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OMAHA 'DAU/E 7BE.fi , : APEIL ; > 8 The Omaha Bee Published every morning , except Sonde ; Che only Monday morning daily , TKKM8BYMAIL- 9ne Tsar $10.00 I Thrw Months.P3.0 Bli Months. C.OO One . . 1.0 WKEKLY BEK , published e ory WoJnesday , BKRMS POST PAID. One Tear $2.00 I ThreoMonlhi. . rV Six Moilhi. . . . 1.00 1 One OOUKESPONDENOE All Communl Batlons reUUntr to News and Editorial mft' ' en nhould be addrewed to the EDiron d THE BEE. BUSINESS LETTERS All Ba tn i Iiotlcrs unrt llcmllUnce * should bo ml dreuwod to TUB OMAHA PoiuisHiim Cots r/urr / , OMAHA. Draft * , Chock * and Poxt offioo Orders to be made payable to th order of the Company. OMAHA PUBLISHINQ 00 , .Prop'rs . Ei RO3EWATER , Editor. Proclamation "by the Governor Convening tlioXiogiilfttnro' WHKRKAft , The constitution of the sill ot Nabraska provides that the governor tnay , on extraordinary occasion i , convene th leglnlnturfl by proclamation ; and \VIIKHKAS. Important public interest nf MI extraordinary character requires the exercise of thh authority ) Therefore , I , AlMnus Nnnce , governor of the utate of Nebraska , do h-reby con vena the legislature nf said ntnte to ncol inispuclal aenrion at the captlol ia Lincoln onWcdnesd y the 10th of May , 1832 , at IS o'clock m. of said day for the purposed herein stated a * followc , to-wlt : First. To apportion the state Into tlireo oongraulonal districts end to provide for tha election of representatives therein. Second. To amend an act at proved March 1st , 1881 , entitled "Aaact to in corporate cities of the first class and itffa lation of their duties , powera and govern ment , " by conferring additional power upon cltle * of the first clans for the pur pose of paving or macadamlzlug streets nd alleysand also providing for the crea tion and appointment of a board nf public works therein. Third. To a slgn th countv of C'uater to nemo judicial district in thtMate. Fourth , To amend section 09 , chapter 11 , of the compiled statutes of Nebraska entitled "Cities of the second class and villages. " Fifth. To provide for the expenses in- ' currcd in suppressing the recent riots at Omaha nnd protecting citizens of the Btnle fr itn domestic violence. Sixth. To give the awent of atato the to the provision of an act of conarcsi to extend the northern boundary of the state of Nebraska. Seventh. To provide for the payment of the ordinary nnd contingent expense * of the logiilaturo incurred during the special pension hereby convened. In testimony whereof , I have hereunto < iet ray hand and caused to bo affixed the { rreat Real of the utato. Done at L'ncoln , this 20th of April , A. 2),1882 , the sixteenth year of the f > tate. and of the independence of the United Btateg , the ono hundred and sixth. By th < < governor : Ar.niNUs NA.VOK. 8 , J. ALKXANDICII , Secretory of St.tio. Now lot Mr. Belmont , beaten bj Mr. Blaine in a contest whore brains were required , challenge him to a duel at polo. That will always continue to be Mr. Bolmont's strongest hold. PIICEBB COUZINS is being urged as one of the members of the Utah com * * mission. Phoebe and Algernon are , vo/y fond of each other , and if they : ' become associated together in the mis- iflion to abolish polygamy they will m- snortalizo themsolvea , Tins Is to bo an oil year in Nebraska politics. That is evidently why the political managers of the CJ. P. are BO liberal with their -passes no early in the spring. Thny want to send so many politicians-and political acrobats ' off to Colorado , Utah and Montana on a pleasure trip. TUB Springfield llopublican is vin dictive. It says that the president is making a colossal mistake , that there are a great many people in the coun try outside of office and that the ' United States is too largo a country , for the ox-collector of the party of New York to carry by his old tactics. Somebody in the Republican hat misted a poatofQco. THAT cheeky land , shark Doctor i Schwonck , formerly of Weak Pointand moro lately of Norfolk , whoso career as goyemmonUmd agent wai abruptly cut short two yean ago by the ex * poiuro of bii rogueries , la said to bo on his way to Washington ouco moro , looking after on cfli je. The notorious fraud has procured a largo number of certificates of characto'r from people pp the Elkliorn valley , to ehow that lie is just the man for the place for Which Valentino has rocommoudod him. For sublime check Dee Suhwonck takca the cake. A OOVKKMOR and four representa tives in congress at largo will bo nomi nated at the republican convention of Maine which mocta in Portland on Juno 10th. The call tor the oonvon titm is certainly broad enough to ap PBA ! to all honest men. It says : "All citizens of Maine , whatever may here tofore have been tholrparty afliliations who believe in the purity of the ballot and honeaty iu its count ; in popular government unobstructed by executive usurpations ; in an independent and Jionest judiciary , whoso judges ahall not bo exposed to the assaults of par- tiaau hatred and revenge ; In a safe and aound currency for the people ; in a reasonable encouragement and de velopment of our industries , and pro tootion of our laborers against the cheap labor ef Europe , by wise and judicious laws ; in efficient measures for the encouragement of American shipping aud ship-building ; in popu Jar education ; in temperance ; in an economical , just , and efficient admin islration of public affairs ; are cordially invited to unite with the republicans of the atate iu selecting delegate * to thia convention. " MB. DLAINE'S TESTIMONY. Mr. Blaine is nothing if not aggrcs aivo. Ho delights in controversy an never evades attack. And his salion characteristics are brought out in th strongest colors , when facing his an tagonlsts , ho appears either as th champion of his oj n daring policy o as the defender of principles of whic ho is the professed and open advo cato. Mr. Jake Shiphord is .iwaro o this fact by this time. liis charge and insinuations against Genera Oarfiol'l'a secretary of state have been disposed of so thoroughly that thor is not n shred of his testimony left The real fact * concerning the Pern vian guano fraud were brought out b ; Mr. lilalno in a manner which leave no doubt of the ex-secretary's prudence once and wisdom during the entire course of the negotiations. Ho was induced to listen to Shiphord's ' presentation sontation af the Cooliot claim because ho sooinod to have prominent and im portant backers , lie swears that ho only saw Shiphord thrco times and tho.i only for a few minutes ; that the midnight interview at his house was a very commonplace af fair of about fifteen minutes duration ; that the famous marginal note , "Go in Stove , " was a monatroue and detestable lie , and that just aa soon as Shiphord was discovered to bo a fraud ho was unceremoniously bounced from the department' As to the missing letters , Mr. Blaine swears that ho has no idea what became - came of them , aa ho never hoard of them , moat of Shiphord'a trash being thrown in the waste baskets by the clerks. With powerful eloquence ho defended the dead president from the slanders of Shiphord , and declared that General Gnrfiold wont down to his grave without the alighost knowl edge of oven the cxistenco of the Peruvian company or its perjured agent. This should have boon sufficient to dispose of Mr. Blaine , but Mr. Perry Belmont , whoso father has most of the money and all of the brains of his family , thought the occasion a favor able ono for reviewing the ox-sccro- tary'i policy in the.caso of the South American republics. II o learned enough to make him forget his posi tion and to brand him as a brainless upstart acting as a stool pigeon for the democratic party. Mr. Belmont made very little capital out of his tilt with the ex-secretary but hoafforded Mr. Blaine an excellent chance to answer some of the slurs which have boon cast upon hip policy in the state department and especially upon his course in relation bo affairs in Peru and Chili. Mr. Blaine explained that all foreign dis patches wore submitted to President Gbrfiold before being discussed in the abinot and that all questions of policy troro determined upon by the chief jxecutivo. During the president's illness none of the South American liepatohea were prepared. JBo as- icrtod in the most emphatic anguago that his original dispatch to Truscott was sent , only after its sub- nission to and approval by President Arthur , and added ; "I do not by any noans find fault with the president 'or changing his mind , but the origin- d draft of instructions to which Presi- lent Arthur govo his assent , and vhicli , following precedent , I kopt. _ I losiro to state most eolomly that the ussumption that I over interpolated a ino or syllable in a dispatch after it nras agreed to by the president , is as 'also as the lie thatwoa circulated over ho country that I was , during the incident's sickness , blocking out a foreign policy of my own. " A scries of insulting questions by Bolmout , who insisted upon miscou- itruinct Mr. Blaino'a remarks , brought aut Q powerful denunciation of Eng land from the ex-secretary. Ho charged with sarcastic eloquence that the Eng lish had forced Ohiti into war with Peru to seize the spoils of war. "They make a mistako"aaid Mr. Blaine , "who apeak ot the war an a Chilian war , It waa au English war on Peru , and I take the responsibility to BO put it. I dared to oak that'a hearing bo given to an humble citizen of the govern ment that hardly daroa to bo out over night , and yet 'my foreign policy , ' to quote the expression , would huvo driven thia country into war with Ohlli had it not been thwarted. Why , it is believed all over that country that the United States got out just in time to save a thrashing ; that her hair brained secretary of state waa juit about to involve her in warwhen aho was saved by his removal , and we are laughed at and cartooned in their papers. A little gathering of one million people on the west coast of South America would have given ua a terrible thrashing ; ao wo lot the dis memberment of Peru go on and al lowed England to bag the spoils. " Mr. Blaine added with oraphaaia ; "History will hold the United Statea reaponaible for it. " HiHtprywUlrecord that the re versa of Mr. Blaino'a South American policy coat the United Statea their influence on the Pacific coast , the loss of their prestige on the predominant nation of two cpntinonta and hundreds of mil lions of dollars in commoro which waa wantonly sacrificed to England. In the worda of Mr. Treacott "tho re- venal ol my original instructions have made ua the laughing Block of the diplomatic world and aout mo upon a fool'a errand. " Mr. Blaino'a policy waa a strong ono. Nothing but strong measures were available under the circumstances. It waa moro than a strong policy. It was essentially an American policy , outlined by the earliest of our statesmen , formulatoc under President Monroe and upheld as the policy of our nation by every suc ceeding administration. And sooner or later it must again bo taken up one forced into the recognition of every nation who envies or denies the 'su premacy of the United States in af- laira atlecling the interests of twf con tinent in which wo must always bo the ruling and moat important factor. LOW ASSESSMENTS AND HIGH TAXES. Twelve years ago the aggregate valuation of taxable property in thia city as returned by the assessors waa over ton millions. In 1881 the as sessors returns show a valuation oi $0',42IC24 , a following off in eleven years of over four million dollars lars , Now it. is true that property values were much inflated in Omaha in 1870 and during the period following the panic of 1873 there was great shrinkage - ago in property values. But thia city las boon growing all the time in popu at ion and wealth. It has certainly coptpaco with the state which trebled ta population between 1870 and 1880 , and raised its taxable property value rom fifty-five to eighty-five millions luring those ton years. It is safe to ay that Omaha during the twelve 'oars since 1870 has added fully ton millions to her taxable wealth in store louses , factories , dwellings and pub ia improvements. There is not a single ot in the city limits that will not soil for aa much to-day aa it did in 1B70 , and there are thousands of lots that are selling from fifty to ono thousand per cent above the mar ket value of 1870. And otill the aggregate value of tax able property in Omaha was over four nillions less last spring than it was in 870. No well informed person will assort that property in Omaha and ) ouglas connty was assessed at its full aHh value in 1870 , 1871 and 1872 , nd no one will insist that it should BO )0 assessed fo-day. But wo cannot fford to advertise to the world that ) maha with sixteen thousand popula- ton had qvor four millions moro tax- bio property in 1870 than Omaha with a population of forty thousand as in 1882. Thia is not the worat feature of ndorvaluation. Everybody that do- ires to locate or invest in Omaha aturally asks , What is your tax rate ? nd our' ' answer is , the tax rate for ast year was two por.cont. atate and ounty tax , and throe andono-quarter ity tax. , What ! your taxea over five per ont. ! Thia ia enormous and ruinous. V o can't invest in such a placo. Your own must bo hopelessly involved or 'our city government is managed by a ang of thieves. Thia is the impression made by our > per cent , tax , And yet Omaha is ess involved than any oity in Amor- ca of equal population and no city in 10 west pan show aa little jobbery nd public plunder , nor is tlio tux im- > osed as heavy in amount as is im- tosed in many other cities where the ax rate is below 3 per cent.Asa matter of fact the tax rate will avor- go loss than 1 per cent on the actual ash value of property. Assess all property impartially at lalf its cash value , and the tax rate or city , county and atato would not xcoed two and ono-fourth , per cent , nd at one-third of its cash value not ver three per cent. But the very worst effect , apart rom the wholesale perjury begotten > y false assessment returns , ia that , ' compels our resident capitalists who lave money to loan either to invest heir money in government bondi or oroign securities , or to exact a high ate of intoreat. Lot any man in Omaha loon his money on real estate county , aud make an honest return o the assessor of the loan , and ho is ompolled to pay five end a quarter per cent , taxca on his money Sup- > o o ho loans at ton per cent. That loaves him only four and hrco qunrtors' interest above his tax. 'f hia tux return was only throe pei cent ho could afford to loan at eight > or cent without reducing hia net ncomo and if it waa only two per cent 10 could afford to loan at seven per cent. But suppose a man should loan money on mortgage in Omaha at BIX > or cent , ai it is done every day in eastern cities , what would hia money earn him if he made an honest return o the assessor and paid 0 | per cent axes ! Now we repeat , aa wo said in our ast article , that wo would not insist on an assessment at full market value or state and county purposes aa long aa every other county in the state makes fifty per cent or thirty-throe > or cent the oaaeaaor'a standard. But wo do insist that it ia damaging to our ity to keep down valuations be- ow ono-sixth market value and coop up a high rate of taxes that frightens away capital , compels our peopls to pay a higher ate of intoreat on real estate loans and stunts our growth by preventing many solid improvements which prop- rty ownora would make , if they ) uld borrow money at very low atoa , The very first > top towarda a moro uniform system of taxation must b taken by our assessors and our county and city boards of equalization. "How to auccoed in Public Life , ' ia the title of an article recently pub liahed by Senator George F. Edmunds. . If success in public life ia to bo mcas urcd by the general approbstion won by a steadfast purpose and unswotv- ng integrity rather than by the more accumulation of wealth , no man is bet tor fitted to lay down rules on the subject than Senator Ed munds. The senator says , "Thoro is perhaps no ono thing so valuable to the right progress of civilized society aa the courage of sincere individual opinion , and , as it regards public af faira the man who tries honestly to form an accurate conclusion am bravely to maintain and advance it without counting the number of his adversaries will fulfill the best mis sion of a citizen , and will bo , whether in public or private station , the true politician , often the real statesman the beat teacher and the noblest lead CONSUL Giunos , of Ohomnitz , seems to be protected in retaining hia office by n special providence of large dimon aiona. First there was a contest over the position between our congressional delegation , which delayed the nomina tion of a successor for a num ber nf months. Mr. Kaley had scarcely been appointed to the position when ho waa removed by death. New complicationsresulted in the nomination of Mr. J. J. Flynn , of Chicago , after a long delay , Mr. Griggs meantime retaining his ofilco. And now to cap the climax Mr. Flynu baa committed official suicide by cole arating his arrival in Germany by a protracted aproo , which will necessitate iia recall. Lucky Griggs turns up smiling , as usual , and wondora what nterposition of Providence will happen next in his favor. Foim hundred delegates are in at- oudanco on the anti-monopoly con vention now iu session at Albany , N. if. The great interest manifested and ho largo number of able lawyers and merchants and farmers among mem- ) era of the convention is strong evi dence of the deep root which antimonopoly - monopoly principles have taken in Sow York state. It will not bo loui ( > eforo every section of the cauntry will wheel into line and voice the general - oral demand for a thorough reform of ho relations now existing between ho monopolies and the people. OCCIDENTAL JOTTINGS. CALIFORNIA. The crop prospects In the State were never better in its history. The aheep ranches in many parts of Southern California have been cultivated his year. The stock have been shipped , o Mew Mexico and Colorado. It is said there is in Calaveiai county a strip of country about twenty miles wide and forty miles long where the grain crop will be almost a total failure. A grant deal of It will not inako feed , while but ittle will m ke good hay. The colossal new twelve-wheel locomo- .Ive recently constructed at the railroad Bbo.'B in Sacramento , uiado o , Buccecstul ml trip the other day , hauling uixteon oadod.iaM over a one hundred and five- but grade , nhichldono of the heaviest grades on tbo line of the tJeutral Pacific ikilroad between San Francisco and Ogden - den , The monster mode the trip ten min utes nheud of the regular time. She is to maka another trip in a fevr days , and will hia time pull eighteen loado i earn up the illl. It Iu predicted by the officials that ( the will make the usually g od time with them. _ _ _ _ _ _ IDAHO. Trout sell for "four bits" per pound at letclmm. The yield of the Wood lllver mines this year Is expected ta reach $3,000,000. At the town of Greenvil e. Wood River , which contains but two cabins , are about sixty men who Jive 'n ' the open nir and Hleep on the onow. The Times saya : They sleep on the snow with their jlankoU , or on poles laid on top of the mow , watch is tnree feet deep , but melt- OK fMt. There being no thow to work , ; hey pa the time playing carda , smoking , heir pipes , and spinning y rna. " The Wood lllver New * userta that an other line of railroad to Wood River will soon be built. The Central Pacific are to commence the construction of a line from Flumboldt Wells to Intenect the Northern Pacific In Montana. The proposed new Ine will ekirt the Wood JUyer mountain * , and branch roads will nm up the valley * of Big and Little Wood Itlvoia in oppoal- ion to any line * the Union Pacific nuy nilld. OREGON AND WASHINGTON. Lewlaton la pnlng to build a 810,000 itchnol houses. The money IH to bo raised on bonJf , . ' The OruRon City woolen factory runs day and uixht , but cannot supply the [ reat demand lor IU goods. Marlon countv , Or. , boasts of H woman who U the mother of twenty children , nineteen nf whom uro living. The sealing e aaon has begun with good irosjiecta for this easou. There are ilevon schoouera employed oil Noah B > W , T. _ _ _ _ _ WYOMING. Work has been reiunied on the Auie monument at Shwmuu. Laratnle wants a street inrinrk'er ' , nnd at leant forty feet of sidewalk ou the aame grade. Seven can of outfit left Laramle Iwt vreek far Granger , to work on the Oregon Short Lin * . The construction force ot the Lnramle Telephone Exchange ia hard at work set- , ing polea. | The EranUon aaw-mlll Is being run at U full capacity , and la turning out Im mense quantities of lumber. There Isniorobulldingand Improvements rolng on in Evonston now than there haa ieen at any tlmcjfor many vean. The ground was never In better condl. ion ou the Laramle plains for the promo. Ion of vegetation than now , The Boomerang thinks this latha proper season to set out the battered stove pipe and Topioal boup bones on the boulevard north of town. The vigilantes of JUwlltuaro seriously considering a proposition to lynch the town dramatic club , for Its recent perform , anco , Cheyenna haa n theological crank. lie * ays be ia a native of SwIUerland by the naaie of Welty. Ills peculiarity con t t In preaching revival sermons to Imnglna tire audlencei. The other night h preaching no luitily In tha street * that th police were forced to take him In. Sine the he preaches regularly in the city jail MONTANA. English capitalist * are Investing heavily in rtock in Onllatin. Bullion shipment * from JJutto for tha week ending April 22 , aggregate $40,211 Lewla and Clarke county owes $149. 400.47 , but has In the treasury nearly $30 , v Ono hundred nd twenty-seven CM were adjudicated nt the late term of court n Butte Beautiful Lombardy poplar trees , from 10 to 1C feet In height , ore beinj exten alvely planted In Helena. Helena ia to have another Natlnnn Imnk with an authorized capital of $200 , OCO. It will lo under tf e maniRcmcnt ol Lbenezer Sharpe , of Indianapolis. A Milwaukee colonization company I booming the Yellowstone country. They will build up n little metropolis of then- own beyond Miles City. The distance between Butte and Deer lodge is but 40 miles , end yet ns the xcrv- Ice is run , the very shortest time In which a letter con pas between the two points Is two nights nnd nno day. The Butte , Montana , papers complain that their city is being overrun.with "tenderfeet" without money or business who are arriving by mil nt the rate ol twenty to sixty per day. A man at Butte City filled an old Run nearly to the muzzle with powder and ahot and fired into a flock of geese that were feeding in hia grain field. He killed thirty-five geese , but the gun burst nnd cam- near killing him. Ic is said that the Big { Horn tunnel w be completed l > y the middle of June ; thirty or forty blants are set off each day within both ends of the tunnel , but no premature explosion or other mishap lias ever occurred destructive of life or limb , UTAH. . They have organized n gas company in Dgdcn. The Ogden driving park WAS opened last week. Block men report ahcep throughout Utah territory in thriving condition , though cattle nave not done so well. The effect of the dumping of the Color- ulo Indlani into Utah ta beginning to be 'clt. They have brought some 6,000 hea I jf ponlej with them and on the plea that , ncro ia not onoiich grass fur them and the 10.000 head of Utah cattle foi on the LTinta reservation , tbo latter have been or dered off. So the great herda of Mr. Pop- > er , Mr.'Hatch , Mr. Evans , Etan & Travis , nnd other ? , are to be Bold off , and f the Block men continue in the business , t must bo somewhere else. COLORADO. There are eight cnttlo inspectors in Col- irado who receive an annual compensation of 50,001) ) . A prtent IUM been issued to John La- erve , mayor , for the townnlte of Teller. ' [ embraces 301 acres. The grading on the Burlington an < l Col orado extension of the Chicago , Buningtou and Qtiincy will be completed thia week. Two thousand children attended the ancy dress ball at Denver one evening last yeek. It was a charming sight to ceo the ittle ones shilling through the mazes of rhe waltz. DAKOTA. A First National bnnk will be started at Milbank this spring with a capital of 8500. Thofchool cen'm of Deadwood haa been ompleted. In the entire city there are 4G1 children old enough to go to school. The Sioux Falls quurrie * expect to ship rom 2,500 to 3,000 cars of stone the pres ent yejr , betides the large quantities taken out : for local use. , Vermillion is about convinced that it must have a steam ferry acrets the Mis- ouri at that point. The Dakota Farmer offer * a reward oi 00 to thi man who makes f urming a ucceai without working. NovorQlro Up- If ynu are suffering with low and de pressed spirits , loss ot appetite , general lebility , disordered blood , weak conatilu- ion , he td che , or any disease of a bilioua laturc. by till means procure a bottle of j lee trie Bitters. You will bo tmrpriped to oo the rapid improvement that will f ol'o ' w ; you will bo inspired with new life : strength nnd activity will returnpain ; and nisery will cense , and henceforth you will rejoice in the praiao of Electric Hitters. Sold at fifty cents a bottle , byC. F. Good- man. The Mighty Factor In Politics. Chicago Dally Herald. THE OMAIIA DAILY BEB very cor- cctly observes , in ita issue of Friday ast , that the growth of public 'aonti- mcnt agairiHt the menace of monopoly ely has "moro than kept pact ) with ; ho extension of monopoly power. " But this sentiment , although fasttak- ng shape , it a thing of comparatively recent growth. The rapidity of its ixtonaion ia the beat proof of the firm lold it haa taken upon the bulk of the jooplo. Originating obscurely , it low overshadows the union , and ; hero ia no room whatever to doubt ; hat , presa and people being united , t will become a mighty factor in na tional politics. The party that ig nores it , or that fails to construct its' platform in accordance with.its spirit , rvill inevitably go to the .wall. The 'act ia well understood in the republi can ranks , and it i to tha republic n larty alone that those who wiah to avert the evils that follow in the train of monopoly must look for measures .hat will check ita baneful growth. Bucklin'a Arnica Salvo. The BEST SALVB in the world for Cute , Bruiser. Sored , Ulcerr , Salt llhemo , Fever Sores , Tetter , Chapped Hands , Chilblain * , Uorna , and all iklu eruptioua , and poai. tively cures piles. It la guaranteed to ive pntlufaction or money refunded , ? 'rice , 25 cents per box. For ule by C. F. Goodman Boarlot Fovor. NttloruJ AiocUted 1'ium. PIIUCNIXYIU.H , Pa. , Apnl 27. A malignant typo of scarlet fever has made ita appearance at Limerick , n station. eight miles above hero. Twelve'casoa are reported and ono death , the person being sick only six hours. Other deaths are momentarily oxpacted. Millions Chven Away. . Million * of Bottleaof Dr. Klng'a New Discovery for Consumption , Coughs nnd Dolde , have been given sway as Trial Bottles of the large aize. Thli enormous outlay would be disastrous to the pro- irielow. were it not for the rare merits josseeed by this wonderful medicine. Call it 0. i' . Goodman' * Drug Store , and get a Trial Bottler , and try for yourself. It never fails to cure. Jeweled Garters. The fashion of wearing jeweled car- : era has spread so rapidly that jewel ers all keep the article in stock. They are very expensive. A member of a lonsplcuoua Now York firm explains IQ a reporter of the Sun : "The ra e is recent , but none the leu strong , and t promises to spread indefinitely , as the range i as unlimited as the purso. All the prominent eocioty women and many who are not in nocioty wear thoin. You sec , women conetitution- ally delight in pretty things , and their adornment is ol more interest and en joyment to them than anything olso. If you will come down fltairs I'll show you the stock , " There was a show-case full of them , each pair mounted in a velvet box. The pattern was the same in all as far as the band wai concerned , The band was a full inch wide , made of fine elastic and covered with boauti fully-woven silk of every conceivable shade , palo blues and warm reds pro' dominating. They are designed to match the tint of the dress worn with them. In ono c.iso two heart-shaded clasps of colored gold , inlaid with cross-bars of turquoises and pearls , joined the ends of a scarlet band with little frills ot silk along the edges. The price was 8100. A pair with 'two oval clasps of hammered gold , perhaps an inch in length , could bo bought for $48 , while the cheapest pair , with plain gold clasps was $40. "It's a curious fact , " said the jewel er , "that the cheap ones won't ' sell , When a customer wants an elegant garter , he 1 moan she is willing to pay for it " A pair that cost $225 had two shields with three big pearls in each and little diamonds at the edges , Another pair was expensive through its delicate lace which was arranged in a fluffy bowknot - knot , with two little gold discs clasp ing in the centre. At another 'establishment the jew eler said : "Tho. majority of them are made to srder. Your visit-is opportune , aa I layo just finished the most expensive pair that over loft my factory. The price is $1,200. " In this the lace and joarl colored silk bands were joined 3y an elaborate clasp. On ono side was the lady's monogram in pearls ; on the other the coat-of-nrmn , with 'rested storks' heads , a crest of deli cately carved gold , and a motto sot in chip diamonds. It was a present rotn a mother to her daughter , who a to bo married soon. "Has the demand for such gar tots ncreased ? " "It is a hundred per cent , greater hau last year , and grows constantly. " IOWA ITEMS. Maitan Beck attempted to commit uicid o at Dubnquo by stabbing him- elf in the breast with a Jargo pen- ciiifc. Mrs. T. M. Sinclair , of Oodar lipida , has subscribed $500 to Mrs. Benedict's scheme for establishing at ) es Moincs a homo for fallen women of the stato. Samuel H. Houser , a resident of rluscatino since 1842 , was found dead n his bed on the 24th inst. The ay before his death ho appeared to > e in usual health. The now high school building and- bo mammoth now business block on fourth street , now determined upon is a part of this season's work in iioui City , will enhance the progross- ve appearance of the metropolis of northwestern Iowa. A well known horticulturist of Dos loines county a man well posted in ruit culture in the state , says in his uinion the fruit crop of Southern ! owa is all right and the general yield will be abundant. In some localities ho late freeze did more damage than n others , and uomo tender grades of ruit suffered , but the crop as a whole will average up finely , unless future disasters cut it off. The president of the Siour City ' & St. Paul road recently said that his ompany would upend $5,000 at Sioux llky this year in examining the river > ed for a bridge site. At Decatur , ho aid , where it was supposed there was a oed rock bottom for a bridge , the rock when examined proved to be a more shell. The examination of the river at Sionx City will bo thorough , so that when the growth of business on the Nebraska side justifies a bridge he company will know where to put t in. HIS GRATITUDE , llth and Poplar streets , \ ST. Louis , Mo. , March 17 , 1881. / H. H. WAKNER & Co. : Sirs For .welvo years 1 suffered from kidney roubles until your Safe Kidney and Liver Cure wrought a wonderful ro- toration of health. aprlTdlw ' JOHN M. She Wanted liigicated Stocking * , Helena Herald. , The dry goodi houses ot Helena are > robably the most complete establish- nonts of thor kind in the territorioi. t was generally believed that there was nothing in their linn for which a ady could possibly call that could not tot be auppliod. The ono exception uown to the trade > ras noted yostor- ay , when a lovely foramina sir opt racefully into one of the magnificent istablishmmtts and in a soft and low , > ut confident tone of voice said : "Please to show mo sumo of your igitated hose. " The aff blo clerk laid before the lady an oudloss variety of elegant hosiery of every conceivable shade and color aud of the finest texturo. "Oh , not there , not there ! " she exclaimed - claimed , a little frown flitting across her troubled brow. The clerk , a trifla puzzled , turned , meditated a moment , and then landed on the counter a delicious array of laco-wovo and open work goodH. "I prgsumo tlieso are what you wish , Madam , " with the sweetest dry goods emiloiu the storo. "They are our finest bifurcated hoso. " "No , sir , no ; they are not what 1 want. I called for digitated , not bifurcated hoso. " The clerk was "stumped , " BO to speak. "Can you describe the goods , Madam ? " ho hestatingly inquired. ' "Why , sir , hose made after the manner of gloves a stall for each too , as it wore , They are English goods , the latoat out in London , Pariajtnd New York. " "Ah , yes , to bo sure. I didn't at once recognize them under the name you gave. The house has a largo as sortment on the way , madam ; between Dillon and Helena , madam ; bad roads have kept the wagons back , but will have the goods hero shortly inside of a fortnight without fail. " The lady , disappointed , withdrew. The merchant , apprized by the clerk of the new agony in foot wear , wired New York at once , "Express mo a doien boxdt digitated itockiugir" HOUSES LOTS ! For Sale By FIFTEENTH ANDDOUBLAS SIS , , _ No. 1C5 , House , ol ulrriomi , iroll , cellar , etc. , with three acrei of ground no r bexl of St Mary's v , 8fO 0. No 194 , Liriro brick hotm with beautiful lot on Farn&tnncar 16th it. JJ600. No liH , llou < e of S rooms , cornerlot , near 1 th and P trco ttrcct , (3500. No 192 , Ho ate t 6 room * corner tot on Btn noirU. P. depjt tMO ) . No 100 Onoand onc-hilf itory hoqte 10 roorai lot88ixlEOf ? ton shoruun RVO (10th at ) near topple ton's 3JIO ) . No 189,1 0 story houfa of 7 rooms , cellar , well and c ulcrn on Sherman are (16 ( h it ) near Clark it 2300. No 183 , Largo bout * of 10 roomi and lot 87x 2S4 tea on frri.xm near 21184000. NoJlST , ' arge two ttory home of 10 rooms nd earner lot on Butt itneir 22nd 13000. Make an i ffor. No IBS , Larjo brick houieft roomi and one h\lf lot on ItUnt near Dodge , (12,000. No 184 , House of 6 rooms and full lot on Ham ilton near ted of Red street car line I20HO. No 183 , New houi > of i rooms with ha.f lot 01 onta ner Cumin ? it 112 0 bo. 182Ltr building 22x80 feet with re- ( rgpr tor 22x30 feet , lee loom above , hearlhr built , hildl g 125 to 150 tons of Ice , flno atonj cclUr umlcr whole building ; aNotwo utory hnune 6 rormi. cellar , well and cU.crn. lot CSxlSe feet , $7(00 Near 16th and Webster. No 181 , TWottorr b/lek hou a of 9 rooms , 7 etosetn , lot 0x200 feet on 19th it near St. Uarr't veJTiKX ) . No 179 , Larre house and lull lot on Webster ner 20th it tll.tOO. 17B , House a rooms , full Mot on fierce nw r 20th itreet , $1,6(0. 177 , HOUM 2 roomi , full lot on Douglai oe > r sethstrcft.roro. 17G , Deautlfnl reeldenev , fall lot on Cns near 19th street , 12,000. 176 , Uouso three room * , two closets , etc. , half lot on 21st near Grace street , 7800. 172 , One aud ono-htlf story brick house atd twn lot * on Itouglu near 2Mb street , 81,700. 171 , House two rooms , well.cutorn , liable , eta full lot near Fierce and 13th street , 3I.C.CO. 178) , One and one half story house slx.rooms and well , halllot on Content itrcet near St. Mar > 's avenue , 91,8(0. No. 1R9 , Hnuao unrt 33x120 feet lot on Igth ' street near Wcbsfc r street , $3,501) . - r No. 168 , House of 11 rooms , lot 33x13) ) foot on 19th mar Hurt street , f 5,000. No. 167 , Two story house , 8 rooms * closets , L'ood cellar , on ISth street near I'oppleton'a 51,000. No. 1C4 , One and one half story house 8 roomi on 18th street i car Lcavoi.\\orth , 53,603. No I010no and one-half ftory Louse of 5 rooms near Hanscom Fark , 81,600. No. 1(8 Two houses 5 roomi each , closets , etc on Hurt street near 25th , 83H . No. 1(6 , HOUBO 4 largo room ; , 2 closets bolt aero on Burt street near Dtit on , 81,2UO. No. IBS , Two hourcs , one of 6 and one of i rooms , on 17th street near Marcy $1 , 00. No. 164. Three housfis , one of 7 and two oft room ) each , and corner lot , on COM near 14th street , f 5,000. Nr. 103 , Small house and full lot on Pacific near.l'Jth street , $2,600. No. 1M One storv IIOUBO 6 rooms , on Iioaroa worth near 16th. 93,000. No. 1(0 , Houie three rooms and lot 92x116 feo' , i tar 26th and Farnham , $2,500. No. 148 , Now house of eight rooms , on 18th street near Lcnvcnworth , $3,100. No. 147 , House of IS rooms on 18th street near Marcy , 86,000. No. 146 , Homo of 10 rooms and IJlota on 18th street near Marcy , 80.600. No. 146 , House two Urge rooms , lot 07x210 feii on Sherman avenue (16th ( street ) near Nicholas. 82.200. No. 142 , JToufe G roomi , kitchen , etc. , on 16th street near Nicholas , 81,876. No. 1(9 , House 3 rooms , lot 00x166 } feet , on Douglas near 27th street , $1,600. No. 137 , House 6 room * and half lot on Capitol avenue near 23d street , tttfX , fc. , t No. 129 , Two hr.iUes.'oiie of 6 and'ono or t rooms , on leased lot on Webster near 20th street , 82,6011. No. 127 , Two itory bouse 8 rooms , half lot on Webster near 19th $3,600. No. 124 , Largo house and full block near farnhain and Cen > ral street , 83.00U No. 123 , House 6 rooms and large tot on { foun ders street near Barracks , } 2 100. No. 114 , Houses rooms on Doughs near 26th trcet , 8760 No. 112 , lirick.houso 11 rooms and half lot on GJBS near 14th street , 82UO. No. Ill , Uouso 12 rooms on Darenport ne 20th street , 87,0 < ) . No. 110 , Brick house ant lot 22x132 feet on Cass street near 16th , (3,000. No. 107 , llotuo G rooms and half lot on lutd near 17th strrct , 81,200. 1 No. 1 > 6 , 'Inflatory house Brooms wlthlj on bnvrard near Sauniien street , $2,800. Nn. 103 , Ono and one half story house 10 rooraa Webster near 16th utroit , 82,500. No. 102 , Two housei 7 rooms each anil 1 lot on 14th near Chicago , * 4 , < XO. No. 101 , House B room * , celhr , etc. , H lots on South avenue near Pacific utreei , $1,150. No. 100 , Uotue 4 rooms , cellar , tic. , half lot on Izard street near 16th , 82,000. No. 99 , Very large house and fall lot on liar noy near 14tn street , 89 000. No. 97 , Lame house of 11 rooms on Sherman avenue near Clark street , make an otter. No. 96 , One and one half story bouse 7 rooms lot 240x401 foot , liable , etc. , on Sherman avo- DU near Grace , 17 ( XX ) . No. 92 , Largo brick house two tot * on Davenport port itreet near 19th 818,000. , No. 90 , Large house and toll lot on Dodge near 17th rtm t , 87,000. No. 89 , Large hatue 10 rooms halt lot on 20th Bear California street , 87,600 No. 88 , Large home 10 or 12 roomi , beautiful corn rlutonCuaneAr20th , 87.000. No. 87 , Two story bouse 8 rooms t acres 0 land on Saunders street near Barracks , 82,000. No. 85. Two tlurraanda n-doinco OL leaiod half lot.near Uaaon and 10th street , 8800. No hi , One and one half itory r ouse , 0 roomi foil lot Ob Pierce near 20U > itnwt , ftl.VtiO. No. 81 , Two 2 ttory house * , one ofV andont * t 0 room , Chicago St. , near 12th , 83,000. No. SO Itousi } 4 rooms , closet * , etc. , large lot on IBtb street near White Load works , 81,300. Nn. 77 , Large Loufo of 11 rooms , closeU , cel lar , et : . , with 1 } lot on farnham near 19th street , 88,000. No. 76Oceanione-balfRtcry booseolSroomf , lot WiHt feet on Casa near 14th street , 84,500. No. 76. House 4 rooms and basement , lot lejilS et on Marcy near 6th itreet , t-tOQ. No. # jkTga brick house and two full lots on Davenport near 16th street , $16,000. No. 73 One and one-half story house and lot Mi 132 feet on Jacnou near 12th itreet , 81,800. No. 72 , Large brick house 11 room * , ful lot on Davenport near 16th street , 86.000. No. 71 , Large houke IS rooms , full lot on Cali fornia near 20th itreet , 87,000. No. 66 , sublr and 8 full leu on Franklin itreet near Blunders , 82,000. No. 64 , Two story frami bulldloir , ytor below and room * above , on leated lot on Dougu near Kth itreot. 8800 No. t3 , House 4 rooms , basement , etc. , lo i 3x2)0 feet on 19th itreet , Diar Nail Works , 1,700. if a. 62 , New houne i rooms on'a itory , full lot nllaruey car 21et at cct , 82,600. No. 01 , La xe house 10 rooms , full lot on But near 2 it street , 85.000. NoBJllouHiarooau , half lot on Davenport near x2nd J1000. No 62 , Kour housis and half lot on Oansneai 18th street tlWD. No 68 , Houue 01 7 roams , full tot OH Webetor near 21st itreet 8J.6CO , No 12 , Hou e 0 roomi and full lot , Uatney netr 26th itr.tt , 82,000. No 6 , Uouie 7 rojms , lot 6 x6i feet on Con near 17th itreet , 84,000. No 8 , Largo house 10 rooms , wrll , cistern , etc. on Harnoy near Oth itreet , (4,000. No 2 , Two story house V roomi , etc. , full lot on Webster near 16th itreet 800 No 60 , House of 10 rooms , full lot on Califor nia near 21st street , 85,600. , . No 60 , UOUM 6 roomi , two full lots on 1Kb itreet near Paul. 83,000. No 40 , Brick house 11 rooms , full lot on Far- oain near mh struct , 88,000. . . No 48 , House of 0 rooms , half lot on Paclflo ntar 9th street , $3,600 No 37 , House of H roomi , 1 } loUon 19th near Nicholas itreet , $3,0(0. , , . . No 38 , 2 iwa story brick houses with lot 44c 92 feet on Chicago near 18th itrcet 89.600 each. No 46 , Large house 7 rooms , cloteta , etc on 18th street near Clark , 83,000. _ . No , 40 , Large house with full block ntr shot ewer , 82,00. BEMIS' REAL ESTATE AGENCY 15th and Douglas Street , - MTXlJfcS