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OMA.RA DAILY Bfc. & TUESDAY AP.KIL The Omaha Bee Published every raornlng , er < ft.Bnnd y , who only Monday morning rtwCj- , TK1U1B BY MAIL On ) Y r $10.00 I Tb e Month * . | 3,00 Bix Months i 5.00 | Qua . . 1.00 WKKKLY BEB , published er. try Wednesday , TKKMS 1OST rAtT- OnoYenr. $2.001 ThreeMonths. . 60 aisMo th , . . . 1.03One k . .20 COIUIESPOKDBNOK All Common ! , fttlonx rentini ) < to News and Editorial mat ers nhould be nddrossed to the EDITOR ov THE lire. BUSINESS LETTERS-MI Bostnow Iietlers and Remittance * should be ad dressed to THE OMAHA L'tmnsiiiNO Don- TAMT , OMAHA. DrnfU , Chock * und Port * office Onlore to bo mode payable to the order of the Company. OKAHAPeLISHINGiOOPrflpIrfl , , Ei ROSEWATEH , Editor. MR. UILAINE'S much derided foreign policy gains ground every day among the loading journals and thinltinp men of the nation. GovimNon TABOH wishes that that little domestic scandal hadn't been tnado public until after ho lutd scalped Pitkin for the eonatorahip. IIIEquestion \ pushes iUolf forward , How many of the coming millions ot BOW immigrants will Nobrwka secure this year ? Now York Btnr says that "Til. don moans to bo the early bird this iimo , but if ho isn't careful ho will jprovo to bo the early worm. " NEBIUHKA and Iowa haven't drawn imucli out of the diplomatic grab bag toinco General Arthur assumed the helm of the great ship of state. IN exposing the abuses of our sya- torn of real estate assessment TUB BEE is determined to treat friend and 'foo ' aliko. Our aim is to publish the facts"rogardlofls of who may bo affected 'thereby , THE department of agriculture an nounces an increase of wheat acreage amounting to 509,000 acres , or two .per cent , more than last year. It will bo harder to corner the wheat crop next'year than it was last. ANY Rystom of taxation that luvora ono class or individual by lower valu ations of property than are made of the property of another class or indi vidual is not much hotter than legal ized robbery. WE have not expected to hoar , much about Missouri river barges this spring , but wo had a light to expect that something would bo done with the unexpended balance voted by congress - gross last year for improving the Missouri river near Omaha and Coun cil Blufo. CONOHESB still dllly dallies along with , , an inestimable .amount of cab' and very little practical work. And the democrats who lost control of congress - gross because they did nothing for the interests of the country are trying to act the role of obstructionists and hold the republicans to a do-nothing policy. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ A FEW weeks ago Chicago law breakers laughed at the very idea of the courts interfering with their busi ness. But now , with twonty-two gamblers convicted and awaiting sentence tenco , and a score of othoro bogging for mercy , the impression isn't so general among the sporting fraternity that justice is played out in the Garden - don City. NEW YOJIK politics is'in a ferment. The stalwarts are divided into two wings ono led by Governor Cor'noll , And the other supported by the admin istration. Both sides are marshalling their forces to control the next con vention , without taking into account the independent element. As an offset the independent republicans an nounce thotr intention to support no elate which does not in pot with their approval. Somebody has got to fakip along very lively to keep up with the procession. COUNCILMAN Fred Bohm made an excellent move at the lost mooting of i the city council whan ho introduced su | ordinance compelling owners of property on streets which shall here after bo curbed and guttered to put down solid sidewalks of permanent material , either stone , brick or con crete. The ordinance is in the line of both safety and ccoaomy. Under our present system of laying plank side walks throughout the city there is scarcely a year in which the city la not called upon to pay substantial Damages for injuries resulting from defective pavements. The wooden uidowalks collect and retain filth and moisture and in the summer season are a constant source of disagreeable and unhealthy odors. After two or three years wear they become uncom fortable for travel , unsightly to look at and expensive to maintain. The cost of keeping a wooden sidewalk in repair lot five years will lay down a substantial stone walk , Air , Iohm's ) plan for gottinq rid of our wooden walks is of the same nature as our iiro ordinance and will prove as effect ive in accomplishing the decired re- , euHl H ought to secure a speedy pas- 'Ww W , 4rf' ' f * gage. " * SENATOR McD'iM , AMD TILE RAUiUOADS. Bonater McDill , of Iowa , made & speech in tin United States senate some dofi Rgo on the right and duty of congress to regulate intor-stato commerce. The senator's speech which may bo regarded as his greatest effort since his advent in the national legislature , is published in full tn the Chicago Times. The senator makes a very ingenious plea on behalf of the shippers and producers of the west , but proposes a remedy which will afford them no re lief. Ho quotes from supreme court decisions to sustain the right of con gress to pass laws that will prevent extortion , discrimination and pooling by railroads , lie cites a num ber of cases of flagrant discrim ination between localities in Iowa in freight rales and calls attention to the facts tat the railroads nro diverting trade from the water ways and forcing it to seek an outlet by the longest route to the sea board. Bo insists that congress must do something now in response to the numerous petitions from all sections of the country praying for relief from abuses at the hands of the railway monopolies. But Air. McDill tolls these people that congress can do no bettor for them than to create a com mission of three persons , who are to hoar their complaints , collect statis tics about railroad transportation , and report their findings to the next con gress. In other words , Mr. McDill proposes to create a board of com missioners whoso business it will bo to draw latgo salaries for collecting pUtistics and pigeon-holing tbo pee ple's complaints. Senator McDill has boon a member of the Iowa railway commission , created several years ago by the legis lature of that state and which is still in operation. So far as affording the people of Iowa any relief from corpor ate oppression , the Iowa commission has boon an entire failure. Like the commissions of a number of other states , ita members have published yearly bulky volumes of railway sta tistics , have hoard and investigated complaints and drawn their salaries with great promptness and regularity. Here their duties ended and the pub lic haVe boon boncGttcd just about as much as if they never had existed. Stnto railroad commissions have been tried in eleven states in the union. In only two instances have they produced any effect in reducing railway tariffs or preventing corporate abuses. In Georgia the railway com mission i * invested with plenary powers. It adopts the classification of freights , fixes the tariff on both freight and passengers , hears complaints and adjudges damages , and in all particu lars acts as judge and jury be tween the people and the railroads , la Illinois moro modified powers are g'tVpn to the commissioners , who have iu'1 several instances lowered tariff fts , and recently changed the entire classification on freights within the state boundaries. These are solitary instances and transcend the boundaries laid down by Judge McDill , whoso rail way commission might justly bocalleda commission for collecting railway sta tistics and delaying congressional ac tion on the question of anti-monopoly. The objection to a national railway commission , such as that urged by Charles Francis Adams and Senator MoDill , is that it would accomplish nothing./ Congress is already in possession 'of sufficient fads regarding monopoly abuses and discriminations to act intelligently on som measure which will afford instant relief to the suffering producer of the nation. No statistics which such a commission could collect would make the need of relief any moro apparent and no delay could bring out' In stronger colors the absolute necessity of action by congress for the regula tion of interstate commerce. In iho second place auch a commission would kavo no power to act , A bureau for the collection of statistics , un less empowered to apply the knowledge gained from the sta tistics , would bo absolutely worthless to the people , The English railway commission which hears complaints of abuses and discriminations by the railroads is vested with all the powers of a court of equity and is empower ed to enforce its judgments against the offending companies. It decides whether discriminations are unjust or charges exhorbitant and compels the abandonment of the ono and the re duction of the other. It listens to charges of insufficient facilities and orders additional trains. In short , the English commission by reason of the ample authority vested in it and the wide scope in which it which it operates acts as a constant chock upon corporate rapacity and affords a speedy remedy for monopoly abuses. The plan proposed by Senator MoDill is emasculated of every feature which would make it valuable as an answer to the demands of the pooplo. It is precisely such a measure as the mo nopoly lobby , which for years has been fighting Mr , KooRau's bill , will not oppose. It grunts an Indefinite postponement of anti-monopoly legis lation , and places all official discussion of the question at the mercy of throe men , any two of which , secured by the railroads , will make any subse quent legislation difficult if not im possible. Intended as a stop to the growing anti-monopoly sentiment throughout the country , it is in real1 ity an ingenious scheme framed tn protect the monopolies against the rising tldo of indignation which threatens them in every quarter of the country. Senator McDill cannot escape from grave suspicions of his sincerity in urging such a measure. There nro already ugly rumors afloat of his con nection with the railroads and their tools. A few weeks ago when the subject of a bridge across the Missou ri at this point was actively discussed a tolcgrvm from John Chapman , of Council duffs , was sent to Washing ton addressed to Senator McDill , It directed him in case the bill Introduced ducod contemplated competition with the Union Pacific railroad bridge , ID "fight it. " Mr. Chapman , who was doubtless acting by authority , probably know his man or ho would not have for warded such an order and in the ligh of Senator MoDill'a late speech , which was virtually in favor of the monopo lies , his constituents have the best reasons for clesoly watching his votes on every subject which affects at once their own interests and these of the corporations. Of ono thing Senator McDill and his associates in both branches of congress - gross may bo sure. No measure for the regulation of interstate commerce will bo acceptable to the people of the United States which does not offer a speedy and certain rem edy for the abuses under which they are now suffering. Long winded speeches deploring present evils , aud offering no solution for the vexatious problem will fail to moot the demands of their constitu ents , and oops thrown to appease pub lic sentiment will certainly not bo ac cepted in place of measures which strike at the root of the abuses they are intended tn remove , and offer a promise of permanent euro for evils which are sapping the lifo blood of the producers of this country. The fact that Senator McDill's speech was published in full in the Chicago Times shows that the railroads are willing to have it circulated broadcast as the best plea for regulation that is not in- landed to regulate.Yo presume thousands of copies will bo distributed among Iowa farmers , bat wo doubt whether they can bo hoodwinked by such chaff. MARKET AND CITY HALL. About two months ago a proposition was made to the city of Omaha by Mr. Webster Snyder on behalf of cer tain capitalists to build a market house and city hall on Jefferson square , provided tbo city would Icaso the square to the parties for fifty years without rental. The lessees agreed to erect a building on Jeffer son square that would cost two hun dred and fifty thousand dollars , and would servo for the joint purpose of a market house and city hall , with all the necessary rooms for various city officers. The proposition was sub mitted to the last council , and they , without taking action or discussing the provisions of the proposal , referred - forrod the question whether Jefferson square should bo leased for marketing purposes to a vote of the people at the city election hold April 4th. The proposition , as voted upon by the people at that election , simply stated "Was Jefferson square to be leased for a market house and city hall ? Yes or no ? Th'o people had no chance or discretion to decide as to terms or to divide the proposition so as to vote in favor of a market house and not in favor of a city hall , as they undoubtedly would have done had each proposition boon , submitted separately. The result of the election was that the citizens of the First , Second and Third wards voted by largo majorities against the whole proposition , and the people of the Fourth , Fifth and Sixth wards voted by larger majorities for it. In other words the southern half and central portion of the city oppose the leasing of Jeflorson square and the northern half of the city favor the lease. The citizens of the Fifth and Sixth wards particularly voted by Inrvo majorities in favor of the measure , doubtless because a good deal of work was done by parties in terested in the property around the square and in that neighborhood. Wo take it , however , that the moro fact that the majority of the votes cost was in favor of leasing Jefferson square would by no means'justify the city council in making any contract with any person or corporation that would in a great measure defeat tha main object for which a market house is wanted. From the outset this paper has boon in favor of the erection of ono or moro market houses in the city of Omaha. Wo believe that a public market would bo of material advantage to all classes of our citizens , but particu larly to the workingmen and people of moderate means who are now paying extravagant prices to dealers and middlemen for products which they ought to buy directly from the farmer and garden er , Whether the market house is on Jefferson square or in a more central location is not material , What wo want a market for is to reduce the price of butteT , eggs , potatoes , Tegeto- bles end garden truck to the masses and giro them a chance of selecting these commodities , where they can have active competition between pro ducers and dealers. Now it is self evident that nobody will build a market house in Omaha unless ho can realize a fair interest on the money invested and nt the same time have a full return of the capital expended. A good market house , such as would servo all practical purposes , could bo built for fifty thousand dollars. Many American cities with twice the population of Omaha gel along very well with market houses that cost half that sum. Now if the party that builds a $50,000 market house exacts 10 per cent , upon his investment and has , say fifteen years' lease of the ground , ho can , by collecting ten thousand dollars a year rent from the market stalls , pay the interest on his money , which iifivo thousand dollars , and lay away five thousand dollars each year to moot the principal. At thn end of ton years ho will have his money all back and still draw $10,000 a year during the remaining fire years , which will give him really ton per cent on the original invest ment , with his capital returned at the end of ton years and a bonus of $50,000 at the end of the fifteen years. On the other hand suppose ho builds a market house with a city hall to coat two hundred and fifty thousand 'dollars. Ton per cont. per annum will bo twenty-five thousand dollars , and presumably the party will deairo a return of the original capital invested , within his own lifetime , say within twenty years. That would make twelve thousand five hundred dollars per annum to bo added to the interest , making thirty-seven thou sand five hundred dollars a year , which amount would bo exacted from the people who patronize the market. In the light of these figures , which everybody can comprehend , will the city council of Omaha enter into any contract that would bind two genera tions of our citizens to a market house tax of from thirty to forty thousand dollars a year for the privilege of having a market when the city it self could put up a building for thirty thousand dollars that would servo our wants for the next ton years or when a fifty thousand dollar market build ing would answer for the next fifty years and save say at least twenty-five thousand dollars a year taxes upon the patrons of the market. It is prepos terous to talk about a permanent city hall on Jefferson square. In the first place the city offices should be bo much nearer the business center. In the next place they must sooner or Jater bo located in a building as fire proof oa the Omaha post office 01 the now court house. Without fin proof offices and vaults the city wil always bo exposed to great risks , Lastly , it would bo impracticable tc take the police court into the Jeffer son square market house for the rea son that prisoners would eithei have to bo conveyed in carriages from jail to the city hall and back , 01 else police officers would labor undei great difficulties in dragging then : through streets crowded withhuxters carts , market women , butchers wagons and farmers' teams. Nc where in this country where the ex' porimont has been tried to have a market house and city hall and city offices in ono building has the experiment mont 'proved ' satisfactory. In several cities wo could name it is regarded as a common nuisance and has boon abandoned just as soon as separate buildings could bo procured. What the people who voted to lease Jefferson square want is a commodiouf market house , and that is all the council ought to give them. If the parties will not build it thii city could afford to vote twenty-five thousand dollars for a start for Jefferson son square , and wo will have all the market house accommodations thai are needed for many years to come , Bucklin'e armca Salve. The BEST SALVE in the world for Cuts , Bruises. Soren , Ulcers , Halt Rheum , Fevei Sores , Tetter. Obappeu HuniU , Chilblain * , Corns , luvl all kiu eruptions , and posi tively cures pile * . It la guaranteed to Klve tatlnfactlon or monuy refunded. L'rlce , 25 cents per box. For ulo by C. F. Goodman ANTI-MONOPOLY LBAUUK. Declaration of Principles. The Anti-Monopoly Louguo estly calls attention to the relations ol corporate and public rights as the most important quustlou before the American people at chis time , Steam , electricity and machinery. controlling factors in the industrial aud commercial world , have been largely monopolized and the public taxed unduly for their use. Corporate lifo , practically immortal in its duration , wioldiug those greal powers , has assumed an importance never before known or contemplated , and it is not only rapidly concentra < ting the wealth of the nation in few bands to the detriment of the masses , but to perpetuate this state of things it has sought political power and cor rupted our elections and legislation tc an extent that not only imperils pub < lie morals but endangers our free in < stitutions. That this is true is known of all men. Official investigations have demonstrated it ; our everyday life has proven it. We therefore declare that orgunizatipn of the people it necessary to maintain the following Anti-Monopoly Wo advocate , and will support and defend , the rights of the many as against privileges for the few , Corporations , the creation of the state , shall bo controlled by the state. Labor and capital allies , not ene mies ; justice for both , In accordance with these general principles wo affirm that the public welfare and public safety demand the "ollowinff specific measures of relief ; 1. Laws compelling transportation companies to base their charges upon ho ' 'cost and risk of service , " with a 'air ' profit added , instead of the now theory advanced by them -"what the traffic will bear ; " laws to prohibit the establishment , through construction companies or other devices , of a ficti tious coat for works of a public nature ; prohibiting unjust discriminations against both citizens and localities ; railroad commissions , state and na tional , with adequate powers to see that tfieso laws are enforced ; a liberal policy toward our waterways , which , during the season of navigation , nro potent in preventing exorbitant charges by railroads. 2. More efficient laws against the crime of bribery und for the protec tion of the purity of the ballot. A prohibition of free passes , 3. A public service founded on capacity and integrity. 4. Public lands , the common inher itance of the whole potflo , should bo reserved for actual settlors. D. Currency , the measure of values , whether metallic or paper , should ba equal to coin , and bo issued and con trolled by the Govemmont only. G The known benefits of the pos tal systems of other countries to bo adopted in the United States ; includ ing the postal savings bank , and the postal telegraph and telephone. 7. A f rae press the bulwark of our free institutions must bo maintained. Leading journals have been purchased by monopolists who are endeavoring to control the thought of the Nation. The journals which are not thus con trolled should be sustained by the pee ple.For For these objects wq declare that citizens should , without regard to party , vote for candidates pledged to secure the adoption of the above prin ciples and objects. That if existing political parties arose so controlled by monopoly influences that they will not qivo the relief which the public interest demands , then it will become the duty of all good citi zens to form a now party which will give the desired relief. That the anti-monopolists recognize the rights of capital as well as of labor ; wo appreciate the boncfita which corporate organization has con ferred upon the human race ; wo will labor us steadfastly to maintain the richta of corporations as to enforce observance of their duties , but the time has como when the people must organize to restrain the power for evil wielded by a few unscrupulous men , who have obtained control of the great forces of the century and who in their use "recognize no principle of action but personal or corporate aggrandizement. " METHODS OF PROCEEDING. To organize State , county and dis trict leagues. To influence , so far as possible , the nomination by existing political par- tics of candidates who will support our principles. Where such candidates are nominated , the League will notify its members of this fact and in such cases leave each member free to con sult his individual or party prefer ences ; but where ono candidate will and another will not suoport our prin ciples , then all party affiliations to bo laid aside by members of the league , and a solid vote cast for the candidate endorsed by iho league. If neither party presents a candidate favoring our principles , then the league will nominatn and support a candidate. Millions Given Away. Million * of Bottles of Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption , Coughs and Colds , have been given away as Trial Bottles of the large size. This enormous outlay would be disastrous to the pro prietors , were it not for the rare merits possesed by this wonderful medicine. Call at 0. K. Goodman's Drug Store , and get a Trial Bottle free , and .try for yourself. It never falls to euro. STRANGE METAMORPHOSES. Jf A Woman Who Turned Into a Mac After Marrlaffo. Dubuqae Times. Most ot our readers have heard oi the Burnham Novelty company , which has been playing about in the smaller towns of Iowa during the post winter. The company has , however , gained confidence and is playing at St. Paul this week. It is said to bo on its way to Dubuque. From what wo have hoard about its merits , we are led to hope that Dubuque may bo spared. But there is an extremely interesting history connected with the manager of this company , and wo give it to our readers with the solemn assurance that it is well authenticated. Mr. and Mrs. Burnham are resi dents of Waterloo , this State , where they have resided for some time. Ono of the principal parties in the strange cffair about to bo relieved is Major Powell , who was , says The St. Paul Pioneer-Press , editor of The Minne apolis Tribune in 1873. Prior to this time Powell had led the lifo of a Bo hemian , and in his travels wont to Broadhead , Wis. , where ho met a charming young lady , possessed of talent as a musician. Maj , Powell was then lecturing , and made a favor able impression both npon the young lady and her parents and the friend ship for the girl ripened into love and marriage. The young lady was then about nineteen years old and had al ways been roared delicately by a fam ily of the highest respectability , The father was a physician and drug gist. _ Soon after her marriage to Major Powell a change began to take place ; her complexion became swarthy and a beard began to grow , which demanded and received the as siduous attention of a razor. Other physical changes went on , and after the couple had been reasonably hap pily married for a period of nearly three years despite the major's dissolute - lute habits , it became impossible to deny thn fact that the girl was moro man than woman , _ A visit was made to Chicago , an eminent physician was consulted , who confirmed the suspi cion , a surgical operation was per formed , and Major Powell and wife separated , there being no matrimonial provision to bind two males together , The disclosure was extremely mor tifying to the parents of the ox-wife , and they shortly afterward removed to another place. The motamorphozed individual availed himself _ of his pre rogative and put away crinoline and donned male habiliments , and com menced work at a drug store in Chicago cage under the name of E. W. Burn- ham , a change in the given name only beini ; made to suit the clmnpo id sex , During the period young Burnham had lived as a woman the acquaintance had been formed of another young woman also of musical predilections. The two "girls" were chums , oven room mates together , without suspi cion of another condition being pres ent. The regard then formed ripened into love , and after a period had elapsed the two were married and have since lived happily together , making their homo at Waterloo. The husband and wife are none other than E. W. Burnham , the head , of the Burlington Novelty company , and Mrs. Fortio Evcrotto Burnham , one of the members of the party. There IB nothing in Mr. Burnham's appear ance to indicate the strange history , and ho is now thoroughly masculine in appearance , capable of raising a heavy beard , though to moot the re quirements of his business ho is clean' ly shaven. The facts are well nu thonticatod. Mr. Burnham is the nephew of a prominent citizen of Minneapolis , in whoso family ho lived as a charming young girl for a codridorablo time , and is the subject of ono of these curious frsaks in na ture , which are rare , but undoubted ly occur. HIS GRATITUDE , llth and Poplar streets , \ ST. Louis , Mo. , March 17 , 1881. / H. H. WARNER &Co. : Sirs For twelve years 1 suffered from kidney troubles until your Safe Kidney and Liver Cure wrought a wonderful re storation of health. apr7dlw JOHN M. WARD. Commissioners' Proceedings. SATURDAY , April 22. Board met pursuant to adjournment. Present , Commissioners Drexel , Corliss and Knight. The following resolutions wore adopted. Resolved , That the county treas urer bo , and hereby is , directed to draw from the general fund $8.00 and apply the samo'to ' the payment of iho delinquent personal tax'of Wm. F. Flynn for the year 1871 , for witness fees. fees.Resolved Resolved , That the count treas urer bo , and hereby is directed to draw from the general fund § 384.72 aud apply the same * to the delinquent personal tax. of the Omaha publishing company and Edward Rosewater for the years 1880 and 1881 , for printing and advertising. Resolved , That the county treas urer bo , and hereby is , directed to draw from the general fund $3.04 and apply thosame , to the payment of the delinquent personal tax of T. Callahan - han for the year 1874 , for services as as petit juror. Resolved , That the county treasur er bo and hereby is instructed to draw from the general fund $4.08 and ap ply the same to the payment of the delinquent personal tax of E. & J. Callahan for the year 1873 for petit juror. Resolved , That the county treasur er bo and hereby is directed to cancel the taxes on the east half of lot G , block 85 , for the year 1881i on ac count'ot its being used for ( Child's hospital ) charitable purposes. To C. 1C Yan Blest , road supervisor , East di-trlct , Saratoga precinct : You are hereby authorized to no tify all parties having obstructions in the county road running through section ! ) two and three , thirty-four and thirty-five , township 1C , range 13 , to remove the same within thirty days , and tot see that the same is car ried into effect. H. A. Nolto filed the petition and bond for the sale of liquor at Elkhoru Station , and the same was laid over for weeks. The resignation of W. H , Small as justice of the peace in and for Omaha precinct No , 5 , was received , accepted and filed. Balance of claim of G. W. Witting and wife as witnesses was rejected. The following accounts were al lowed from fromT11II T11II OBHBKAL FUND , Dan Shanahan , grading 9 42 90 Peter Hiler , wore on load 71 60 M. Tex , lumber for county. , ' 40 07 L. Doll , hay for pest house 1 BO Chas. Illewe , coflin for poor 3 00 6. Anderson , i cling police judge 5 10 O. Whitney , retiring bridge 2 50 Omaha Republican , booke , etc. . . . 21 50 C. Lelsge & 8 u , groceries for poor 2 00 F. W. Corliss , C-MI expended. . . . 4 20 H. 0. Thomas , on account , grad ing CO 00 John Donohoe , i mess fees 8 00 II. Bolln , groceries for poor 12 70 K. E. Thomas , ace > unt , grading. . 24 00 II. Packard , refunding license money 17 00 J. M. Jester , worn i n road G3 15 " " balance 1207 Xenaa Stevens , grocfiieg for poor. 5 50 Bllleter & Morris , h < tiling pllei. . 10 50 Y. Lance , groceries fur poor 2 50 W , T. Seaman envel jprs for clerk 2 15 B. & It. K. R. Co. , tr importation for poor 00 W , J , Kennedy , corn i > lantor 415 00 Patrick Hogan , wltne-R (03 ( \i \ Otf Omaha Pub. Co. , balan of or print- Injr 0 15 Stephen Robinson , uu account , Binding 150 00 Jos. B. Callahan , balance petit juror 14 28 0. Mannewiler , tales juror , . . . . . . . 4 00 D , O. Anderson , tales jurcr 4 00 Omaha Electric Co. , telephone rental ! 1500 Chicago Lumber Co. , lumber tor county , 1W " 2 Andrew Dauble , repairing brjiluu. ' - 00 Viiibla mpravemont- Mr. Noah Hates , Khnlra , N. Y. , writes : "About fonr years ago I had au.attack of bilious fever , and never fully recovered. My digestive organs were weakened , &nd I would be completely prostrated for davs. After using two bottles of your Burdock Blood Bitters the Improvement was so vis ible tint I was astonished. I can now , though 01 years of age , do a fair and rea. sonable day's \ ork. " Prica S JJ At Dubuque the other day a lady came near being drowned on one of the principal streets. While her and her brother were groping through the darkness and water , which was flow- p'g down the street , she stepped into a gutter where the water was several foot deep , and undoubtedly would have been carried under the culvert had not her brother rescued her by prompt action , HOUSES For Sale By r , FIFTEENTH AND DQDIMS 8TS" _ Ko. 1 5 , Ilousf , of six rooms , well , etllar , etc. , with three acres of ground near head of St. Mary's ave , 8SO.O. No 104 , Lugo brick house with beautiful lot onF&rnamncftr 16th st , (7600. No Ui , llouio of 6 rooms , come riot , near 1 th andPtrco ttrect , (3S03. No 102 , Uoaie i f 6 rooms corner lot on Btn nc rU. l' . dejot J-240) ) . . No 100 , One and one-half story home 10 roomi lot uajrlEOfeeton Bhcrm n ave (16th ( stjnear lopplcton'sWiOD. No ifcO.Two itary hou o of 7 rooms , cellar , well and c stern on Sherman ave (16ih ( it ) near Clark It (2300. No 183 , Large home of 10 roomi and Iot87x 234 feet on Farnam near 21st (8000. No)187 , targe two story house of 10 rooms nd corner lot on Burt stnotr 22nd (8000. Hake an offer. No 185 , Largo brick houses roomi and one halt lot on loth it near Dodge , 912,000. No 184 , House of 6 roomi and full lot on Ham. llton ueir end of Kcd itreet car line $2000. No 183 , New houie ol 4 rooms with half lot en onta' a near CumltiR it (12fO. No. 182 , L r e building 22x80 feet with re- frlgmtor 22x30 feet , lea room above , hcavllr built , h tiding 123 to Ml tons of Ice , fine itonj cellar under whole building ; aluotwo story houro 0 room * , cellar , well and cistern. lot 66xlSe Icet , $7600. Near 10th and Webster. No 181 , T < rostory bilck hou < e of 9 rooms , 7 closets , lot 60x200 feet on 10th st near St. Itary'l ave $7000. No 170 , Larro house and full lot on Webster near 20th st (11,100. 178 , Houie II rooms , full Hot on Pierce near 2Uth street , 11,660. 177 , House 2 rooms , full lot on Douglas near 20th street , $7000 , 176 , Beautiful residence , full lot on Cass near 10th street , 912,000. 176 , House three roomi , two closets , etc. , halt lot on 21st near Grace street , 300. 172 , Ono and one-half story brick house acd twn lota on Douglas near Seth street , 81,700. 171 , House two rooms , wcll.cistern , stable , etc .till lot near Pierce and 13th street , 81KO. 178 } , Ono and ono-halt story house slxirooms and n ell , half lot on Convent street near St , Mar'a avenue , (1,860. No. 109 , House and 33x120 feet lot on Igth street near WebsU r street , $3,600. No. 108 , IIouso of 11 rooms , lot 83x120 feet on 10th mar Kurt street , (5.000. No. 107 , Two story ho Jao , D rooms 4 closets , ( rood cellar , on 13th street near Poppleton'a ? 1,000. No. 164 , One and one halt story house 8 rooms on 18th street i car Leavccworth , $3.600. No. 101Ono and one-half story bouso of 6 rooms near Hanscom Park , (1,600- No. 168 Two houses 6 rooms each , closet ? , eto on Burt street near 25th , 83,600. No. 156 , House 4 largn rooms , 2 closets half aero on Burt street near Dutton , 81,200. No. 166 , Two houses , ono of 6 and ono of 4 rooms , on 17th street near Marcy , $3,200. No. 164 , Thrco houses , one of 7 and two ot E rooms each , and corner lot , on COM near 14th street , (5,000. Nr. 163 , Small house and full lot on Pacific- nearjl th street , (2,600. No. If 1 One story house 6 rooms , on Leaven north near 16th , tl 000. No. 150 , Homo three rooms and lot 92x116 feet near 26th and Farnham , $2,500. No. 148 , New house of eight rooms , on 18th street near Lsavcnworth , $3,100. No. 147 , House of IS rooms on 18th street near Marcy , 85,000. No. 146 , House of 10 rooms and IJlots on 18th street near Marcy , 0,000. No. 145 , House two largo rooms , lot 67x210 feet on Sherman avenue (16th ( street ) near Nicholas , (2,200. No. 142 , Home 6 rooms , kitchen , etc. , on 16th street near Nicholas , (1,875. No. 139 , IIouso 3 rooms , lot 00x160 } feet , oa Douglas near 27th street , 81,600. No. 137 , House 6 rooms and half lot on Capitol avenue near 23d street , (255) . , No. 129 , TWJ houses , one of 6 and ono of 4 rooms , on leased lot on Webster near 20th street , 82,601) . No. 127 , Two story reuse 8 rooms , halt lot on Wob.ter near 10th KJ,509. > No. 124 , Large house and full block pear Farnham and Central street , (8,000 No. 123 , House 6 rooms and largo lot on Sann- ders street near Bar racks , (2.100. No. 114 , House 8 rooms on Douglas near 26th itreet , $750. No. 112 , Brick house 11 rooms and hall lot on OJBS near 14th street , (2,8uO. No. Ill , House 12 ? rooms on Davenport near 20th street , 67,0,0. No. 110 , Brick house anc lot 22x132 feet on Cass street near 16th , 03,000. No. 107. House 5 rooms and holt lot on Izard near 17th street , (1,200. No. 116 , Two story house Brooms wlthlj on beward near Saundera street , (2,800. , No. 103 , Ono and one half story house 10 rooms Webster near 16th street , (2,600. No. 102 , Two houses 7 rooms each and 1 lot oa 14th near Chicago , (4,000. No. 101 , House 8 rtoms , cellu , etc. , 1J lots on South avenue near Pacific street , 81,150. No. 100 , House 4 rooms , cellar , etc. , halt lot on Izard street near 18th , (2,000. No. 09 , Very large house and full lot on Har ney near 14th street , $9 000. No. 07 , Large house ol 11 rooms on Sherman avenue near Clark street , make an offer. No. 06 , One and one half scory house 7 room * lot 240x401 feet , stable , etc. , oa Sherman ave nue near Grace , (7 GOO. No. 02 , Largo brick house two lota on Daven port street near 19th $18,000. No. DO , Large house and full lot on Dodge near 17 thetrett , (7,000. No. 89 , Large hause 10 rooms ball lot on 20th near California street , (7,600 No. 88 , Largo house 10 or 12 rooms , beautltm cornerlutonCaMnear20th , (7,000. No. 87 , Two itory bousa 8 roomi 6 acres eland land on Saunders itreet near Barracks , (2,000. No. 86 Two stores and a resiotnce oo leased half lot.near Hison and 10th itreet , $800. No 82 , One and one half story bouse , 6 room * full lot ou Pierce near 20th street , (1,800. No. 81 , Two 2 itory houses , one oiW andone ot 6 rooms , Chicago St. , near 12th , (3,000. 41U.OVA.VIMVV.W , closet * , etc. , large lot on 18th street near White Lead works , 8.1,300. No. 77 , Large house ot 11 rooms , close" , eel * lar. ct ! i. , with 1 j lot on Farnham near IB th street , 88,000. 9Q.WV. No. 76 , Ocean ! one-half story house of 8 rooms , lot 66x81 feet on Cass near 14th street , 84,600. No. 76 , llouso 4 rooms and basement , lot 16U132 f t on Marcy near 8th street , 8SOO. No , 74 , Largo brick house and two full lotl on Davenport near 16th street , $16,000. No. 73 , Ono and one-halt story house and'lot 86x132 feet on Jackson near 12th street , 81,800. No. 72 , Large brick house 11 rooms , lul lot on Davenport near 16th street , 85,000. No. 71 , Large bouio 12 rooms , lull lot on Cali fornia near 20th itreet , 87,000. No. 66 , Stablr and 8 full lots on Frank lln street near Saundera , (2,000. ' ' No. 64 , Two story frame building'store below and rooms above , on leased lot on Dougu near 16th Itreet , f 00 No. 63 , House 4 rooms , basement , etc. , lo 3x230 feet on 10th itreet mar Nail Works , 1,700. { to. 02 , New house 4 room * ona story , full lot on Uarney ear 21st street , 12,600. No. 61 bousa 10 rooms , full lot on Burt 85,000. hall lot onDevenport lot on Cauneaf 11 jot oa Websta lot , Uarney ' eetou COM tlntern , etc. etc. , lull lot , - * , t oa Call/or- loU on 10th f M lot on Kirn. ball lot on Paclflo ins , IJ IoUoa | 19th near brick houses with lot neurtl6tn turn * 5,5uu BEMIS' REAL ESTATE AGENCY 16th and Douglas Street , 41 !