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Et ROSEWATER , Editor.
Froolnmntiou ty the Govnrno
Convening the IiORiiilntiir *
WIIERP.AR , The ronMltutlon of the Rtat
of NehrnskA provlden that the portrnn :
may , on cxtrAnnlinary occ/ ion , cnnvcni
the IfRl lnturo by proclamation ; and
V.'IIKHF.AH. Important public intercut n
an extraonlinary character rcqulrcn th
exprcive of thU authority ;
Therefore , I , Al iniM Nanro , s-nverno :
of the tate of Nebraskn , do h rcny con
vcne the Ic 'lalnturo of said state tr > moo1
in.ipcclftl ne nlon at the capit" ! in Ij'ncoli '
onlWrdneiid , y the 10th ( f May , 1882 , K
12 o'clock m. of said day for the purponei
herein itatcd ac frillnwr. to-wit :
1'irst. To apportion the stata into three
congressional dintrlctn and to provide fo ;
the election of representatives therein.
Sec nd. To amend an act a prorct :
March 1st. 1B81 , entitled "An act to In
, corporate cltlen of the first class and ref-U' '
latlon of their duties powcrn nnd govern1
mont , " . by conferring additional powei
upon cities of the flrst cltus for the pur
pooo of paIng or mncadnmizhur. street *
and lloyonnd alsn providing for the crea
tion and niipolntmeut uf ft board of public
wurltH therein.
Third. To a-slfrn th county of Ctwtei
to ronie judicial district in tha elate.
Fourth. To amend section fi9 , chapter
14 , of the coin piled sUlutcn of Ncbraoka
entitled "Cities of the second clans aud
villaycs. "
Fifth. To provide for the expenses la-
cuned In siipprcsilnir tha recent riots at
Oi.rihi nii'l protecting citizens of the
state fr m d mcst c vlnlcnco.
Sixth. To give the a < nent of state the
to the provision of nn net of conprcHi to
extend the northern boundary of the nt&te
of Nobrxnka.
Heventh. Toprn idofor the pnyment
of the ordinary and contingent expcii'oi
' of thp lcKi > lature incuired during the
tpecinl region hticby convened.
In to tiiiiony uhi-reof. 1 ho hereunto
set my liand nnd o-ttnod to bo ullixccl the
great uf al of ihu t-tuto.
Done nt L ncoln , tld < 20th of April , A
D ,188. ! , the blxtecntb year of the htatu.
and of tha Indepcnilcnce of tha United
Stiitcp , the one hundred nnd nlxth.
By t h" governor : Ai.nira'H NANOR.
S. J. ALEXANDKII , So. rtUry of Htmo.
A GnoitoiA man haa papered his
Louse with Confederate monry. Thii
ia an improved method of shin plas
tering.
IN the passage of the bill giving the
railroads accoaa to the lands in Indian
Territory , it is not difficult to BOO
traces of Mr. Gould's lobby.
, , Tun Nebraska senators roth voted
| for the amended Chinese bill , und that
eminent champion of labor , Dr.
Miller , will now rest much easier.
Tnc agreement by both houses o
congress to the conference report on
the poatoilico appropriation bill secures
cures increased mail facilities for the
west at an early day.
Mas. SCOVII.LE is going to Iccturo
nnd Jcsso .lames'widow is writing a
took' This accounts for the unpar
nllolod cxodua to Europe reported by
the steamship companies.
TUB Washington courts have not
aside as excessive the verdict of
$100,000 in the Kilbourno-Thompson
cose. Mr. Kilbourno expected con
gress to pay him this neat little sum
for keeping the aocreta of the Shep
herd ring in Waahlngton.
CT'JIE death of Emerson recalls the
atory of a noted Boston lawyer , who"
was asked on coming from ono of the
sago's lectures : "Do you enjoy Mr.
Emoraon's lectures ? ' "Well , no , "
was the reply , "I don't ' understand
him but my daughters do. "
THIEVES arc always suspicious of
each other. There is a rumor that the
eastern railway pool is on the point of
disruption owing to a mutual distrust
existing between the companies and a
belief that aomo ono has been cuttini ;
It
rates. When pooling is declared un
lawful , as it should bo , wo shall hear
leas of uuch complaints both on the
part of the corporations and the pub-
lie.
BomiuoN journals are howling loudly -
ly about the grots partisanship dis-
> .pUyed by the republicans in congros-
onol rodistricling. A sample of the
fairness displayed by the democrats is
noted in Missouri , where , in 1880 , the
republicans cast 38 per cent , of the
total voto. The bill proposed by the
Missouri Bourbons will giro the dom-
, ocrata thirteen congressmen and the
republicans ono.
. , IT is not regarded aa at all certain
in Iowa that ex-Secretary Klrkwood
will refuse lo accept a tender of a con
gressional nomination if it ia made
' . without any efforts on his part. Two
'of iho candidates in his district have
already signified their intention to
w „ withdraw in hia favcr if ho will oven
i 'It ' " accept a unanimous nomination. Iowa
feck that oho cannot afford to lese
auch n valuable public servant as Qov-
cruor Kirkwood and all - sections of
i the country will profit from hia ripe
'experience and sterling integrity when
exercised in congress.
THE TRADES ASSEMBLY.
Every legitimate effort to bettor tli
condition of laboring men haa alwaj
had our cordial sympathy. It is pci
fcctly legitimate for the various trade
unions of Omaha to organize a trade
assembly for mutual co-operation an
support. Such a body is uauall
made up of a given riumbor c
mechanics from each trades unto
with certain limited and well define
powers. The primary object of th
trades assembly is to organize wotli
ingmcn into co-opcr. tivo unions , an
by concert of action to secure for al
claaocs of labor living wagca nnd fai
treatment.
The aim of the trades nsscmbl ,
should bo to achieve these results with
out rceort to strikes and compel whei
possible the settlement of difference
between laborer and employer b ;
arbitration.
The main object in all eaten however
over , is harmony and union amonj
iho industrial classes. If the pro
joetors of the trades assembly it
Omaha are animated by the aolo do
eire to bettor the condition of laboi
and clovato the moral standing ol
workingmen their effort commondi
itself to all reputable mechanics ,
There is , however , a well grounded
autpicion that the men who head this
movement have eomo personal or
political aims which they dcairo to
farther through the trades assembly.
The fact that the leading spirits were
somewhat prominent in the effort to
pot up a split among the xorkingmen
luring the late election , very natural
ly makes men who desire harmony
md unity among workingmen fight
ihy of the concern. ' Those parties
loom to think a great deal moro of
-heir porson.nl quarrels with other
vorkingmen who refused to join them
n the achcrno to foiat Hascall and
lompany on our people than they do
if the material welfare of the labor-
ng mosses. It will bo difficult
far these men to induce
nochanica who dcsiro unity , harmony
md good fellowship among all claanca
if working people to join them or to
mat them with the leadorahip in any
uturo movement in which the vital
ntcrests of labor are involved. It
vould bo better by far if the trade
aaembly wiahes to bo a nuccosa , tha
ach trade union should select n spec
nl delegation made up of men wh
mvo hud no part in any persona
[ uarrel to act for them in , ho tr.ide
.Hsembly. . ' So far us any politi
al outcctro is concerned ther
no necessity of n trade
ssombly. When Iho first gun was
rod at Ft. Sumtor in 1801 , the loya
ion of the whole country were elec
tified , aud rallied to the support o
ho union and unlisted at oncu in it'
ofoiiBo. When the recent strike oo
urrod in Omaha the workingmen ml
od together within forty-eight houra
f any emergency arises in which th
'orkinc ; pcoplo must pool their politi
1 issues , there will bo no difficulty
i rallying them on very nhort notice
TJIB Missouri Republican complains
lat there nrj many causes which com
no to make the north moro prosper
is than the south and among theao it
iraos the money disbursed from the
itional treasury for pensions. It
ya : "Tho pension roll ulono throws
vast Bum info the loyal states while
necessity but a trilling amount goes
the states in rebellion , and this , of
urao largely to the improvident no
oos who took service in the union
mica while their masters were in the
nfedorate ranka. The regular an
lal payment for the year ending Sep
rabor 4 , 1881 , according to the ro
rt of Commissioner Dudley , was
7,444,4G9nnd the total amount
id to the eamo date inelud-
; arrears was 851,221,204. It ia
t strange that the states which fur-
ihed the union armies got nearly all
ii vast sum. The ton cotton nUtcs
mbinod holding one-third the popu-
ion of the union got only § 1,265-
1. The tingle mnull state of Maine
ts about aa much aa the whole ten. "
If there had buon moro union inon
the south there would not bo such
narked difference iu the diatribu-
n of pensions. The reason why
tine gets about as much as the
tolo ton cotton states is because
line had about ton times a much
-ally.
FHB Third cavalry have boon
lorod to Arizona , and are now on
) ir way to the Beat of the Apaoho
tbreak. Both the Third and
[ th cavalry , which are nowata-
nod in the department of the
Ute , have aeon service in Arizona
der General Crook , who is ad-
ttod to bo the most experienced
Inblo Indian fighter in the army.
> general has succeeded BO thor-
3hly asGeneral , Crook in control-
8 rofractoay tribes. Ills campaigns
" "at the Apache * in Arizona have
do him famous aa the author of
i t ia now called in the army the 1' '
Irook plan" of fighting the hoatiloa.
is was nothing loss than
supple-
intinfrhisforceaby Indian anxili.
es drawn not only frcm friendly
bes but from the hostilea thorn-
vee. 1'C
KNOUNH h to have a formid-
to r ivalry'in the Manufacture often
ton fabric * JH the south. A north-
i company , with a capital of 815 , .
) , OCO , has organized to build a man. C !
r cotton mill ut Athens , Qa. The
immense buildings of the Atlanta cc
ton exposition have been bought bj
company that will fill them with loot
and spindles ; a largo mill is bcii
erected at Charloltcavillo and anoth
at Wcldon , N. O.j factoricsaiClmrlt
ton , S. 0. , and Troy , N. C. : a mill
Augusta , Ga , to coat $ lCOOOOOj nether
other nt Orangebun ? , S. C. , and tl
largo factory of the Maginnia Brothc
at Now Orleans , which , when it
finished , will have a capacity of 3C
COO spindles , requiring from 25,000
30,000 bales of cotton annually.
INDIANS AS LAND OWNER
Ono of the latest attempts in the d
rcction of practical Indian legislate
is the bill which passed the ecna
providing for making land owners <
Indiana , and at the same time placir
the lands under such limitations i
will render it impossible for them I
dispose of it for some years. Tl ;
roacrvations are to bo surveyed , ante
to each head of a family will bo give
ono hundred and sixty acres ; to eac
unmarried porcon over eighteen yeai
A eighty acres ; to each orphan chil
indor eighteen years of ago eight
icrca , and all other Indians undc
sightccn ycara of ago now living c
vho may bo born prior to the date c
ho order for allotment , forty acrea
In important amendment auggcatei
> y Senator DAWCB was adopted , pro
iding that for twenty-five yoara tin
nda thus allotted will bo hold by thi
Jnilod States for the Bole UBO an <
icncfit of the Indiana. Every Indiai
rho becomes the owner of land undo ;
his bill ia in name made subject the <
ho criminal and civil laws of the tor
Itory in which hia land ia located ,
ntitlcd to their protection aud amen
bio to their authority.
It is a queation whether the now
olicy , whoao intention is to make
10 Indians aolf-Bupporting , ia noi
romaturo. Of the three hundred and
volvo thouaand Indiana in the United
tales , only CO , 000 are reported
i civilized or taxed while 24G.OOC
laintain their aboriginal customs
ho demand for the possession of land
i novoralty cornea from a ridiculously
nail proportion of the reservation
ndians. It is doubtful if any meaa-
ro will satisfy their demands or uu-
> ot their vagabond habits. Oor-
linly a measure which makes no dis-
nnination between tribes as widely
ifferont as the Apachoa and Poncas
ould fail in accomplishing its pur-
Jso. The bill is likely to moot with
imo sorioua objectiona in the house.
The nsseBBcd valuati * n of Buffalo foots
) thin year 3'J8,000.00) , aa agninat $ tU , .
0,100 last ytur. The fncrea e id wholly
10 to mlditlonul building movements mid
10 natural growth of the city. The pres-
it year promhoi still g eater growth
lan l at. Chicago Timon Special.
The asscasod valuation of Buffalo is
paovoral millions greater than the
iscssed valuation of the whole state
: Nobraaka , with her 75,000 square
iles. two thousand miles of railroad
id half n million population. Does
ly sane man bolioyo that the state
Nobiuska does not contain moro
an five times the wealth of the city
Buffalo with leas than 175,000 pop-
ation ? And how does the allowing
Omaha with about a quarter the
ipnlation of Buffalo compare with
ese figures.
The increased assessment of
iffalo during the year 1881-82 foots
> within half a million of the total
leasmont of Omaha during the pro
jus year. But while our aaacaa
unta ars BO scandaloualyjow our ta :
lo is fully throe times as high a
t of BuilMo and other easton
ica.
Ihoro must bo a radical reform in
icPBinont methods in Nebraska , am
i reform must begin right her
Omaha during the pteaent year.
\N important decision has recently
3ii rendered by the supreme cour
Pennsylvania in an appeal suit iu
ving the responsibility of railway
npauics for damages sustained by
inanont injuries to persona whil
aaing a railroad track. The case
i that of Alien Troutman against
Philadelphia ft Heading railroac
upany. The railroad company dur
the trial in the lower court unloni
court to charge the jury tlut Mrn.
mtmuii was guilty of contributory
; ligencu in attempting to crojn the
d at what was not a pubho crous
, and where aha was u troapassor.
i court refused to do this , and also
itato that there was no evidence of
ligonco on the part of the com-
y. In dismiaaing the appeal of
defendants , Justice Gordon aaya
t a person cannot bo regarded as a
ipossor who crosa'ea a railroad track
i path well known to the employes
ho CDinpany , the right to use which
ot refused. "Wo cannot clothe
poratious with powers superior to
so of natural persons. Indeed , we
> k that even a trespasser m y
o Borne rights that a railroad com-
y is bound to respect "
IAHONK'S folhiwora , the Virginia
Ijusters , are about to make pub-
leclaratioti ot their loyalty to the
Hag and an appropriation. Sena-
Mahono has had full control of
federal patronage in Virginia ,
oh goes a great ways in convert-
hungry ex-oonfeds to the rupub-
n fold.
UMSAST lies the head that weara a
< rn. " King Vtmderbilt to Emperor
ds.
ANOTHER MONOPOLY.
This ( s an age of monopoly. ]
every department of industry , tra <
and commerce there ia a strong toi
doncy tonarda the aggregation
power and the consolidation ol woall
to stifle competition and increa :
profits at the expense of the publi
The railroad , telegraph and oil moi
opolics are ainglo instances. Evei
great manufacturing industry in tl
country is tending towards monopol
by pooling and anti-production coi
tracts whoso oole object is to obatrui
thn operation of the lav
of trade r.tul maintain exo
bitant prices for their oommodittc
The lateat monopoly ia ono forme
a few daya ago in New York by tli
Gramme Electrical company , by whlc
all the companies that claim to cot
trol all of the patents applying to CJ
iating systcma of lighting by ele <
tricity are combined into ono larfl
company representing n capital c
many millions. The Gramme con
pauy comprises the American Eleotri
company , the Brush Electric compan }
the Fuller Electrical company , th
JablochkofT Electric Lighting com
pany , the United States Eloctri
Lighting company , tbo Wcston Elec
trie company , and the Edison com
pany. The now organization declare
in its circular that the patents ownei
by its members cover "tho funda
mental principles involved in all thi
existing systems nf lighting by olcc
tricity , and cannot bo aucccsafullj
avoided by outaido companies. "
Of course the chief objects of thii
monster combination of interests is tc
stillo competition and maintain prices.
Each company will bo aoparato BO fat
IB the tmnaactions of its own business
la concerned. Throe committees will
rcgulato all questions between the
jompanies , viz : a "committee on
ihortcninj : and cheapening litigation , "
i "committee on prices" and a "com-
nitteo on harmony. " All disputes
frill bo Bottled without going into court
md the committee on prices will aeo
; hat rates are stiffly maintained.
The Grammo combination since the
Edison company haa been added to
, heir liaf , enjoy a complete nnd abso-
ute monopoly in electric lighting.
Ml the hopes of competition through
lie various patents for arc and incan-
lescont electric lights fade away bo-
ore the certainty of a busineas des-
> otism atronger in ita nature than the
ailroad corporations themselves. Nome
mo owns a sole patent on all the parts
yhich go to make up a complete rail-
oad system , and the number of roads
nvolved , and the interests at stake ,
nake u general combination
I the railroads to strangle
,11 , competitions exceedingly difficult.
Jut the electric light monopoly is ab-
oluto. Ita patenta aecuro to it for
: iany yoara the solo apd legal right to
rovont any competition from enter-
ug the field against it , and the con-
ract which binds together the differ-
nt companies secures each member
gainst any lowering of ratca for the
enofit of the public , by which indi-
idual profits might bo lessened.
Tun great state of Delaware , whic
oesn't cover as great an urea as an ,
: nglo county in Nebraska , ia all tor
p over an irrepressible conflict , tha
iroatens to dethrone ono of the tw
signing dynasties that have ropro
intod Delaware in the United State
mate for nearly half a century. Th
ayard and Saulsbury families havi
> ng held full away in Delaware poll
cs , but a revolt haa broken ou
lat threatens to depose thi
Milaburya and lay them on thi
iclf for the present generation
lie bourbona in Delaware havi
son in their might and proclaim thol :
itorraination to dethrone Eli Sauls
iry as one of their aonatora snd place
mo other bourbon nonentity in hia
at. The country will await the out
mo of the Delaware outbreak with
irfoct composure.
SBNATOII SAUNDEKS haa delivered
a great apeoch in support of hia
? il service reform amendment to the
tional constitution , which takes the
pointmont of postmastora from the
trident and makes them elective
betf. Juat as Boon as the nmend-
n t ia adopted we may look for a
in the Ornahn postoffico.
are always in order
ion a legislature ia in session. There
no doubt whatever that the legisla-
ro at ita special seuion , which bo-
ia next week , may inquire into the
iduct of the university and inresti-
lo the cause that has led to the rup-
o between Chancellor Fairfield and
inborn of the faculty.
BLUFFS comes in for a
md ono hundred thouwind in the
Ilion and n half voted for public
ildinga , and thin without the perso-
I intervention of John Chapman.
PERSCXNALirriES.
* _ .
ihlpherd is beginning to complain of
l.iiu.
tobert Ford , ( he mnn who killed Jesio
IIOH , in benlle < H and bu > lull looking ,
Ir. W. W. A tor'a box nt tha Jt Han
r , for a teason of I'M night * , cost
leu Hu'ler having been converted to
Ituullsui , the mrd urns ought to aeu
it tht > y can do with the Kgyptian obe-
: . [ Klmin * Free 1'rean.
'he ' portrait of Franklin J. Moses , Jr. ,
Jovcrnorof South Carolina , ia now
1,001 in he New York roguw1 ( f Cilery ,
tlie Gomnor hlaiuelf ia In the Tomtu.
l introducing Churl * * D dlry Wainer
d at a puLlio diimer , Murk Twain vaid :
v fellow-citizen , I re p ct him ; b'
M neighbor who e tninlp patch adjoli
mine , I watch him. "
Qen. Hancock I * a very early rier , nn
It In said , get * np at 4 o'clock to enjoy
Minnee w.illc , th * only time In the who
twenly-fo- hour ? , r > s he ( xprojae * I
"when folkfi will let him alone nudgi <
him time In think , "
Senator Veil , of MifBiouri , Judge Hi
lan. of the United States Supreme Cuiu
and ex-CJov. It. Q atx Brown Were thn
wild and red-headed lioy who livoil n f
together an ' attended the lame school I
Frankfort , Ky.
Senator AIot'her on , who hag ju tbnuct
a big cattle ranch In Texas , will nail fr
Kurojie with hl family on Jun ! > II
will return nt the opening of Congie
nnxt full , but Mt family will eluy In tt
Old Woi i i for n year or two.
A ( IIpat h from lioiton pay * the
"Cnur cj Ifranciit Adams has tur/ird ovi
Lii Jiusincss toi \ iton. \ . " As iho enl
busincai in which Mr , Adams is known t
have been engaged recently ( s being fitter
n atnst bunko , the son'CSiiH to h.vo it
horited ft rather extienivo job ,
In hia attire , President Arthur In d <
pcrlbcd ag quiet and Ineproacliab'o fm
hi.i gaiters to his w chguard , and h
would only need 11 Im fitting In the rend
ing room of n New York club to pw >
any tlms for a aticcoi ful tmnker or 1 < wye
of rather more than usual dignity of ill
inoanor.
Uncle Kufus Hatch ling been vinltin
Dormuda. A day or tw.i ngo he wrote ai
article for Tue New Yurk Commercial Ad
vertiecr which 1 he Commercial Advei
tlfer pronounces very " trong , " and mall
clously inniuuatca that iU strength is du
to the inlluanoe of J3ennu < la onions , o
which Undo llufus in known to be vcr
fond.
fond.Mile.
Mile. Lina Muuto , the nctrcus of when
Bernharat was joatoun because of th
attentions which the present Mr. Bern
hardt | iald her , told S-irah , in the course o
i n of thtir quarron , that "M. D.unn
would not bo such a fool as to throw him
self away upon a alr of ciatancta. " Th >
general impression in this country ia thai
thi cablemnn inserted castanets when
[ larntng-needlei was written in the dis
patch. Mllo. Munta weald hardly huvi
tieen BO far uut of the way Ia her calcula
tions.
Oacar Wilde will not return to England
intll ntxr fall. Part of tha iumn > er lie
will upend with Hev. Henry Word
Jeechcr nt the Intter's residence on the
luileon , and the rest with Jul'an Haw
homo. Thii will reliave him uf the
i cesaity of expend ng for board bilU any
> f the twenty-live thousand dollars ho has
nade by hiAraeri an lecture tour.
POLirrOAL NOTES.
Keifer is to day the lonciomast man in
Lmencau politic * .
The Iowa prohibition fight has reached
ho campaign song book Bt.igo.
Tne democratic legislature of Texai wi'l
ardly be nble to gerrymjiudcr that state
i nuy way BO ai to prevent the republi-
ntia from electing one congressman at
; nst. _ Should there be n coalition between
tie independents and the republicans
jmeof the other diBtritto will bo duubttul
IBO.
Governor Pitkin and ex Governor Tabor
ave entered the li ts for the next \aian
jat in the senate. The contesc of Color-
Jo's wealthy men may pro.o an interest-
ig battln of giants , but it will be unfor-
mate for the state if money alone bo
ikeu aa the standard of merit.
"The democratic party put down the
jbcllion , " declared Mr. McLiue , of .Mary ,
md , in the house on Monday. 'The
emocrats laid down their arms and cea ed
> fight when Lee nurrendered at Appo-
lattox , " was ex-Speaker Handall's un.
) rtunute reply.
Of twenty-six senator whose terms ex-
ire Mmch 1 , 1833 , eleven are republicans ,
mrteen dtmacrAtc , and one Mr. Davis , i > f
Illnois , is an iudepondent. It ia rrcdiot-
i th.it the republican Btatei are pretty
ur to elect re uiilicans again , while the
emocrata are liable to lo.'o one senator in
! ew Jersey und one in Oregon.
A ropjrt comes from Georgia that both
: ie Eenator < i troui th t tt-to think of re-
gnini ; . ticrutor Ufown is troubled wth
lunrf uffeciion , and the cmc roustr.iuble
[ Sen > t r Hillhailon incnpicitureilhiin.
n the event of their rcafcnLg Judge J.
L , Crawford , of the eupro.ne benth , nnd
0 eral Henry K. Jackson are mentioned
1 [ fcutlemen whom Go\ernor Colquilt
ould be likely to appoint to the vacm-
es. The governor , it is supposed , will be
candidate himself for one of the senator ,
lips when the legislature meets.
The Congressional delegation from
[ aryland ig like y U be changed some-
hat by this year > elections. The Demo-
ats hjve now live of tue nix members ,
it the dissensions which have been
ireading in the party during the past two
sars have weakened it so that only two
the districts are c nsidered safely Dem-
ratic. These are the lit and the 3d dla-
lets. The Hcpublicans look upon the
I , 4th and 6th dis'ricta as debatable and
ill make an earnest effort to carry them ,
dey LOW hold the Cth district and no
a nocrat but Montgomery Blair thinki of
ntesting it.
The canvass for the Kepublfcan nomina-
m for governor in Connecticut is receiv-
geouie atten ion from the papers in that
ite. It It not known as yet whether
ivernor I igeluw duairea a renomlnation.
yo years ago , when the present state
icers were nominated , it was underntood
at Lieutenant-Governor Bulkeiey would
d the next state ticket. Ho is'report-
, how ver , as Buying frankly that while
baa an ambition to be governor he will
tke no claim upon the nomination in vlr-
a of any promises. Mr. Bulkeiey is pop-
r , has made a competent lieutenant-
vcrnor , and , if Mr. bigelow declirrea tea
a again , will make A strong candidate ,
The political outlook in Michigan is un-
rtaln. It is said by Detroit corre-
indent that there is a majority against
) Kepu lican party in the Stato. The
imocratic and the Greenback vote is pro-
bly 3i-X,0 ( greater than the Kepublican
le. There is a strong feeling in favor of
mited effort on the part of the oppoal-
u nuxt full , and the probabilities are
> t thuru will be a fusion , as steps are
tv being taken to secure such a result ,
uniteti effort in to bo fuarod by the Ito-
blicans in thtir present condition , for
rd in not a united sentiment among
m in fact , the party wants a leader ,
e contest fur the governorship ii bo
sen Mr. Jerome , the pretont incumbent ,
1 ThoinHs J'almer , of Detroit. The
: inU of the two are inclined to mike ft
ter fight , but the chances are in favor of
oine.
MISSISSIPPI IMPKOVEMBNTS.
1
1t 1I
D Levee System , the Joules and the t
Outlet System , 1
1t
ihlngton Ilenull can Inttrvlew with Cant t ,
nhli I'n ilfni
I aeu the aenato hna passed the f
I appropriating $0,000,000 to bo
r
id by the river commission in the f
[ irovemoiit of the Mississippi rivor. I
II that In any way affect your propo-
on now before congress to make 2
i Lake Borguo outlet ! "
'Not in the least j for nion who will
a for tlio Bix-million-dollar
appro-
utionfor levees which will raise
water in the river
i , causing over-
f , can show no good reason for
ing against the little appropriation
iwui hundred and fifty thousand to ,
ko tlio Lake BorKne outlet , which I
lower the line of the river , and
1 deepen its channel , "
'What would bo the cost result * ? "
'Well , iu the titat place , the. cost of
levees , according to the highest
lnnnrV'g ' 'f1uthority > would bo 50 , .
iOOO for tlio '
engineers' pay. The
iu of these levees on the bank * of
Mississippi would have to be
raised from six to seven fcot highi
from Cairo to New Orloans. "
"Would this raising of the river nli
raieo a back water up the tributaries i
"Yes ; of course it would , and the
would have to bo leveed also , an
these lovecft would cost not lets tlm
§ 100,000,000 more. "
"Well , suppose this was nil doni
would it protect the valley from ovu
flow and deepen the channel of th
nvor , as is claimed by the Alitsissip ]
river commission'/ '
The most satisfactory reply to thr
question ia to give you facts ai derive
from experience. From that wo ca
best jiiduo as to results wo will hnv
from such a .systnin , nnd in doing thi
I will refer you to General lluir
pliroy s report , which is regarded n
the highest engineering authority i
the country on the subject. Ho say
the river banks , from its earliest his
tory , have been under the high-wale
grade ; that the levees were coin
moncud m 1720 , nt New Orleans , nm
gradually extended up the Missisaipp
until 1838 , when > the system was no.it
ly perfected by lines of loveoa on botl
sides of the river from Capo Girat
deau , Missouri , to Now Orleans aver
aging four foot high. From thn sanv
aujhoiity wo learn that thoovetfl jwii
1858 covered the valley an average o
twrulvo foot deep by forty-seven nnd i
half miles from Cairo to near the Gul
of Mexico. Its duration was ono hun
drcd and ninoty-nino days , the longes
on record. Wo also learn fron
the uamo authority that thi
the more the levees were extended ,
the greater were the number of thi
crevasses , the proof of which may be
aeon by the following quotatione : Oc
p ago 3SO , General Humphreys says :
I n 1850 , Irom lied river to New Or
leans , there wrro eight breaks in tha
levees. In 1851 there worn oiaht
breaks from Baton Rouge to 0 jrroll-
: on. In 1858 , from Helena to New
Orleans , there were forly-fivo crov-
ISSOB , aggregating \vidth of twenty-
light miles. In 1859 , ho says , there
voro thirty-two crevaasea from the
nouth of the St. Francis river to Bon-
lot Carre. The report of the bo rd
if engineers of 1875 says : In 1874
ho breaks in Arkansas nnd Missouri
lone are too numerous to mention.
? hpir total width was 130 mili-a , and
rhilo in Mississippi and Louisiana
here were forty-eight breaks , and if
ho levees had not broken the water
fould have run over the top of thorn.
"In 1879 a board of engineers eaid
bat ir would justify an expenditure
f seventy million dollars. In 1880
Ir. Eada said ho had no kind of a
uesiion in his own mind that fifty or
xty million and probably forty mil
on dollars would bo suflicietit to no-
nnplwh thin improvement from Cairo
> the gulf. "
"Ckptain , will you please state your
Ian ? "
"Any treatment of the river that
ill lower the flood line will not only
inder loyoea on the banks of the
Liasiaaippi and its tributaries unnos-
wary , pro vent ing all overflows , but
ill at the mtno 'tlmo deeper ) the
lannol of the Mississippi from Cairo
Now Orleans sufliciein for nil nav
; able purpoaea , without the expenae
I wing dams or river jetties. This
in be demonstrated and parhaps
illy accompliahod by the making of
10 outlet at lake Borgno at a seat of
fo hundred nnd fifty thousand , and
inoty days' time to do the work. "
Of course it will require two high
ator periods to fully domonatrata
10 truth of what I claim , which is
lat the flood line will bo lowered at
ow Orleans not leas than twelve or
iirtcen foot , and judging , too , from
lids produced by the Atchafalnya ,
.organza and Bonnet Carro outlets ,
liich lowered for five years the aver-
; o flood line nine foct at Vioksburg.
rom the above facts is it not reason-
ilo to suppose that when the flood
10 is lowered at Ne\7 Orleans twelve
fourteen feet , it will nuke the
iglo of fall per mile nearjy na great
the lower section of the river as it
in the upper end , nnd na a natural
nsequonco make the current n
eat. Thin is bound to draw th
ktor off BO fast at the iower end tha
oannot rise at the upper end with !
n feet of the highest water mark
r this you see all the water of th
ipor valley will bo confined t
d within the natural bank
the river , which wil
use a concentration of the water ,
coring of the bed and a deepenin
the channel. This lowering of tl
od line and deepening of .ho bed o
3 Lower Mississippi will not enl
tend to Cairo and Keokuk , but i
H in seine wao affect all main tribu
ioa from their mouths to the firs
aals , and will render their perman
t improvement materially nccom
shed , for it will change the regimi
the Mississippi river and tributar
, causing them to wash out nm
jpon like mountain streams , insteai
filling up and raising their banks
1 beds as they have been doing
co time begun. By the outlet a
ko Borgne , wo lower the flood line
the lower end of the river twelve
fourteen feet , which increases the
; lo of the fall and accelerates the
rent ot the whole river so
it the river can not r.so
high all the way up to Oairo as
low rises , by eight to ton feet
IB rendering loyees useless to pro-
it overflows in the whole valley.
a outlet system , of which Lake
rgne outlet is the foundation work ,
orta water from tha river direct to
gulf controlled channels , nnd is
ctically a system of concentration ,
already proven by tha out-
i refezred to , and can bo fully do-
nstrated with nn outlay ot only
hundred and fifty thousand dol-
i. Theiefore , I am at a loss to see
ir any one who really dosiroa im-
vemorit of the low water naviga-
i of the Miaaiisippi river , and .the
am&tion of its rich valley lands
n overflow , can refuse to vote for
mere pittance asked to make the
lot at Lake Borgno ,
D. S. BENTON ,
CTORNEY - AT - LAW
John G. Jacobs ,
iKor.icrly ol Ulth&Jtcobi , )
NDERTAKER
J. L WILKIE ,
MANUFACTURE ! ; OK
&PER BOXES , 1
18 and 220 S , 14th St.
HOUSES
For Sale By
FIFTEENTH AND JIOUBUS STB , ,
No. 1"B , Houv , ef slxr orrn. well , collar , tie. ,
with thrto ncrei of ground near hiatl ot St.
MarjWvn , SiO 0.
No 1 > 4 , lArc brick himi wl'h ' beautiful lot
on Karnam near IGth it. 17(00.
No 1 H , Homo of 4 roonu , coraorlat , near 1 th
and P trca ttrct , { 3500.
No 102 , Moj'c ( 6 rooms corner lot on Bin
noirU. ' . I'cjut 250I.
No IPO One und olic-hiK story hou o 10 roouu
lot HriJxIfOfectoneheroun RTO (16th ( at ) new
I ot'pltuin's # 160 i.
No Ht.two otory hoa e of 7 rooms , cellar ,
well ami c f tern oa bhcrtnnn tt\e (10 ( h at ) near
Clirkot 2300.
f > o 181 , Large homo of 10 roorrn and Iot87x
Ml feo' on K4m.imnc r 2lntSv/000.
NoilBT , 'urge two ttsry hatiss of 10 ronmi
nO corner loton Hurt it no.r 22nJ 93000. Mik *
in i He' .
No 185 , Large brick hiuaiB rooms and one hilf
lot on Uth st near Dodge , $12,000.
No 184 , Houao tl B rooms and full lot on Ham *
Illon nnir end of ttcd street car line $20O.
No 183 , New houro of < rooms with ha.f lot on
onta a noir Cumins tl $12 0
t < o. 132 , 1. ' r a building 22x80 fe t with ro-
'r'p ' r tor 22i0 feet , Ice teem above , hcarllr
> ullt , h'ldl K 12310 U.Otons of Ice , flno ston *
ell jr untlcr whole building ; alto two story hour *
I ro mi. icllar , veil and cU ern , lot MxlSe
oct , ? 7f.OO Near 16th and Webster.
No 181 , T o'tory b.lck hou o of 9 rooms , T
lionet * , lot EtMOO feet on 19th st near St. Mary's
, vo$7'00.
No 170 , Larro homo and full lot on Webster
io r 20th st 11,100.
17H , llousa H rooms , full flol on Pierce near
Uth street , 81,050.
177 , House 2 rooms , full lot on Doufrlaa near
6th street , 87000
176 , Bnautltul residence , full lot on Cass near
9th s'roct , 812,000.
170 , HOUM three roonn , two closets , etc. , half
3t on 21st near Urace street , $800.
172 , One and one-half story brick house acd
w > lota on Douglas near 28th struct , $1,700.
171 , House two room ? , well.cistcrn , sUblo , etc
ill lot near Pit rco and 13th atrort , 81,6(0.
178 ] , One and one halt story homo nlx.roomi
nd well , half lot on Convent street near St.
[ ar > 's avenue , 31,660.
No. 1(19 ( , Ilnusean-l 83x120 feet lot on loth
ireo t near Wcbst r gtroot , $3,600.
No . 16S , llnuso of 11 rooms , lot 33x120 feet On
) th n. ar 0 irt street , { 5,000.
No. 167 , Two Btorv bouse , 9 rooms 4 closets ,
rood cellar , on 18th street near 1'opplcton'i
1,000.
No. 164 , One and ono half story house 8 roomi
n 18th street ear Leaver-worth , 53,600.
No 1010no and ont-lialf ktory fcouso of
loms near Hanscom Park , 81,603.
No. 168 T o houBcs 6 rooms each , closets , eta
i Hurt street near 25th , 83,500.
No. 1C6 , House 4 large rooms , 2 closets
ilf acre on Hurt utreoi near Dution , 81,200.
No. 1EG , Two houses , ono of B and ono of 4
ioms , on 17th street near Marcy f 3,200.
No. 154. Three MOU3I s , one of 7 and two ofS
on b each , and corner lot , on Cau near 14th
reel , 85,000.
Nr. 163 , Small house and full lot on Pacific
.ar.l 'th street , 82,500.
Nn. If 1 One story house 8 rooms , on Leaven
orth near 16th , $3,000.
No. 150 , Hourf-i throa rooms and lot 02x116
D' > iar26th and Faniham , 82,600.
No. 148 , New house of elpht rooms , on 18th
reel mar Ltavcnworth , $3,100.
No. 147 , House of 13 rooms on 18th etreot
ar Marcy , 85,000.
No. 140 , Hoit e of 10 rooms and IJlotfl on 18th
; wt near llarcy , $0,006.
No. 145 , Hotisotwo large rooms , lot 07x21 Ofocl
Shcrn an avenue (10th ( street ) near Nicholas ,
No. 142 , Hou e 6 rooms , kitchen , etc. , on 16th
ect near Nicholo.1 , 81.870.
No. 139 , Huuw 3 rooms , lot OOxlCBJ feet , on
inglas near 27th street , 81,600. \
S'o. 137 , House 6 room * mid half lot on Capitol
Dime near 23d sirect , $255 } . ,
No. 129 , Tw < h'.aso * one of 6 and one of t
3ms , on leased lot on Webster near 20th street ,
No. 127 Two story touso 8 rooms , half lot on
abater near lath 83,600.
No. 124 , Largo house and full block near
rnbim and Cen ral street , SS.Wu
S'o. 123 , IIousu 6 rooms and Urge lot on Satin *
ta street near Barracks , $2 100.
S'o. 114 , House 3 roouuou Djujrln near 26th
ect , 8760
s'o. 112 , Urlck house 11 rooms and hall lot on
e.i near 14th street , $2,600.
fo. Ill , UouHoU rooms on Davenport noir
.li etreet. 7,0 0.
io. 110 , Brick house ana lot 22x132 feet 00
< s street near 15th , $3,000. /
lo. 107. llousa 5 rooms and half lot on Izazd
k r Uth atr-ct , 81,200.
fo. li 6 , Two story house Brooms with 1 1
Seward near Siunrkrs street , 82,800
ro. 103 Ono and ono halt story home 10 rooms
bster near 16th street , 82,600.
{ o. 102 , Two houses 7 rooms each and i lot on
h near Chicago , WM ( > .
To. 101 , Hoiise 3 rooms , celhr , etc. , U lotion
nth avenue near Pacific eirce1 , ? 1,850.
lo. 100 , House 4 rooms , cellar , etc. , half lot
Izard street Dear 16ib , (2,000.
ro. 09 , Very large house and full lot on liar
' near 14th street , $3 000.
< o. 07 , Large house ol 11 rooms on Sherman
nue near Clark street , make an oiler.
To. 06 , One nnd one half etory homo 7 rooms
240x401 feet , stable , etc. , on Hhermaa ave-
> near Grace , 871,00.
Fo. 92 , Largo brick house two lota on Daven
t street near IBth 818,000.
[ o. 00 , Large house and full lot on Dodg
r nth ttre-t , 87.000.
fo. 89 , Large hauio 10 room * half lot on 20th
r California itreer , 87,600
To. 88 , Large homo 10 or 12 rooms , beautiful
icrlotonCaaane r20th , 87,000.
'a. ' 87 , Two story noiua a rooms 6 acres o
1 on Blunders street near Barracks , 82,030.
fo. 86 Two stores and a resldinco oi > leased
[ lot.near Mason and 1Mb street , 1:400. :
'o 82 , One and one half atory I ouio , G room *
loton Pierce near 20th Btreot , J1.800.
o. 81 , Two 2 story houses , one offl andono ol
omf. Chicago St. , nour l'2ih , $3,000.
6. 80 House 4 rooms , closets , etc. , l&rzo lot
I8tb street near White Load works , l,8oO.
o. 77 , Large house of 11 rooms , closuu , eel *
et : . , with 11 lot en Farnham noarlDth street ,
o. 70 , Ore an ! one-half story house of 8 room * ,
i6x8d feet on Cuanear 14th struct , 84,600.
a. 76 , House 4 rooms and bai-ement , let
:132 : feet on Uarcy near 8th street , 8iOO ,
a. 74 Large brick house and two full lots on
enport near 16tn street , 816dOO.
o. 73 One and one-ha'f ' story house and lot
182 feet on Jackson near 12th struct , 11,800.
o , 72 , Large brick bouse il rooms , ful lot
) avenport near 15th street , 86,04) .
3. 71 , Large houMj 12 rooms , full lot on Call"
la near 20ih street , 87,000.
> . 66 , Sublt and 8 full lot * on Frank lln street
Blunder * , 12,000.
D. 64 , Two ttory frame building , stor below
room * above , on leased lot on DOUKV near
street. 8800 „ , , .
p. 63 , Uousa 4u rooms , basement , etc. , lo
ip feet on 10th itreel DIM Nail Works ,
il
> . 62 , New house I room * ono story , full lot
larmy ear 21 t st eet , 82,600.
B ° . b2u" 10 tooaa > ' " " 1 * on Hurt
t 9X000 ,
i 54 , K..ur houses and half lot on Caw near
" ' lot
.
i * , Two story hou o M r mint , etc. , lull Jot
tbxcr nuar Uth ttrcct ! , { oo
68 , House of lOroomc , full Jot on Callfor >
iiar'Jtat Btrcet , < 5Wio
60 , Jlou-o 6 roouu , two fu'.l loU on IBtb
t iiotr l' ul , (3,000
If lotou
17 , Itousonl n roomi , 11 lotjou 19th u
Dlasetrcul , f 1,0:0.
UG , ; J w i rtoiy brick Iiou9 ! j with lot Hi
it ou CliUafo uear JSth ttrect 8J.6C o eath ,
46 , Larue housa 7 loom * i\o \ < tvi . etc nn
tiett near Clark , W.OCO.
' w'r ' 80 baUa < J Wltl1 lul1 lilock nwxr o"0'
i tfsUW.
AL ESTATE AGEKOY
.6th and Douglas Street ,