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Mn. BiniXETT will bo mndo atlor
noy general ot PopoHodnctt'sbaloon-
iio , double-track nir linu railroad
across the continent.
Tim star route CMOS opened yesterday
day in Washington , nnd the work o"
drawing a jury began. Mr. Ingorsol
conducts the cases for the defense.
SAU RANDALL would make a first
rate grower. No "yellow belly'
could do more to Moxicanizo our pol ,
itics than Randall attempted on Mon
day in the house of representatives.
Tun hope of the country now lies in
the farmer , it cyory slight doprcs
slon in business all oycs are turned
upon the farmer and his crop * . Even
the railroads admit that the granger is
of aoino UHO.
Tnn railroad time between Now
York and Omaha will probably bo
shortened , twenty-four hours , but
what about freight nnd passenger
rates between the Missouri nnd the
sea board. ,
EX.VIOB PBKSIDEKT WnKBLBu is a
very successful Micanbor. Hois nl-
ways waiting for something to turn up
and it generally does so. His appointment -
mont on the tariff commission is said
; i
to be certain.
TUB statement is made that little
more than 25,006,000 of the publio
domain suitable for farming remains
unsold. Since the paasngo of the' '
homestead law over 21,000,000 acron
hare boon entered , ' The railroad
grants exceed 154,000,000 acres.
Nearly 69,000,000 acres have boon
granted for schools and universities ,
while an additional 9,600,000 acres
are credited to agricultural and mech
anic il colleges in different states.
Without any consideration patents
Tinvo boon given for 51,000,000 acres
of swamp and overflowed lands in the
eintea in which they lie. The govern
ment has paid out for its lauds in
cluding the original price the cost of
.surveys and for the extinguishment of
Indian titles (322,000,000 whllo it has
received from pales § 200,000,000.
GENERAL TEUIIT has ordered plans
and estimates for a ton company post
at Fort Snolling , and all the details
have boon arranged looking to an equal
enlargement of the capacity of Fort
Omaha. It scorns to bo the policy of
the government to consolidate the
forces scattered throughout the west ,
at fewer points adjacent to the great
lines of railroad. This will compel
the abandonment of a number of
posts for which there is no necessity.
Fottoraan and Sanders in the depart
ment of tbo Platte have boon already
broken up and the commands trans
ferred to Fort Steele , and it is under
stood that Fort Cameron in Utah and
Fort Ilall in Idaho will shortly follow.
It is claimed that safely and economy
are both increased by the concentra
tion of forces on the railroads. la
ease of an outbreak the command can
bo moro rapidly transferred to the
seat of war. And the maintenance of
soldiers near a city is nrnoh cheaper
than where largo expenses must bo
incurred in hauling freight from a
distant railroad.
$
1 THK Bur Ionian thinks on the whole
that perhaps Watson Parrish would
make a good district judge in case
Judge Savage resigns. Mr. Parrish
cannot have itthat great bugbear to re
publicans , Omaha and Douglas county ,
is in this district , and that forever
sets at rest any ho/es of our friend
Punish. AYe would suggest the reme
dy to be for the governor to call a
special legislature to re-district the
elate for judges and place Omaha in d
Borne other district , then our friend
Parriab could stand some show for
judge or district attorney , but not till
tbon.- Burt County News.
Mr , Punish is being provided for ,
Ho has boon endorsed by Congress
man Valentine for the position of
( government director of the Union
Pacific railroad by and with the con
sent of John M. Thurston , That
great bug-bear , Omaha , has nothing
to ray about that office. Wo presume
Uurt county will return the compll
inont , and give our Val a solid dele
gation for a third term ,
GIVE OMAHA A CHANCE.
There is no doubt that the bad
weather lifts caused much damage to
our merchants in a reduction of trade ,
but bad weather is not the only cause
of tyrado depression. It is n notorious
fact that thousands upon thousands ol
dollars nro font to Chicago , St. Louis
and Now York by Omaha banker ? ,
wholesale dealers nnd men of moans
for clothing , furn'turo , books , dresses ,
carpets , nnd oven groceries , which
can bo boughl just as cheap in Omaha.
Some of our wealthiest people patronize
tronizo eastern houses with orders for
household furniture , carpets and arti
cles of luxury when they could just
ns readily buy the same nrticlca in
Omaha for the aamo price or oven leas
money.
Only the other day ono of the pro <
prictors of the Millnrd llotol wont
cast to furnish that house when ho
could have given his orders to Omaha
merchants for the name articles with
the fiamo diacount that ho receives
abroad.
It is a common thing for oomo of
our wealthiest men to order groceries ,
fruits nnd provisions by the barrel or
box from the cast , when they can buy
the uamo line of Roods in Omaha.
Our female onobocracy have sot the
bad example of Bonding for their
drossoa to Chicago nnd Now York , as
if Onmhn did not afford them the
opportunity for shoddy display , nnd
thcso people pay two prices in the
east for the same goods that they can
buy right hero. '
No wonder retail merchants com
plain of dullness in trade. It is BO
with manufacturers. Orders nro sent
every season for cast iron fronts ,
hardware and other articles necessary
in building of store houses nnd private
vato dwellings , when our homo mnnu
facturora could duplicate the articles
if they only were patronized.
In many instances not a bid is taken
iu Omaha for any of these articles ,
nnd wo nro told that the loading
architects discourage patronage to
homo manufacturers because the for-
oignfdctorieunllow them a per contago.
As long as Omaha will refuse to
patronize herself aha cannot expect to
grow to bo a great city. Wo have
reached n stage of commercial prom
inence that compels our dealers to
procure full stocks of the best goods in
the market.
Our dry goods houses , milliners and
dressmakers can supply the moat fas
tidious fashionable lady with all the
gow gaws and finery that the most
aesthetic taste will demand. Our
grocers nnd commission merchants
have as good a supply as can bo found
in Chicago or olsowhoro. Our fur
nishing houses can fit any mansion
with all the modern furniture and
carpets that -wealth and taste can
oravo for.
Our factories may not bo as largo
or complete as these in the eawt , but
the only reason that they do not grow
to the importance that the local de
mand would warrant in because our
homo capitalists give them little or no
encouragement.
If every man and woman in Omaha
would make it their business to spend
their money nt homo , wo warrant
that our trade would bo quito brisk ,
oven during rainy and cold weather.
There is altogether too much solfiish-
ness and flunkoyism in Omaha among
people who have made their fortunes
hero , and who ought to bo willing to
spend their nunoy where they have
made it.
If these people nnd these penny
wise and pound foolish capitalistswho
would rather send clear across the
Atlantic to save a few dollars on an
iron front or a sot of furniture , would
patronize our homo merchants and
manufacturers Omaha would have
fewer grumblers , and people who pay
high rents would have loss dillioulty to
make ends moot at the end of each
months. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Tim decision of the Ohio supreme
court declaring the Pond high license
law unconstitutional hao created quito
a sensation in the Buokoyo state. The
Pond law was modelled after the Ne
braska Slooumb law , but it did not
impose ns many restrictions upon
the tralllo In liquor an the Nebraska
law.
law.Tho
The Pond law made the license tax
$300 per annum for all quantities and
qualities of liquor iu towns and cities
of every class , while the license in this
state is not less than $1,000 a year in
cities of over 10,000 , and not loss than
$000 in villages or towns below 10,000
population.
The decision of the Ohio courts is
based upon the ground that the con
stitution of kOhio prohibits the grant
of license to sell liquor. The Pond
law licensed the traffic in liquor con
trary to this provision hence it was
was declared void. In Nebraska ,
however , the state constitution
does not prohibit the license
granted under the Blocum law , hence
our courts'sustained tho'law as con
stitutional. The outcome of the
Ohio decision will bo for the time being -
ing free trade in liquor , with up rev
enue for the state from the tariff , ex
cept from fines imposed in violating
local ordinances , nnd the Bun-
day laws. The indications are
that a vigorous effort will bo
made to submit a constitutional
amendment next year authorizing a
license tax upon the liquor traffic ,
which experience has demonstrated to
bo the most practical way of chocking
the abuses which grow out of an unre
stricted traffic in liquor.
The Nebraska law , so far as it has
boon tooted , has been moro effective
in diminishing the evils of intemperance
anco than absolute prohibition could
possibly have boon , It prohibits whcro
public sentiment sustains prohibition ,
and it imposes wholesome restrictions
where the public sentiment would
sustain the clandestine traffic in liquor
if no license was granted. There are
some features of the Nebraska law so
manifestly oppressive that publio
officers seem reluctant to enforce them.
The $1,000 license tax is imposed
on retailers of beer in this city whoso
sales may no I average over five dollars
lars per day , while the dealers in
wines and whisky , brandy , etc. , whoso
talcs aggregate $500 a day pays no
moro. If the liquor tax was graded
'tho law could bo moro rigidly en
forced and the worst evils of the
traffic would bo eradicated as far as
laws can do so. '
A QREAT STRIKE.
The attempt to secure a compromise
between the iron masters and their
workingmen has failed , and yesterday
the strike , which began at Cleveland
two weeks ago by the closing of the
mills at that point , became general ,
involving the entire iron interests ol
the country. The prospects are that
100,000 men will voluntarily be
thrown out of employment before the
end of the week , and that 600,000
people , whom they represent , will
have to bo maintained from the fund
of the several labor organiza
tions representing the industry.
Tlio demand for an advance in wages
and the refusal by the iron masters to
meet the demand , was the cause load
ing to tlio present strike. The scale
of prices obtained in Pittsburg , as a
general thing , regulates the wages of
operatives throughout the country.
Nearly a month ago the Amalgamated
Association of Iron and Steel workers
submitted a new scale of prices , which
included a general advance of 10 per
cent in wages. The same demand was
made in Cleveland , Cincinnati , Chicago
cage and St. Louis. Pending the
answer of the Pittsburg man
ufacturers the Cincinnati mills
granted the advance , Cleveland , St.
Louis and Chicago iron masters re
fusing. Yesterday was fixed upon us
the day for closing the mills in tLo
latter places , and the programme
oeoms to have been strictly carried
out. Workingmen in all the districts
complained that the advance de
manded was necessary in order to meet
the great increase in the cost of living.
Manufacturers replied that it was im
practicable to grant the request in the
Face of a drooping market , and a decreased -
creased demand for pig iron and steel.
Wild cat railroading is primarily re
sponsible for the whole trouble. Moro
railroads were constructed last year
than were demanded by the develop
ment of the country. Thousands of
miles were built for the solo purpose
of floating watered stocks and bonds
on the market and lining the pocket
books of reckless speculators. The
demand upon the iron industries for
rails and the various articles required
in railroad construction and equip
ment was enormous , and unduly stim
ulated the industry. When the bottom
tom fell out of the movement the
manufacturers found themselves with
heavy stocks on their hands and a
greatly diminished demand for their
goods. Meantime the speculative
boom assisted by a small harvest in
creased the price of living. The pur
chasing power of a dollar was dimin
ished from 15 to 20 per cont. and
labor became restless , the demand for
increased wages naturally following.
These two elements combined , de
creased production and increased cost
in living , make the present strike
most unfortunate.
Experience has proved that strikes
on a falling market are ill-timed. The
interests of the manufacturers when
stocks are heavy and the demand light
are generally best served by greatly
diminished production , which is just
what a closing of the mills brings
about. It remains , however , to bo
soon whether , in the case of an article
of such universal consumption as
iron , the manufacturers will be able
to hold out against such a protracted
strike as the present one threatens to
bo , Under an exorbitant tariff pro
tection , the profits last year to a few
iron monopolists were over 82,000 , -
OQO on the same amount of capital.
Will the men who reaped such an
enormous return on their investment
b 9 content to lot their capital remain
long idle ? This is the question which
the Amalgamated Iron and Steel asso
ciation of operatives is asking.
CHICAGO is the third manufacturing
city in America , according to the
figures furnished by the census bu
reau. Its annual product is double
that of Boston ; moro than double that
of St. Louis ; two ami a half times that
of Cincinnati ; three times that of
Baltimore , and nearly equal to that of
St. Louis , Cincinnati and Pittsburg
combined.
OF course wo need a double track
air line railroad between Now York
and San Francisco , but if Omaha is to
bo a way station wo would prefer to
lot John Pope Hodnott wait .a few
yours longer.
A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT-
At their last session the city conn
oil exempted several blocks in the
lower part of the city horn the opera
tion of the fire ordinance. This Is i
very dangerous precedent and cannel
bo condemned too strongly. There
are already too many frame shanties
In , the business portion of our city oren
on streets which before long must bo
given up to the use of our merchants.
The general demand Is for an exten
sion of the fire limits , and
the strict enforcement of the
present fire limit law. If the
action of the city council is
allowed to become a precedent ,
every small property owner on
streets adjoining our main thor
oughfares who wants to save n few
dollars on a projected building will
petition the council to exempt his lot
from the operation of the fire ordi
nance. The fire limits were not
created for individual benefit , but for
the general safety. They have been
extended from time to time , ns bust
ness has passed beyond their boundaries
darios , or as the direction and de
velopment of trade has dictated.
Every reason exists why they should
not bo cut down , and any step in that
direction will bo worse than a blunder
on the part of the city council. Omaha
it interested that brick blocks shall
take the place of the unsightly sheds
and shanties that blotch so many of
out best traveled streets. It is a well
known fact thai ) in nine cases out pf
ton fire or decay are the only causes
which will induce the grasping owners
of these properties to renlaco them
with buildings of moro substantial
materials. On this account , if for no
other , the fire limits must bo strictly
maintained.
In this connection attention is called
to the many violations of the fire
ordinance , which are constantly oc
curring in the building of sheds and
outhouses within the district covered
by the fire ordinance. The chief en
gineer of the fire department and the
police will do well to make a thorough
inspection of the alleys and back
yards. The city' ordinances provide
adequate penalties for this offense ,
and they ought to bo dealt out liber
ally to all who cumo under the law.
MH ATKINSON , surveyor-general of
Mexico , has madu an excellent
oflioir , as the records show , and as the
officers over him stand personally
ready to substantiate , and there is
not ti whisper against his honcnty.
Besides this , Kosowater is lighting
him. It is hard to BOO what else in
the world Mr. Atkinson could want
in his favor. [ Lincoln Journal.
Did the editor of The Lincoln Jour
nal over hear a whisper against the
honesty of any public thief , no mat
ter how reckless and brazen his
robberies ? Has ho ever been
known to encourage an hon
est and capable public officer ?
Has it not been the sole business of
the paper founded by Dave Butler
with money stolen from the tax
payers of this state to whitewash
rogues and screen swindlers and cm-
bozzlon ? Will The Journal name a
single clean-handed , capable and
faithful publio man whom Bosowater
has over opposed ? Will The Journal
explain how Surveyor General Atkin
son can bo an honest officer , when ho
was notoriously up to his neck
in the corrupt pool with Star
Route Dorsoy and the ring that has
carried on the high-handed schemes
of publio plunder in connection with
surveys , mining claims and land grab
bing in Now Mexico.
This class of officials always can
procure excellent endorsements from
men in high authority , but the repub-
can party must either rid the country
of such , vultures or go down to defeat
and disruption.
OCCIDENTAL JOTTINGS.
DAKOTA.
The Fargo street railway is about com
pleted.
The Deadwood-Terra has paid $680,000
In divldendi ) ,
A lodge of Odd Fellows has been orga
nized at Pierre.
Coal is reported at Fnrgo , about 100 feet
below the surface.
A Pleasant Lake man has an ox that ho
bitches up in o buggy.
Sioux Falls at last rejoices in the pos
session of a pawn shop ,
Johnny O'Leary , the first child bora in
Bismarck , died on the 19th ult.
A new paper is to be started In Central
City by ft Mr. White of Doadwood.
The machinery for an SO ftainp will for
the Fenobscot mine Is on the way ,
A colony of Mississippi negroes ( g talk
ing of settling Iu liurleuth county.
The Increoio In tlio acreage of grain iu
tlio vicinity of Bismarck is 100 per cent.
The Flint National bank of Huron has
been organized with a capital of 150,000.
A. farm of 3,840 acres has been opened
up In Tralll county by Oapt. Thomas W.
Hunt.
At the recent trial of the English steam
plow near Fargo the machine pioved to bo
i success.
A regularly pitched battle between
Amazons was one of Lead City' * recent
amusements.
In the April payment the Hoinestnke
companies , In the HilU , paU out upwards
of 9100,000.
D. 0. Spencer , aPlankintou contractor ,
has gone off with a quantity of other pee
dle's money.
The new United states land office at
Aberdeen will not be opened for business
for clx months.
The warehouse floor of Kimball & Hen
ry at Pierre broke through recently and lot
10,000 pounds of Hour down with u crash ,
The Brule Sioux at Kojelmd agency , re
cently surrendered 200 rifle * which they
want sold and the proceeds invested in
cattle.
better known Brave
Ma-to-o-hl-tl-ko , as
Bear , the Indian who Ulled the eoldler
named Johnson at Fort Sully , has been
tentonced to hang July 20.
The report Is positively denied that
Secretary Teller Intends t o remote troop *
from a number of agencies b caue of the !
demoralizing Influence upon Indian wo
men ,
WYOMING.
Cheyenne' * new opera house has bee
dedicated ,
An nnnsuil amount of building is beta
done at Laramle.
Luke Voorheea is about to erect a $5,2X (
dwelling in Cheyenne.
A Fort \Va hakle m n has patented
transparent writing dek.
The Liramie postufilce was robbed o
the night of the 23th of 81CO worth o
stamps , etc ,
Evfttiston was livened up by a fire on th
22d nit. that dcotroyed Samuel Knodor'
barn. Loss , $400.
COLORADO.
No twee has been found yetof Zoo Wat
kin * , the Denver girl who disappeared in
St. Louis.
Kokomo wants a hotel and will donnt
anything from a collection of tin cans fo
the back yard to a desirable lot for th
building.
On the 25th ult. the trouble about th
Union depot at Denver betwten the 111
Grande and the New Orleans roads cul
minuted in the ditching of a locomotive o
the former at the point of crossing , there
by prerenting the tralni of the latter from
parsing and tearin up its track. The Kir
Urande officials claim it was an ncclden
entirely , but It has all the appearance o
spito.
MONTANA.
A large number of desert land entriei
are being made . .upon Clnrko'a Vork Lot
torn.
torn.The
The " 3-7-77" executive committee o
Butte has invltod tramps and bummers t <
emigrati.
The telegraphers of Butte nroparalyzlng
the Bulttrs. Oio recently elopml with a
girl nnd another sloped with $400 worth o :
his creditors' worst withes.
A farm of 3,000 ncroj is to b at once
started near Silver City by a few capital
ists. An extensive system of Irrigation Is
expected to take the place of rain.
IDAHO.
Claim jumping has commenced at Wooc
Elver.
The Hailey Times is publishing fc daily
eJitlon.
Freighting into the Wood River is
liely. . A number of prairie sckoonerj are
also en raute for that haven.
"Old Cam , " the oldest st gn driver in
the United States , handles the ribbons be
tween Arco end Muldoon.
WA3HINQTON.
The house of D. N. Taylor , of Seattle ,
valued at $15,000 , was bound on the 23d
ult.
ult.Aldcy
Aldcy Neil , a notorious horse thief , was
lynched at Kpckport on the 21st. Neil
was captured last fall with seventy-five
stolen animals In his possefliion , but es
caped.
OREGON.
Ah Yunj , a Portland burglar , gets the
benefit of the ten \earn limitation ton
jears in the peniieutljry.
CALIFORNIA.
Claude Ch.iiin , n pinnicr of 134C , died at
\Vlieatlr.ini on the -4th ult. lie was a
native of Burgundy.
ARIZONA.
The furnitnro store of I eo Goldschmidt
all'ucH-ju was deitroyed by fire on the
24th ult.
0. D. Paston attempted to kill J. A ,
Y/hitinnre , editor of the Tucson Citizen ,
on the 24th , but the .bullet wasn't aimed
jood.
jood.A
A bloody battle between American
laborers and Mexicans occurred at Igo
ranch on the Arizona & New Mexico rail
road recently. A number of Mexican
families had camped near by , and the
Americans demanded they gire up the wo
men. They refused , of course , and in the
subsequent fight seven greasers were killed.
JEB BTTJAKT'H LAST FIGHT.
How the Dashing Trooper Met His
Death from Sheridan's Men t Yel
low Tavern.
J. Katea Cooka In Philadelphia Times.
The battle had evidently reached
the turning point , and Stuart saw ( ho
desporatp character of his situation.
It was difficult to use his artillery in
such a molco of friend and fee , and
his left wing was soon in utter disor
der. The federal attack had at last
succeeded in breaking it to pieces ; the
men were scattering in every direction ,
and seeing Maj. Breathed near him ,
Stuart shouted :
"Breathed ! take command of all the
mounted men in the road and hold
it against whatever comes. If this road
is lost wo are gone ! "
Such an order was precisely suited
to the tastes of a man like Breathed.
I was intimately acquainted with him ,
and never knew a human being who
took such a sincere delight in desperate
rate fighting. At Stuart's order
Breathed saluted , and shouting to the
men to follow him , charged the federal
column , apparently careless whether
ho was followed or not. Ho was
immediately sutrounded , and a hot
sabre fight took place between himself
ind his swarm of enemies. A sabre
blow nearly cut him out of the saddle ,
and ho received a pistol shot in his
side , but he cut down ono federal
officer , killed another with his re
volver , and made his way out , his face *
streaming with blood. At this mo
ment the artillery opened , but a de
termined charge was made on the
; uns , and all the pieces wcro captured
but one. The driver of this piece
lashed his horsoa nnd rushed the gun
off toward the Chickahominy , fol
lowed by the cannoneers , cursing and
shouting : "For God's sake , boys , lot's
go back ; they've got Breathed ? " It
would have been better for the gun to
jnvo boon captured. As itwai whirl
ing along at wild speed it broke
ihrough the cavalry , throwing them
into disorder , and before the line was
reformed the enemy struck it and the
jattlo was ended. Both the southern
wings were driven , and there was no
lope of continuing the contest.
Stuart was nearly in despair , and was
soon galloping about shouting and
waving his sabro in a desperate
ittompt to rally his men , but it was
impossible. The field was a scene of
, ho wildest disorder. Federals and
confederates were darting in every
direction , and ono of the former as ho
darted by Stuart fired at him and shot
urn through the body ,
The bullet entered his side , and ,
passing through the stomach , inflicted
i mortal wound. In Its passage it
iust grazed a small Bible , which ho
ilways carried , the gift of his mother.
Ho reeled In the saddle and was
caught by Oapt. Dorsoy , of the First
Virginia , and as ho had closed his
oyea ho seemed about to expire on
the field , Ilia immense vitality , how-
> vor , sustained him , and endeavor-
ng to rise erect again in his saddle ,
10 exclaimed to these around him :
"Go back and do your duty as I
lave done mine , and our country will
> a safe ! "
THE GIANTS' HOMH.
Where Captain and Mrs. Bates Find
Plenty or Koom and Comfort.
New York Sun ,
Captain and Mrs. Bates , the giant
couple , are , in a certain sense , the
most prominent people in Ohio. They
are pretty sum to bo prominent whcr
over they aro. The ciptain once won'
in bathing off the Jtwoy coast , and
ho says the fishermen put out in boats
to harpoon him , because they though'
ho was a whalo. But this may bo t
fish story. They certainly form tin
highest geographical points in the
neighborhood of their homo at Seville
Ohio. Mrs. Bates is n trifle the higher
or , but as height is a touchy poin
with giants , she , out of delicate fool
ing for the captain , rarely rcfora to this
fact , or else attributes it to her coiffure.
Their home at Seville is the place for
which they long when they are on
their travels. It is not surprising
that persons nearly otght teot tall , and
broad in proportion , do not find
berth in a tieoping-car conveniently
roomy or fool quito safe at table
d'hoto on cano-bottom chairs. There
fore it is that their spirits rise when
homeward bound. As they pas- -
Ihrough the door of the rail
road car at their homo station they
stoop for the last time before they
again go traveling. A coach drawn by
eight stout Norman horses is in
waiting. It is about as broad
as the roadway , and the wheel
are about as largo ns those on tin
tondorous wagons used to haul granite
Sr marble shafts. When , they are
comfortably seated the "coachman
cracks his whip , and the vehicle goes
lumbering along toward the giants"
house , afittlo < way out of the town
Other drivers on the road seeing th <
giants' cqnipago coming , take down
the fence rails and drive into the ad
joining fields until the enormous
vehicle has passed ,
An immense stone building looms
up , and soon the carriage is pulled up
in front of the entrance. If an ordi
nary-sized person is with the giants
they kindly give him a boost or two
up the steps. Then they pass stately
and erect through a hall ten fuot high.
The head of a person of medium
lieight would about reach
to the door-knob. They ontcr a spa
cious hall and go from there to a par
lor with doors also ton feet high , and
windows in proportion. The chairs
are so largo that ordinary mortals have
to climb into them as babies have to
climb into their high chairs. In the"
sitting-room the piano is the only
) ieco of furniture of ordinary size ;
3ut it is mounted on blocks about
hroo feet high , so that the keyboards
s up In the air. Thus the giant coaplo
nanago to escape annoyance fiom vis-
tors with musical proclivities ,
in this room are two hugo
rocking-chairs. In one of them
ho captain deposits his 478
lounds , and placidly con templates , his
wife sowing the seams of many yards
of silk for a new dross with a regula
ion train. On the table is a largo alum -
> um containing photographs of hun
dreds of follow curiosities bearded
women , tao-hoaded- four-legged
women , giants , dwarfs , living skelo-
ons , and the like , all of whom the
couple know intimately. Next to
his room , in which they take their
meals , is their bod-room. The bed
room , which is the smallest of
ho rooms , contains a bed ten feet
eng , and broad In proportion. There
s also a bureau with a glass as largo
is the wall of an ordinary room. All
ho turnituro is of mahogany and
lighly finished , the cianta having
spared no expense. Visitors' quar-
ors are up stairs , where the rooms and
nrnituro are , of , Ordinary size , as is
also the dinner service , for the giants
are not largo enters.
The farm comprises IGO acres of
cultivated land , and the captain takes
; rOit ! pleasure in busying himself
iround the placo. Ho is respected in
ho noi < ; hborhood'and noted for his
courtesy and hospitality.
The Handsome Hired Man.
CHARLOTTE , Mich. , May 20. The
alleged elopement of Mrs. J. E. Har-
is with her husband's hired man , E.
3. Sleeper , causes a great sensation
lere , where all tlfe parties are well
known. Sleeper is 23 years old , with
dark hair and eyes , and of more than
ordinary pleasing address. Loss than
t yoarago , through influential friends
10 was appointed to carry the mail
rom Sprinqport , Jackson county , to
Partello , Eaton county ; and , together
vith a general stage business , was dong -
ng an excellent business. A few
nonths ago ho sold the mall business
o Mr. Harris and engaged
o work Harris * farm wli'lo he
ras away upon the road , Mrs. Harris
s younger than her -husband , being
24 , has no children , and is a most
charmingly vivacious little brunette.
jast week Sleeper , it is said , brought
t * quantity of farm implements to
) harlotto and sold them , together
eith a wagon and carriage. When
larris returned homo Saturday night
10 missed the carriage , and was told
> y Sleeper that ho had broken 'a
t'hoel and was having it repaired.
? ho trusting husband left as usual
Honday morning. When he returned
loire Wednesday ho says a volume of
Yill Oarloton's poems lay open on the
( itchon table , and a little note called
lis attention to the poem , ' ( Gone
Vith a Handsomer Man , " and con-
ludod by saying ho need never hope
o see her , as she was following the
.ictations of the gentle passion of
eve , which she deemed moro binding
han her marriage vows , nnd that the
'handsome man" was" Mr. Sleeper ,
tfr. Harris was wild with rage , and
n this condition came hero Wednes-
ay o veiling.to got the officers to as-
ist him in regaining his property and
> ringing the guilty couple tojusticoj
toncy and Staple Groceries ,
AT BED-ROCK PRIDES.
JUT TEE AND EGGS , .
FRESH FROM THE COUNTRY.
fo. 916 North Sixteenth St ,
A. H. SWAN.
NORTH-WESTERN
Harble1 Works , I
A. BAUMEISTER ,
242 NORTH EIGHTEENTH ST.
me-Sra
THE IcOALLUM
WAGON
BOX RACKS.
WEIGHT ONLY 100 IBS ,
WAGON
BOX.
Can Be Handled By a Boy.
The bsx need nc\cr bo taken off the wazon nd
nlltho shelled
Grain and Grass Seed Is Saved !
It casts less Hun the ol ! stjle racks. V.tttr
standard wagon la sold with our rack complo.o.
BUY NONE WITHOUT IT.
Or bay the attachments and applv them to
jour od ! w gen box. For Kilo In Nebraska br
J. 0. CLASH , I/ncoln.
MANNINQ& HUM , Omaha.
FRED HEDDK , Grand Is and.
CHARM s HCIIEODKKR , Columbus.
SFANOOLK& FUNK , lied Cioud.
0. II. CRANK & Co. , Red Oak.'lowa.
L. W. HirBSKt- , Glcnwoo'l , IOWA.
And ercrr first cla s dealer In the west. A'k
them tor descriptive circular or tend direct
touj.
J , McOallum Bros. Mamrf'g Co. ,
Office , 24 West Like Street , Chicago.
3.OC3. .
THKI3JT A.S'D
: "LY A2r , L'J7ELY SAFE"
Oil. fTOVE IK 711 1 ; U'CllLD.
' > " . ' Iliiutekcrppr hi ] j the want of
i i ' > ; l.pg : ihat viil tool ; the daily food
n i avoid thocscowivo heat , dust , litter
ixl nshes of a coil : or wood utovc. Iho
.litor Cil StOVO Will do it , better ,
luicker and cheaper than by any other
means. It ia the only Oil E'COVO made
with the oil rosorvofr elevated at the
back of the stove , away from the heat ; by
which arrangement absoluto. Safety is
pecured ; as nogaa can bo generated , fully
20 per c nt more heat is obtained , the
wicks are preserved twice as long , thus
saving the trouble of constant trimming
and the expense of new ones. Esamino
the Monitor and you will buy no other.
Manufactured only by the
Monitor OH Stove Co. , Cleveland , 0.
Send for descriptive circular orcnlf
on M. Rogers & Son , solo agents for
Nebraska.
Nebraska National \ L
BANK. f
OF OMAHA NEBBASKA
( No. 2605. )
TREASURY DEPARTMENT. )
. Office of COMPTROLLER or THE CCR'BSJCT , V
WASWNOTOM , April 26th 18S2. )
WIIEBU8 , by satisfactory cvldenco presented
to the undersigned , It tas been made to appear
that "TdK NEBRASKA NATIONAL DANK OP
OMAHA , " In the city of Omaha , In the county of
Douglas , and State of Nebraska , haa complied
with all the provisions of tholterlaed Statues of _ /
the United State * required to be compiled with J
before an association shall bo authorized to comf
mence the buMness of Banking ; :
Now , therefore. I , John Jay Knor , Comptroller
ot the Currency , do hereby certify that "Tlio
Nebraska National Bank of Omaha. " In the city
of Omaha , In the ciunty of Douglas , and itato
of Nebraika , Is authorized to commence tha
business of Banking n ) provided In Section Fifty'
Ono Hundred and Sixty-Nine of the Revised
Statutes of the United States.
In testimony whereof witness my
( ) hand and seal of office thla 26th
{ SEAL. } day of April 1'82.
I j JOHN JAT KNOX.
Comptroller of the Currency.
The bovo Bank U DOW prepared to receive
business It commences with a fully pa d up
capital ot 9260,000.00 , with otllccraatid directors
as follows :
S. B , JOHNSON , PBKsrDiKT , of Steele , John
son & Co. . Wholesale Grocers.
A. E. TOUZALIN. Vioi-rRiuiDKNT , ot 0. B. &Q.
R. R. , Boston.
W. V. MORSE , of W. V. Morse and Co , , Whole-
Bale Boots and Bhoes.
JNO. 8. COLLINS , of Q. II , & 3. B. Coiling.
Wholesale Leather and S ddlcry.
JAUE3 M. Woolwortb , Counsellor and Attoruoy
at Law.
LEWIS B. REED , ot Byron Reed A Co. , Real
Estate Dealei a
HENRY W. YATE3. Cashier , late Cashier of tba
Flnt National Bank of Omaha , and
connected with the active manage
ment of that Bank eluco ltd organ
ization Inl Rfl.1
PROPOSALS.
FOR THI3 CONTRUCTION OY INDIAN
BOARDINO SCHOOL.
U.xiTiiEmKil < < piAN SERVICE , 1
FJNI RnjOKAoKNcr , Dakota , June 1,1B82. f
Soiled proposals , Indorsed proposals. In trip
licate , for tbo erection of an IndUn boarding y/ '
yn
school at this agency-ln accordance with plans j II
and specifications on Mlo with the Chief Quarter- i 1
master , Department l'lattoof theJOroaba , Neb. , JtJ
anddlrocttd to the underline : ! , cirs of the *
Chief Quartermaster , Department of the Platte.
Omaha , Neb. , nil ) bo received until 12 o'clock
noon on Saturday , July 1,1H32.
The contractor will be allowed the use of the
agency mill to cut such lum er as be may desire ,
not to exceed 100,003 feet , all the labor of opcr-
tlng mill to be Hired by the contractor , tie tim
ber to bo obtained outsIJa the reservation , and
tto mill turned back In good order as when re-
cehed by him.
Contract to be awarded to lowest responelbln
bidder , subject to the approval ofj the De
partment of ( he Interior.
Proposals must sta'e length cf time required
for completion of bullolnir , of the approval of
contract and must be accompanied by a certified
chtck upon some United Stabs DepotItorjv pay
able to the undersigned for at least fhe(6)per ( )
cent , cf the amount of the proposil , which check
slullbc forfeited to the United hUtcjin case any
bidder receiving the awJrJ ilull fall to execute
promptly a contract with god and sufficient
Burettes according to the terms of hU bid , other- ,
wisa to be returned to the bidder. No bid In
erce.s of $15.009 will bo cons'dercd. ' '
Building to be ef lumber , main portion to be I
two story bOx 10 ; dd Itlon I o be one story 32x100. j
For further Information address the undersigned - I
signed , at rinellldgo Aceney , Dakota.
V. T. Mo'JILLYOUDDY , '
mSO-lSt United Btatca IndUa Agent. I
PIPER 'HEIDSIEGK CIGARS.
OHAMPADNE FLAVOR ,
J& . XMCEgTXl S3MCQ3BCTI , '
The but In the country ; for the money.
M. A. McNamara ,
SOLE AGENT.
Jl-em Fourteenth Street , Omaha ,