on every aide ,
and ia garrisoned by sovera
thousand men. This posi
tion the French , strangely enough ,
had omitted to fortify. The
town ia entirely commanded from it ,
and could not now hold out a day.
Looking from hence ever the wide
bare country , H. was shown a valley
to the west , where a Urge body of the
enemy coulk have been concealed ; the
hill above had accordingly been
scarped , and the low ground filled up.
which renders that windy fortress
now secure on the only side whore it
could have boon attacked. The Ger
mans do not do their work by halves.
[ Contemporary Review.
Army Orders.
The following are the latest orders
issued from the headquarters of the
department of the Flatto :
llccruit Henry Schmidt , enlisted at
Fort Omaha , Neb. , is assigned to com
pany B , Ninth infantry.
Cant. Leonard Hay , Ninth infantry ,
is relieved aa judge advocate of the
general court martial appointed to
meet at Fort Fred. Steele , NVvo , , by
paragraph S , special orders No. 00 ,
current aeries , from theao headquar-
; ors.
ors.Gapt. . Jesse H. Lee , Ninth infantry ,
s detailed as judge advocate of the
general court martial appointed to
moot at Fort Fred. Steele , Wyo. , by
paragraph 3 , special orders No. 36 ,
iurrent aeries , from those hoadquar-
ors.
Leave of absence for ono month ,
with permission to apply to headquar-
ors military division of the Missouri' ,
or an extension of one mouth , is
granted Second Lieutenant James 0 ,
Hockey , Third cavalry.
Itecruita John M. Barnes and
,
"s-- ! L
Leonard Windsor , enlisted at Fort D
A. Itussoll , W. T. , are assigned , the
former to troop L , Third cavalry , th
latter to troop K , Fifth cavalry.
llocruit Windnor will bo sent to hi
station at the first favorable oppor
tunity.
A MASTERLY MOVE.
The Omaha Land LGORUO Comes ta
the Front for Ireland.
An important and well attendee
meeting of the Omaha land league
was hold at Kuony's hall last evening.
The resolutions published below were
adopted and will bo transmitted to
Hon. T. 1 * . O'Connor , the only mem
ber of the British ) parliament now in
the United States. They will ask
him whether ho will accept pay from
them as member from Gal way. This
movement is started by the land
league of Omaha ahead of any other
body in the United States.
The following are the resolutions :
Whereas , Members of the British
parliament receive no salaries for the
services they perform for their consti
tuents , and
Whereas , The faithful Irish mem
bers who perform their duty , are for
ever afterwards ostracised and banned
by the British government , and de
prived of all positions of trust and em
ployment ; therefore ,
Resolved , That it ia the sense ot
the meeting that the Irish in Amer
ica should create a fund for the pur
pose of paying a moderate salary say
three hundred pounds a year to each
of the Irish members who performs
hia duty well and faithfully.
Resolved , That Omaha hereby
pledges itself to support ono Irish
member of parliament , and wo hope
that the largo American cities will
take immediate notion upon this matter -
tor , and make a like liberal provision.
E. J. BUEHNAN ,
PATRICK FOBD ,
JOHN RUSH ,
Committee.
Telephones m Franco and Qormany.
London Times.
So' far back as September , 1877 ,
( according to a recent statement by
Herr Unger ) , did the German postal
and telegraph authorities begin the
use of the telephone in small places ,
and there are now 1,280 such telephone -
phone offices in the country. The
public was slow to adopt the tele
phone for local traffic in largo
towns. Muhlhauscn was the first to
act , ard a few months later , in April
last year , telephone traffic was begun
in Berlin , with 87 subscribers. The
number of conversations by telephone
is now increasing by nbout 0,000 a
month. Telephone systems are now
at work in Hamburg , Frankfort ,
Brcslau , Cologne and Mannheim , and
in Altona , Barmen , Elberfeld , Han
over , Loipsic , Magdeburg , Stettin ,
Strasburg , Bremen and Dresden they
ire contemplated. In the first seven
; owna the telephone wireshave reached
a total length of 3,147 kilometres ( say
1,960 miles ) Berlin cornea first ,
vith 1,554 kilometaes ; then come
Hamburg , with Oil kilometres ; Bres-
au , with 200 kilometres ; Frankfort
andiMannhoim , each with 163 kilo
metres ; Muhlbausen , with 87 kilo-
) notres , and Cologne , with 69 kilo
metres. , The total nnmber of appli
cants in these seven towns in the end
of December was 1,694 , and the num
ber increases every , week. Ono thou
sand four hundred and thirteen ! had
boon put in communication ; Berlin
had 668 , and Hamburg 523 ap
plicants. There are throe cen
tral stations in Berlin , in Fran-
zosische ; ilauor , and Oranienburger
streets respectively. From data in
the first thrco weeks in December it
appears that , on an average , 1,650
connections were made daily ( on the
Sunday 730 , 540 , and 333) ) . From 12
: o 1 is the busiest time ; during that
lour 150 connections on nn average
were made in the office of Franzosi
sche strasso , or five every two min
utcs. From 3 to 4 there is a little
rest , and from 5 to 7 frcth activity.
The telephone chambers in the Ex
change have double walls , with ashes ,
clay , or sawdust , between : the inner
walla have intervening a layer of thick
pasteboard , then cotton-covered tell
> n frames , and on this the paper.
These chambers answer very well anc
are much frequented. There are ,
again- public telephone- rooms ( ai
aresent'two in Berlin and one in
tfamburg ; ) into which one may > entei
ujd .on payment of 50plennigsay ( 5d. ]
lave five minutes' , talk bj
telephone , with any om
whoso home or office is in the
system. Turning to France , we learn
: hat the number of lines supplied in
Paris by the Societe Genoralo des
Telephone on the 31st of Januaay was
1,411 , instead of 62G at the end ol
the corresponding week in 1881 , and
the communications in the last week
of January this year amounted to 80-
)34. In Lyons the number ot lines
ias increased from 37 in Janury last
war to 285 in January , 1882 ; in Mar-
eillos troin 32 to 153 ; in Nantes
rom 14 to 70 ; Bordeaux has contin
ued with 132 ; Havre with 100 ; Lille
with 5.
TAX NOTICE.
CITY TRIAtURKR'a OWCH , )
Omaha Neb , , April 13,1KS2. /
ly Special Ordinance Ko , 292 poseed by the city
council ol the city ol Omaha , on April 4th 18S2.
a spc Ul lax for tba construction anj material
ol sewers in sewer dUlrlct No. S in tha city
ol Omaha was levied nnd ugcswd against the
following described real estate to-wit.
All lota and parts oIloU In blocks numbered
S3 to 111 Inclusive ; alto ou lots 3 and 4 In block
S2 , and all Iota and parts of lotilo block "U"
all In the city ot Omiha ; utd lots and blocks
being ; iltuaUd between Farnam and Harney
treeti.
This tax | g payable to the City Treasurer on
r before May 8th 1882 , alter whl.h date a pen
alty of ten per cent , will bo added , togethtr with
ntercit at the rate ol cue per Cf nt. per month ,
ayablo In advance. TUUMAN BUCK ,
6t City Treuurrr.
Geo. P. Bern
. . is
REAL ESTATE AGENCY ,
I6th and Dodc * 8U. , Omaha , Ndb.
ThU gency don tuner LT a brokerage btulneM.
Eo-nntipcouUte and therefor * ay bargain !
ww > ki are Insured to > ln tead
nnauvo jo
joJO
HOUSES1
-A.TKT.Di
LOTS !
For Sale By
FIFTEENTH AND DOUBUS SIS , ,
Ko. 15 , llous * , ot stvr noun , well , csllar , etc
with three Jci ol ground near head ol St'
ilary'aave. $ tO.O.
No 194 , Largo brick housi with bcautllul lot
onFamamncar IGth st. $7(00.
No 193 , House of6 rooms , cornerlot , near 10th
and P.tr ca street , $0500.
No 1 02 , Homo f 6 rooms corner lot on 5th
near U. f. ocpot 2 OJ.
No 100 , One and on lull story liou'e 10 roomi
ot 86xUOfeetontihernun } ate (10th ( atlrmr
torplcton'i$3 ! > 0i.
No JPB.Two story home of 7 rooms , cellar
well and c stern on Sherman a\e (10h ( st ) near
Clurk ft 82300.
Ko 183 , Largo home of 10 rooms and lot 871
284 faot on Farnam near 21st $3000.
Not 187 , ' "ft * two atory house ol 10 roimj
nd corner lot on Burtstnoir 22nd $3000. lUke
an offer.
No IbO Ono and one-half ntory homo of
rooms on Division Rt near Cum ng$3tiOO.
No 185 , Largo brick 8 rooms and onerult lot
OR Isth st near Dodge , 112,000.
No 184 , House ol 6 rooms and full lot on Ham-
lion nn r end ol Red street car line $2000.
No 183 , New houne of 4 roomi with half lot o
Jontana netr Cumlntr at $1200.
No. 182 , Lu/fl bulldlnjf 22x80 feet with re-
'rlgerator ' 22x30 foot , lea room above , heavllr
built , hnldl iff 125 to 150 tons of Ice , Ono ttotr
cellar under whole building ; also two Ktorr house
C rooms , cellar , well and cistern , lot eflxlSe
eet , $7600
No 181 , Two Btorr bilck hou o ol 9 roomi , T
closets , lot WKEOO ( cot ou 10th st near St. llarv'i
aye $7000.
No 170 , Liroo hcuio and full lot on Webator
near 20th > ttlllOO.
178 , Homo tt rooms , full Mot on Pierce netr
20th street , $1,660.
177 , House 2 rooms , lull lot on Douglas Doer
26th ttreet , $7000.
176 , Bcautllul residence , full lot on Case near
10th street , $12,000.
170 , House three roomi , two closcto , etc. , half V
lot ou 21st near Qraco street , $300. ;
172 , Ono and one-half story brick house at d
two lots on Douglas near 28th street , $1,700.
171 , House two rooms , wellcistern , stable , eto
full lot near Fltrco.nnd 13th street , 81MO.
179 , One and on uhalf story house six rooms
and well , hall lot ill Convent street near St.
MaryV avenue , Jl.ltO.
No. IPO , House and 33x120 feet lot on Igth
street near Wcbsfc r street , $3,600.
No. 16ft , House ol 11 rootrs. lot 33x130 feet on
10th ni ar Hurt etrect , 95,000.
No. 167 , Two story houao , 9 rooms 1 closets ,
coed cellar , on bib street near Foppleton'a
No. 164 , One and one hall story house 8 rooms U
on 18th street i car Lcaveoworth , ! 3,600. '
No. IClJOno and one-hall ntory Louse ol fi
rooms near Hanscom Park , $1,600.
No. 163 Two houses 6 rooms each , closets , etc
on Hurt street near 26th , $3,600.
No. 166 , House 4 largo rooms , 2 closets
hall aero on Burt street neir Dution , $1,203.
No. 165 , Two houses , ono ol 5 and one of 1
rooms , on 17th street near Jtarcy. $3,200.
No. 154 , Three houses , one ol 7 and two of 5
roomi each , and corner ot , on Cam near 14th
street , 85,000.
Nr. 163 , Small house and full lot on Pacific
nctu-jl'th street , $2,600.
No. If 1 ! Ono story house 0 rooms , on Leaven
worth near 16th , $3,000.
No. 160 , Uouia thrco rooms and lot 02x115
feat near26th and Farnham , $2,500.
No. 148 , New house of eight rooms , on 18th
street nrar Leavonwoitb , $3,100.
No. 147 , House of IB rooms on 18th street
near Uarcy , $ ,000.
No. 146 , QOUM ol 10 rooms and llot * on 18th
street near Uarcy , $6,000.
No. 146 , House two Urge rooms , lot 67x210 fee
on Sherman avenue (16th street ) near NIchnlas ,
$2.200. .f
No. 142 , Home b rooms , kitchen , cf-i ° Q X
Itreet near NleholM. il.875. /
No. 129 , XIouM S room * , lot OOxlCCj feet ,
Douglas near 27th street , $1,600.
No. 137 , House 6 rooms and hall lot on Capltcl
avenue near 23d street , $2650. ,
No. 129 , Twoh&nses. one ol 0 and one of i
n ns , on leased lot on Webster near 20th street
No. 127. Two story house 8 rooms , half lot on
Webster near 10th $3,600.
No. 126 , House a rooms , lot 20x120 lect on
26th street near Douglas , $700.
No. 124 , Large house and full block near
Farnham and Central street , $3,000
No. 123 , House 6 rooms and large lot on Saun-
dc street jiear Barracks , $2,100.
No. 114 , Houses rooms on Douglas near 20th
street , $760.
No. 112 , Brick house 11 rooms and half lot
Ci fa near 14th street , $2,600.
No. Ill , House 12 roomson [ Davenport near
02th street. 87Ot.O.
No. 110 , Brick bouso anc lot 22x132 feet on
Caw street near 16th , $3,000.
No 100 , Two houses and 80x132. foot lot on
Casa near 14th street , $3,000.
No. 107 , House 6 rooms and hall lot on Izaid
near 17th street , $1,200.
to. 106. House and lot 51xl93feet , on * 14th
near Fierce street , ' $600.
No. Ii5 , Two story house 8 rooms with Ii lot
on heward near Saunders street , $2,800.
No. 103 , Ono and one hall story house 10 room *
Webster near 16th street , $2,600.
No. 102 , Two housea 7 rooms each and I lot on
14th near Chicago , $4OU > .
No. 101 , Home 3 rooms , cellar , etc. , 1 } lots on
South avenue near Pacific streer , ? 1,850.
No. 100 , House 4 rooms , cellar , etc. , half lot
on Izard street near 10th , $2,000.
No. 09 , Very largo house and full lot on Uar
noy near 14th street , $9 000.
No. 97 , Largo house of 11 rooms on Sherman
avenue near Clark street , make an offer ,
i No. Ofl , Ono and one hall story house 7 roomi
lot 240x401 feet , ( table , etc. , on Sherman ave
nue nearOrace , $7 000.
No. 82 , Large brick house two loU on Daren
port street near 19th $18,000.
No. 90 , 'Large house and full lot on Dodgi
near 17th itreit , $7.000.
No. 89 , Large hause 10 roomi ball lot on 20th.
near California street , $7,600
No. 88 , Large bouse 10 or 12 rooms , beautiful
corner lutonCaai near 20th , $7,000.
No. 87 , Two itory house 8 rooms 6 acres eland
land on Saunden street near Barracki , $2,000.
No. 86 Two itoreianda residence on leased
hall lot.near Mason and 10th street , $800.
No 82 , One and one half story tiouoe , 0 rooms
lull lotou Fierce near 20th street , $1,800.
No. 81'rwo.2 itory houses , one of 9 and ono
8 roomi , Chicago St. , near 12th , $3,000.
No. 80 House 4 rooms , closets , etc. , large lot
on 18th street near White Lead works. $1,800.
No. 77 , Large house of 11 roomi , closets , cel
lar , etc. , with 1 ] lot on Farnham near 10th street ,
(3,000.
No. 76 , Or e an J one-half story house of 8 roomi ,
lot 66x8) feet on Cass near 14th street , $4,500.
No. 76 , House 4 rooms and basement , let
161x132 feet on Uarcy near 8th street , $676.
No. 74 , Large brick house and two lull lots on
Davenport near 15th street , $16,000.
No. 73. One and one-hall story house and lot
88x182 leet on Jackson near 12thttrcct , $1,800.
No. 72 , Largo brick house 11 roomi , lul Hot
3D Davenport near 16th street , $5,030.
No. 71 , Large bouse 12 roomi , lull lot on Call *
Ijrnla near 20ih street , $7,000.
No. 65 , Stable and 3 full lota on ran In itreel
icar Saunden , $2,000.
No. 64 , Two itory frame bulldlnir , store below
ind rooms above , on leaned lot on Dougv near
16th street , $800
No. 63 , House 4 roomi , basement , etc. , lo
13x230 leet on 18th street mar Nail Worki ,
11,700.
t > o. 62 , New house 4 rooms one story , full lot
on Uarney near ilst street , $260. '
No. 61 , Large house lo rooms , full lot on Butt
tear SIM lUeet , $ $ ,000.
No. 60 , House S rooms , half lot on Dtrenpott
iear 23d itreet , $1,000.
No. 69 , Four house * and half lot on Cuanear
3th itreet W 600.
No. 68 , UOUM of 7 roomi , ull lot Webttar
icar21it itreet , $2,600. <
No. 12 , House 6 rooms ard full lot , Harney
iear 26th itreet , $2.000.
No. 6 , House 7 roomi. lot 66x88 feet on Caai
tear 17th itreet , $4,000.
No. 8 , Large bouse ID rooms , well , cistern , etc.
in Harney near 9th itreet , $4,003.
No. 2 , Two etory house 9 rooms , etc. , full lot
n Webster Bear 16th street , $2,600.
No. 66.House of 10 rooms , full lot on Callfor-
la near 2Ut itre it , $3,600.
No , 60 , House 0 r\.oms , two full lot * on 19th
treet near Paul , $3,000.
No R49BrIck house 11 rooms , full lot on Farn
amneir 17th itreet , $3,000.
BEMIS'
KEAL ESTATE AGENCY
15th and Douglas Street ,
ilL