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THE DAILY BEE OMAHA TUESDAY , AUGUST 8 , > 11 * * H i' f \ ic ic 8t 8i n P TIat TIU at t ] i I'f sec em ) The Omaha Bee , - fnbHdied avery morning , except 8tiftd r _ % on.y Monday morning rlMIy , TBKM liX MA1L- On Ys r . (10.00 I ThrM Month * . 99.00 Hx Months. o.OO | One . , 1.00 THB WF.EKLY BEB , pnblM > ed ey. TERMS TOST One Year. . $2.00 I ThreoHoDthi , . 60 BUMcath * . . . . 1.00 1 One \ . . 20 AMERICAN News COHFANT , Sole Agent * ot Newsdealers in the United States. OORTl E3PONDENOK-AI1 Commnnl. | itior reUtlnt ; to News nnd Editorial mat. en ntiouH bo addressed to the EDITOR or Cnx lire. BUSIVES9 LETTERS-All BtwIno Betters and Remittances should bo ad drosaedl to THE UEF. I'tmusiiiNO COM pwrr , OMAHA. Drafts , Check * and Tent ffic-3 Order * to be tnsde pnynblo to the rder of ofBEE BEE PUBLISHING 00 , , Prop. Si ROSE WATER. Editor. ACCORDING to the Buffalo Eyptcas , UothiiiL ; will BO become congress aa itu departure. will Imvo n flcficit this year of 343,000,000 , bushola of grain. Eu ropo'a extremity ia America's oppor tutiily. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ No OPPONENT of Valentino need fcnr or a moment to compare records olthor in or out of public Hfo with No Lraska'a present congrcastrmn. THE Conatantinoplo conforanco "IB naid to bo more harmonious than over. The sultan is evidently preparing to .got i n his diplomatic work. UNCLE HUFUS UATCIJ. thinks the railroads will have moro grain this fall than they can carry and predicts n great rise in railroad stock. It is safe to aay that there will not bo a corroa- .ponding full in railroad rates. PKESIDEMT AIITHUU must bo onini- prcHont. At last accounts during the week ending August Gth , ho was booked for Long Branch , Saratoga , Newport , the Adorondacka and Grand Island. CALIFORNIA is complaining that Ohineao cheap crime IB keeping pace with Ohincdo cheap labor. In two consecutive days last week thirty-throe Mongolian olFendors wore arraigned .buforo the San Francisco police court. AHTKMUH UALK the oldest , cx-mom- Tjor of congrena , died on Thursday night , in MuajKclmsotts. Mr. Halo was n contemporary of Toombi , Qid- dingo , Ilowull and Cobb in the house , and Benton , Cameron , Winlhrop and .Douglas in the senate. BAYAUD claims that the "profits of ateol-making in PomiBylva- uia are 77 par cent on the capital in vested. Theeo are the pauper corpo- , rationii which nsk increased protection and refuse living wagoa to their em ployes. ONI : of the monopoly organs of Fillmore - more county trot.s out a prominent grain buyer as the right man for the next legislature. Corns was n grain buyer and ho made a good deal of hey while the sun shone. THE strike of the freight handlers 11 Now York Booms to bo giving away. ' .Tho chief difficulty in maintaining the 'Combination arose from the daily ar rival in Now York of many thou sands of foreign laborers willing to work for wages which could not sup port nn American laborer and his .atnily , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ THE Cleveland Lender denounces the passage of a bill by congress granting the right of wny through the Indian Territory to the St. Louis & San Francisco railway company its a gross violation of pledges solemnly inudo to the Choctaw nnd Ohiokasaw tribes. It says that this is the first time in the whole history of the gov ernment that congrcis has under taken to exercise the right of eminent donjain over reservations nnd territory occupied by the Indians , nnd it ia doubtlecii the entering wcdgo to other auhcnu'H for trnmpliug under foot what few rights Imvo bocn se cured by treaty pledges to tno do- ncendants of the aborigines. It is estimated tlmt the land needed for right of wny tliua granted will amount to n little leas than thirty thousand acres , but when once the corporation secures a foothold no ono can tell how much additional land will bo gobbled up. For the right thus granted the bill provides that the company Minll pay the an nual sum of three thousand dollaro , luquarterlyinstallmonts , three fourths of which is to go to the Chootaws and the remaining fourth to the Ohicka- Haws. This grant , is nindo without the content of the Indians nnd they may demur not only to parting with their lands , but to the compensation fixed by the bill. In this latter case the act magnanimously provides that they may appeal to the Secretary of the Interior , and the amount of com pensation shall then bo determined by three commissioners , of whom the In dians may choose ono. How much of a chance the latter would have to BO- euro justice at the hands of a com mission BO chosen is easily determined In advance. Congress has sot out to over-ride their rights ; and it ia not possible that others will respect their claims , however just they may be. REMEDIES FOR LOO ROLLING. It Si natural that neither politllical party should wish to bo hold respon sible for the extravagance of congress at it present session. A convention which during the past ton years has not declared in its platform for a greater economy in the use of the pub lic money's would deserve to bo stuff' od and placed in a glass case as a curi osity. Economy on paper and econ omy in practice are , however , two very different things.ond the difference is nowhere so marked an in political pro fessions meant to influence votes. Of the nineteen odd million dollars appropriated by the river and harbor bill , moro than one-half wan in'onded directly to influence votes for con gressmen by fickling local constituen cies. It other words , it was intended to use the surplus of the national treasury as n political campaign fund , nnd to carry through the scheme by tacking odious appropriations to iti ma in the bill which wcro of a national character nnd carried with them the nation's approval. On this system an appropriation of § 10,000 for Squaw creek was joined to an appro priatlon of $000,000 for the im provement of n national highway like the Missouri river , nnd the first item under the present practice could not bo smothered without defeating at the same time the other , The evil is none the leas because it is recognized as an ovil. Public virtue is exceed ingly weak in the presenceof a full treasury. But ono of the worst fea tures of this gigantic game of grab is the fact that it casts odium upon the whole policy of internal improve ments by the nation. The seaboard with its great harbors , whoso use by the fleets i f the world contributes to national prosperity , sutlers equally with the west , whoso mighty water ways ought to bo made availa ble for purposes ot inland transportation to nil the producers of our great agricultural section. So long as there is no distinction made be tween national and local improve ments , In other words so long as the constitution is consistently violated in the interest of political parties and partisans , log rolling jobs will con- tlnuo unchecked. What is needed is some remedy which will take out of the hands of a few congressmen the power to bull doze their follow members into pass ing measures of which they do not ap prove. The suggestion was made some time ago that appropriations should bo required to bo made , each specifically in a separate bill which would stand or fall on its own merits. Now York took the bull by the horns when she adopted a consti tutional provision allowing the gov ernor to refuse his approval to any item of appropriation which ho might BOO fit , while at the same time approv ing the remainder. The vetoed item then goea to the legislature , who are at once brought to the record in their vote , sustaining or refusing to sustain the veto. Either ono of these plans would do much to remove the evil ot congressional cowardice , which is ono of the greatest defects of our present houses. AN ERA OF COMBINATIONS. The inability of the Burlington nnd Union Pacific roods to conclude n pooling compact , which is said to bo duo to Mr. Touzalin'a refusal to promise not to extend the Burlington system into Colorado , is calling atten tion to the increasing magnitude of railroad interests between Lake Mich igan and the Rocky Mountains. The Burlington route , as the only possessor ser of a through line between Chica go and Denver and intersecting Ne braska points , possesses an immense natural advantage over both the Atchison , Topokn it Santa Foand the two lines of the Union Pacific system in handling through freights nnd pansongcra from the east nnd west. The only obsta cle which prevents its management from using this advantage In the certainty that such u move would nt once result in the disruption of the IOWA pool. There nro railway officials who shako their heads signifi cantly nnd intimate that the time is near nt hand when the territory em braced by the prnsont western pools must bo enlarged nnd n great combi nation bo formed , which will take in nil the country between Chicago nnd the Rookies , nnd prevent n competi tion which , while advantageous to the people , would diminish the profits of the companies. Just whora monopoly ends in mil- rood management it is difficult to BOO. Ono line of road , t\ith solo control of the traffic of the section through which it runs is n monopoly because there can bo no composition. If might bo supposed that the buildIng - Ing of two presumably competing roil- roads would break such a monopoly , Under the existing policy of combina tions , monopoly is innidtait'od by n compact to sustain monopoly rates and to cut the throat of patrons by pooling earnings. By this method the public is Invariably robbed of all the advantages of parallel lines , and after subsidizing corporations to break dovru the extortions of others which have their hands on the throat of the producer , it finds ita time wasted and ita money used only to fasten more strongly the chains upon states and communities. This la an era of combinations of capital to increase ita value as a divi dend earner and the tendency is no where M strongly marked aa in the management of our great railways. Ten capitalists virtually control nine- tenths of the entire railway system of the country , and through their subor dinate managers dictate rates which fix the prices on the food and clothing of a vast majority of our people. Rail roads long ago became public necessi ties and in their power of developing the country and opening up now sec tions , public benefactors. The ne cessity for their commercial use IIM brought with it the opportunity for gross abuse. ! of the public on the part of their managers. And ono of the grossest of these abuses so far as the public is concerned is the carry ing out of the policy which places the roads above the ordinary laws of trade and tramples on a wholesome competi tion in order to yield greater profits to avarice and larger returns to capital , It is abuses nnd tendencies like the ono referred to which are re sponsible for the Inceptions and growth of the anti-monopoly move ment. The people wage no war against the railroads. They are op posed to the prevailing policy of cor poration manaccmont , which in the words of President Jackson in ono of hia veto messages "tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer. " Certainly that antagonism will grow none the leas in magnitude or intensi ty by the continual efforts of corpora- lions to monopolize every avenue of internal commerce , While human in vention yearly reduces the cost of operating orating our railroad systems , the cor porations alone are reaping a benefit , some portion of which ought to bo shared with the people. In this growing antagonism arises the necessity for su pervision of the railroads by the state. The rirjhl of such control ia now no where disputed and its feasibility is to-day acknowledged by many of the heaviest owners of railroad properties in the country. THE London Garden , a loading ngri cultural authority , learns that in Eng land the apple crop is comparatively a failure ; in Franco n poor half crop is calculated upon ; in Germany one- third crop only ; in Holland only half a crop , and in Belgium not half a crop. Thus the prospects wore never moro favorable for shipments from America to England than they are this year. The American apple trade , formerly monopolized by Liverpool , has during the last few years , In consequence of direct steam communication , been gradually diverted to London , which market now compotes favorably with that of Liverpool. Undo Sam seems rich enough to keep thu world in ap ples , as well as give them all a farm. THE OMAHA Bun has not such n fol lowing among Nebraska papers as it used to enjoy. Gxtnd Island Inde pendent. Several mercenary political repro bates like Hilton and Mobloy have flapped , but tlmt sort of following is not very desirable. Recent Constitution-Matting1. Philadelphia Press. Constitution-making has been in steady progress in the United States for a century , culminating in three great periods of activity at the close of the revolutionary war , in the ten years just succeeding the war. Each of these periods was marked by the adoption of a largo number of impor tant constitutions , bearing a family resemblance , and showing signs of a successive development in the concep tion of the organic Jaw of a state. In the years nntr passing project for con stitutional conventions are pretty generally voted .down , the last pro posal negatived'being in Kansas In 1881 , and constitutional changes are chicllv minor amendments , rarely affecting the vital structure of state government. Mr. MoPhorson'a "Hand-book of Amoricin Politics , " shortly to bp issued , gives , as usual , n comprehensive summary of state amendments pending nnd ndopted during the past two years aa well na federal nmvndmenta buforo congress Kxporioncii ling shown that nothing abort of u civil war or n great national exigency is likely to work nn amend ment in the fundamental law of the Union , but thid circumstance has little tlo ( 'filet upon congressmen who year ly ndd to the long soiiesof forgotten nmuulinpnts which , begun with the first session of the first congress , have continued ever silica , and remain clijolly valuable for the light they throw on current political theories. It is bnnjjy possible that the house will next winter pass the donate law regu lating tha counting of the electoral vote. Moro ia not to bo expected , and the amendments bofmo congrcns , Mr. Hammond , of ( ! c > orgix ; , proposing three vice presidents sn us to provide a secure succession , bo Mr. Townsend of Ohio , for a direct election by the people , by Mr. Cravens , of Arkansas , nnd Mr. UoUzhoovt-r , of Pennsylvania , fur an exact arithmetical apportion ment of the electoral votp by popula tion , nnd by Mr. McCoid , of lown , continuing the tenure of presidential electors four years so ns to have a body ready to fill vacancies , nro aa little likely of adoption ns Mr , Wallace's ' proposnl in the lust congress to choose- electors by districts , or Senator Morgan's formal attempt to clothe congress with leglslativo power on the subject , Mr , Bayno , of this state , like Mr. White In the last congress , proposes to have senators elected by the people ; the former with n proviso for two addi tional senators for the larger states , and Mr. Beltzhoovor Books to incor porate In the house the worst feature of senatorial tenure , a six-year term in biennial sections , tVhllo Mr. Browne , of Indiana , asks for a house limited to 350 members. The civil service reform agitation has led to amendments by Mr. Pendloton for the election of all federal civil officers by the people of each district , and by Senator George , of Mississippi , of these and the federal judiciary ; while Mr. Qeddos , of Ohio , proposes a board to make all nominations to the senate , and Mr. Buckner , of Missouri , seeks to limit the president's power of re moval to charges for cause , except in the case of heads of departments and bureaus. Prohibitory amendments have been presented by Senators P.ol- llns , Plumb , and Representative Joyce. Mr , Springer , of Illinois , relating claims to the courts has aa little chance of adoption as the rest , having been defeated , yens 31 , nays 48 , State amendments in the past two years have dealt chiefly with the judi ciary and election laws. Missouri submits to the people next fall an elaborate and somewhat novel judicial system , which , while it continues the curious independent judiciary enjoyed - joyed by St. Louis , provides for the rest of the rate a supreme court of six , instead of three as now , to bo divided into civil and criminal branches , the former having superior jurisdiction , and the united court sit ting in bane whenever the chief jus < tic certifies that the criminal side has ruled in law or practice contrary to past cases or the decisions of the civil side , An attempt is made to divide peremptory writs of relief between the two courts , but experience will show the difficulty of thcso artificial distinctions in < ho application of law. The now supreme court in banes is to hear appeals from the St. Louis court of appeals , aa from the criminal half of ita own bench , so that Missouri will cease , it this amendment is adopted , to present the anomalous spectacle of a state with two supreme court. Arkansas , in 1880 , and Texaa , in 1881 , both voted down now judi cial systems. West Virginia provided , 1880 , for a jury of six , by consent , in civil cases , and Iowa last year reduced grand grand juries to from five to fifteen members , and empowered the legislature to provide for indictment "in any criminal offense , without the intervention of a grand jury. " Con necticut , 1880 , has vested the selec tion of higher judges in the governor and legislature : Iowa given the legis lature the dangerous power of chang ing districts at will instead of once in four years , and Maryland has changed the curious provision which gave any judge elected to fill a vacancy in the fifteen year judicial term , fifteen years to servo , Legislative powers have boon sharply restricted in Minnesota , 1881 , by the usual limitations on special logisla- the sixty-days' limit on the session adopted in 18GO has been abandoned , nnd a stay put on sessions by paying members § 5 a day ; the pay has been $3 for only ninety days in future. Wisconsin in the same year decided on biennial sessions , and raised legis lative pay to $500 a session , a sum which in frugal western states , ia still the average legislative pay , as it was in the cast up to the close of the war , and a few years after. Maine , 1880 , extended the term of ita house of rep resentatives to two years ; but the legislature - islaturo sits annually. The solitary change made or proposed in the of fice of governor ia his election by a plurality vote in future in the same state. Election law has received moro than customary attention in the past two years. Indiana has moved out of the October states , and lown will do the same thing next fall , while the useful provision requiring thirty days' resi dence in the precinct was adopted by the former in 1882. Virginia passes next fall on the abolition of the poll- tax as a qualification for suffrage , Massochusotta last fall enfranchised pauper soldiers , Nevada has struck out the word "white" from its consti tution , and , curiously enough , at an election , whore Chinese immigration was overwhelmingly condemned , passed a provision which will permit naturalized Chinamen to vote. An amendment permitting female suffrage is pending between two Indiana legis latures , as it is in Iowa. Constitutional provisions relating to taxation uro usually brief and chiefly negative. Their amendments is rare. Minnesota has found it necessary to extend the right of municipal taxation perhaps ono should say confiscation without regard to value and based on benefits conferred to the con struction of water works in towns of 5,000 inhabitants , a dangerous liberty. Kansas has refused to strike out the exemption of $200 of personal proper ty now existing. Nevada has pro hibited taxation for any but now sec tarian purposes , and New York passes next fall upon an amendment which lays on taxation the burden of main taining the canals nnd paying the canal debt. The economic ( . -fleets of this measure are likely to make it the moat important of nil the amendments summed up hero , Prohibition , nn issue whose rising importance is little appreciated in the east , has been placed in die organic Inw of two etatea , Kansas nnd Iowa , and k is pending in Indium. Don't Want Any. "Do you keep lawauits here ? " nsked n woman who entered the office of a Dtilioit justice of the peace the other day."Do "Do you want to cue anybody , madam ? " 'Yes. A neighbor of mine bought a culf of mo a year ngo nnd won't pay for it. Can't I sue him without it costing mo anything ? " "Oh , no. " "Will it cost over fifty cents ? " "I think it will. " "Well , if I pay you fifty cents nnd nnd give the constable twenty-five , will he pack the jury for mu ? " "Mndnm1 ! ; "Or I'll give you the whole 75 cents und you can decide in my favor , " "Madam , do you moan to insult this court ? " "I don't see any court here. You 'n mo ain't no court. " "Madam I I shall not issue a sum mons in your case ! " , "You won't ] Well , I don't want you to ! If you can't talk without get ting mad and wanting to snap a per son's head off you can't have my law suits to attend to , nnd I don't want any of your law | I won't oven say good-day to you ! " [ Detroit Free s < _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Aiuwer Thii- Can you find a case of Bright'a Disease of the Kidneys , Diabetes , Ur inary or Liver Complaints that Is cur able , that lion Bitters has not or can not cure ? Afik your neighbor if they can. VOICE OF SPATE PRESS , limes Have Onanged. Fremont Tilbune. The Omaha Republican cannot see any thing good in,1 udjro Crounso. It appears to bo so completely over-awed in the presence of Valentino's sublime virtues that its recognition of merit doesn't reach beyond him. In Janu ary , 1870 , when Fred Nye was its editor , there appeared in The Tribune an article commenting on Mr. Crounso'a bill for reducing the U. P. bridge tariff. At that time , Fred prcbablv had not dreamed of ever conducting the loading daily of the U. P. , and was consequently at lib erty to think and free to speak as ho thought. Iho following is the article referred to : The people will forgive Dr. Miller for his sucdon change of mind in re gard to the narrow-gauge railroad ; they will forgive him for his prejudice and wrongful attacks upon the public men and measures ; but for this , his at tempt to perpetuate an extortion which has bled the unfortunate state of Ne braska to foster corruption too long , wo hardly think he will bo forgiven. The people of Nebraska understand this thing , They have become aware of the imposition and extortion which has boon practiced upon them , and they are now ready nnd prepared to resent it In regard to the action of Congress man Crounse , wo have this to say : In introducing this bill ho has done nn act for which every intelligent voter in the state of Nebraska outside of Omaha will thnnk him , nnd wo sub mit whether it was not the honest deed of on honest nnd unfearing ser vant of a wronged people. The Omaha Herald will find that this last sample of its sublime toady ism to Omaha and the U. P. railroad , and against the pcoplo of its native state , will have n moro detrimental effect upon it than any of its former mistakes and iniquities. We would like to know what has occurred to make Fred think that Crounso would not again make "an honest and unfoaring servant ? " Alexander's Successor. Republican Valley Echo. John Steen , postmaster at Wahoo , in Sounders county , and ono of the strong men of the county , is a candi date for secretary of state. Mr. Steen was ono of the bravo and faith ful soldiers of the Twelfth Iowa in fantry volunteers. It was in the camp , on the march and on many blood-stained battlefield , as well as in the prison pens of the south , when nnd where , side by side we stood , facing death and rebel guns for moro than four years that we learned to love and admire John Steon. As a soldier ho was bravo , faithful and efficient , and his excellent business tact and qualifications were often called into service by his superior officer. As a man ho ia genial nnd pleasant. Wo have watched his civil career for several years with interest and feel proud to Bay to our readers , that it too , has been a success He is a representative of that largo class of Nebraska's citizens , known as the Scandinavian element , and if they unite upon Mr. Stcen , and demand a place upon the elate ticket , and lie carries the county of Saunders , hia claims will hardly bo ignored. Neither Fair Nor True. York Tlmoi. It is not fair for the editor of The Omaha Republican to aay ho his looked over a number of antimonopoly ely exchanges , seeking in vain for o single argument or fact tending to show that railroad charges are too high , and that the legislature has the moral right to regulate them , and that they should bo so regulated in this state. It is not fair nor ia it truo. Anti-monopoly papers are full of facts , furnished by the acts of railroad com panies themselves , and arguments that would and do convince thousands of thinking men , but to convince The Omaha Republican would perhaps re quire pecuniary "argument , " euch as is Ronurally scarce with anti-monopoly editors. John Brown'a Family. New York Evening Post. Wo are nblo to present the follow ing authentic account of the condition of John Brown's family in California. The letter is in answer to a private inquiry , induced by the movement now making to raise a fund fit them : "In answer to your inquiries concern ing the family of the old hero nnd martyr John Brown I will say : They reside on a wild mountain farm of 100 acres , mostly unimproved and unim provable , located ten miloa west of San Joao. The improvements con sist of n few acres of clearing , a part of which ia planted to fruit trees nnd vines ; a little cottage , coating n few hundred dollars , which was on the plnce when they bought it , n ycnr and n half ugo , and some little fencing. The p'aco ' cost them , I believe , about § 1 f)00. When I first mat the family , bhortly after the purchase , nnd atartod n movement for their relief , they were owing $1,000 on the place. They hod no team , stock or funning Imple ments of any kind , nnd wore really in very straitened circumstances. The unmarried daughter , S.irah , was then teaching some two or three puplh m musia , three miles distant down the mountain , at the little village of Sar atoga , whither she went on foot , going and returning the same day , I raised about $500 , nnd the Chronicle folks nearly § 2,000 , which placed them out of debt nnd put them in posae.sion of a team of horses , wagons , n cow , fencing material , etc. The family consisted of Mrs. Hrown , Sarah ( mentioned nbovo , n married daughter ( Mrs , Fablinger ) , her husband and four children , the latter from a few months to six or eight years of aso , all girls. Thus the family consists of eight persons. They nro plain , unpretentious people , and have been trained in the hard school of poverty until they have learned how to get along with very litttlo. Their place or about one-fourth of it could bo made productive , but much labor and money would be required. I think it is about an oven pull with them to obtain the commonest com forts of life out of it , They are un able to employ help , and Fablinger , the only man about the ranch , lias been a school teachorfand is not much fitted for hard manual labor. They are excellent , most worthy people. " UBE Keddiug'a Kuenliv Bjvlve In the house ami lua Keddius'v llutclun Salve ia the stable. Try it , BARGAINS , XZKT LOTS Houses , Lands. 3B-ST TOEENTH AND DOUBL18 SIS , Beautiful building eltoa 01 Sherman ICth street ) south of PoDpkton's and J. J. Brown's residences the tract bclonglrp to Sena tor Tuddock for so many jcara being 8SS fcot west frontaio on the avenue , bv from 300 to MO feet In depth , running eastward to the Omaha & St. Paul R. R. Will sell In strips of 60 fcot or moro frontage on thcavonuo with full depth to the railroad , n 111 sell tbo aboi o on about any terms that purchaser may desire. To parties u ho will agree to build hou9c3CObtln $1200 and upwards will cell with out anypajment down for one year , and G to 10 equal annual payments thereafter at 7 per cent 'ntercst. To parties whc do not Intend Iraprov- ng Immediately will tell for cno sixth down and i equal annual payments thereafter at 7 per cent njcrcst. Choice 4 aero block In Smith's addition at west end of Farnam street will giro any length of time required at 7 per cent Interest. Also a eplondld 10 acre block In Smith's addi tion on same liberal tcr no foregoing. No. 805 , Ilalf lot on near 20th 9700.No No 304 , Lot on 18th street near Paul , 31200. No 302 , Lot 30x230 feet on 16th e'.reot , near Icbolaa. No 299 , Ono quarter aero Burt street , near Dutton500. No 297 , Two lots on Blonde near Ircno street , 82CO and $300 each. No 90 , Two lota on Georgia near Michigan Sjrect , 91200. No295 , Twelve choice residence lota on Ilatnll- RSn street In Shinn'a addition , fine and sightly 60 to $500 each. No 294 , Beautiful half lot on Bt , Mary's ar- enuo. 30x180 feet , tear Bishop Clarkson'n and 20th street , 81&00. No 292 , Fl\o choice lota on Park avenue , 50x ICO each , on street r nil nay , $300 each. No 291Six loU ( n Millard & Ca'dncll'a addition on Sherman Avcuuo near Topplcton'a , 9370 to ? 160 each. Nn 2s9 , Cholco lots on Park m enue and street ar line on r aJ to I'ark , $150 to S1030 each. No 285 , iic\c.n : lota on Deca'ur and Ircno it reels , near .Saumlcrs street , $375 to $150 each. No i ! 2 , Lot on 19th ncu 1'aul street , $760. No 281 , Lot 65x140 foot near St. Mary's avenue , and 20th street , $1600. No 270 , Lot on Decatur near Irene etrcct , $325. No 278 , Four lots on Cal.iv.cll , near Siundcn ttrott , $503 each. No 2 > 0 , Loton Clinton street , near shot toner , $126. $126.No No " t > , Four lots on McLc'.lan street , near Blonde , Uagan's addition , $ J25 each. No 274 , Three lota near racg tourjc : make ofljra. No 208 , Beautiful corner aero lot on California street , opposite .tnd adjoining Sabred Heart Con' A out ( -rounds , $1000. No "Co , Lot on Maon , near 16th street , $1,350. 100 otaIn "Credit Foncler"nnd "Grand View' additions , Just south-cast of U. P and B. A. M. I'allroad t cpota , ranging from $150 totloOOcach and on easy terms. Beautiful ResidenceLota at a bargain very handy to shops clOO to $250 each , 5 per cent down nd 6 per con t per month. Call and get plat and ull particulars. No 256 , Full corner lot on Jones , Near 16th Street. 83,000. No 253 , Two lots on Center street , near Cum in ? street , $900 ( or both or $500 each. No 251 } , Lot on Seward , near King street , $350.No No 249 , Half lot on Dodge , near llth Btr'iao $3,100 No 217 , < * our beautiful residence lots near Crrightoii College ( or will separate ) $8,000. No 240 , Two lots on Center , near Cumlng street , $400 each. No 24Oj , Lit on Idaho , near Cumin ? street , $525 fifto 245 , Beautiful corner aero lot on Cumin ? , near Dutton street , mar new Convent of Sacred Hurt , $1,600. No. 214 , Lot on Farnam , near 18th etrcct , $1.750. No 243 , Lot CO by 1 on CoUcgo street , near St. Mary's av enue , $700. No 241 , Lot on Farnam , near 26th street , $1.000. No 240 , Lot D6 by 09 feet on South Javonuo , near Mason street , $650. No 233 , Corner lot on Burt , near 22d street , $2,300. No 233 , 120x132 feet o J Ilarnoy , near 4th , street ( will cut It up$2,400. ) So 234 , Lot on Douglaa street , near 25th 0. - - 7 > 232 , Lot on Pier street , near Bownrd 0 0 ON'o 227 , T o lotsonDccatur , near Irene street , $ .00 each. No 223 , Lot 143 by 441 feet on Sherman avenue - nuo ( ICth st.ect ) . uea Grace , $2,400 , will divide. No 220 , Lot ZJxOret on Dodge , near 13tb tttect ; make an oiler. No 2i7 , Lot on Wr.I near Cl&rK , $500. No 210 , Lot on Hamilton near King , $800. No 2o9 , Lot un ISth street , near Nicholas E500.No No 207 , Two lots on ICth , near Pacific streat , SI.DOO , No SOI , Beautiful resilience lot on DUhlon street , near earning , ? JX ( ) . No 10-J Lots on 15th etrcet , near PUrco , JCOO. JCOO.No No 19'ji Lots on Sauudera strict , near Sew. aril $500. NolVli , THO lota on 22J. near Oraco street , $300.No No 192 } , Two lota on 17th street , near white lead orks , $1,050. N > ISSJj Ono full block ten lots , near the barrack B , 100. No 191 , Lota on Parker , street , near Irene f30J , NolS3'T o lota on Cas-j , near 21st ttreet ( Kilt (4Jge ) . eo.COj. No IbO , Lot on Her near Scward , $050. No no , Lot oa Pacific street , near 14th ; un.o tier , Nol60 , Six loU on Farnam , ncir 24th btrcct $2,4 00 to > , 850 each o 103,1'ull block on 25th strroot , near race ourso , and three lots In UUe'i addition , near auudi.ro and Cussuia etrecta , $2,000 , No 127 , I ot on Utb street , near wblo lead orka , t525. No 122 , 123x132 fort (2 ( lots ) on 16th street , near 1'omiliton'd , Jl.COO. No 119 , Thirty hall aero lots In M lard & Caldwell - dwell 0 ad lltiona on Sherman avenue , Spring and Saratoga streets , near the end of goea street car track , $ & > 0 to $1,800 , each. No BO , Lot on Chicago , near 22d ticct , No 83 , Lot on CalJ oil street , near Saundcra , 2SOONo 86 , Corner lot on Charles , neat Sauncl- dots street. $700. No 75. 68x52 feet on Pacific , near 8th street W.OOO. No CO , Ightcen lota nn 21st , ! 2d , 23d and Baucdcri streets , near Oraco and Saundeu street bridge , $500 each. No 6 , One fourth block ( ISOxl 35 feet ) , nea the Convent of Poor Clalro , on Hamilton street ea tie oiid of the red street car track , $1,050 Lot No 6 , on Marcy street , near 0 tb strojt fcJJOO , BEMIS' REAL ESTATE AGENCY 16th and uongias Street , THE IcCALLUI WAGON BOX RACKS WEIGHT ONLY 100 LBS , FITS Can Be Handled By a Boy , The box need nc\cr be taken off the wagon and all the Duelled Grain and Grass Seed Is Save It c/mialcsi th n the oM st > lo rack" . E\ery standard wagon 1 sold with our rack complete BUY HONE WITHOUT IT , Or buy the attachments an pplv them to jour old r , gen box. For sale i A'cbrMkaby J , C. CLARK , 1'moln. ' MASXINO& mm , Omaha. FRKD Krntu , Grand Island. IlAaoLErr & GRREV , Hast 11 1. CHARMS &CIIFODKPR , Columbus. SMIOOLI& Fl'NK , Hod Cloud. C. II. CRANE & Co. , Ilcd Oik , Io a. L. U * . Itrssxr , , Ulcnwoo' ' , fowl Andc\cry flr t civs ilc-dcr In the wsst. A < k them tor dcscrlptho circular or Boid direct toui. J , .lolJallum Bros. Manuf'g ' Do , , Oillce , 21 West Lake Strco1 , Chicago. tnay23-lw 100,000 TINMEN-SPRING VEHICLES NOW USE. They surpa-s all other I for easy riding , style i and durability , _ | They ara for sale by all Leading Carriage - , riago Builders and Dealers throughout the country. SPEINGS , GEAE & BODIES For sale by Henry Timken , j Patentee nnd Builder of Flno Carriage , T Z OXTIS , - - OYEO. Jl-6m Are acknowledged to be the best by all "who have put them to a praitioU test , ADAPTED TO H4JD & SOFT OffiS ; ' COKE OR WOOD. MANUFACTURED DY BUCK'S STOVE CO , , SAIVT LOUIS. Piercy & Bradford , SOLE AGENTS FOR OMAHA. Every Corset la warrautod satla factory to Us wonror la every wny , or the nionoy will bo rtlunded 1JV tlao person from whom It was bougut Thn only Cornet pronounced by our leiullnff rM not Injiirluun to iho wcnrer , nndindanvuli ] ' ! lc at thei "iiobteomfortablo and ptrfect Uttlntf Curtf li.ftfJQ- * * I I'KICES , by SIulI , I'ostiigo I'aU I I llenlth I'r .ir > lnit , 41.50. Kiir.AdJu tlnB.M.tSO Abdomlnul ( citro heavy ) * 8.OO. Nurtln * . f .00 Iltulth 1'reiertlnu ( Dno cuulll ) OB.OO. 1'irsson bLIrt-Mupiiorllnic , # 1.00. For dale I > y leadlnit Kclull ltulcr < CHICAGO CUJLCSUl * CO , , " ' u2jodSKOIJ ! ( MORGAN PAKK MILITARY ACADEMY A Christian Family School for BJJS. I'rcparts lorColleze , Stieutlns Bdiool or Biulncss.bflia to Oapt , ED , N. KIRK TALiCOIT Principal llorrgan Park , Cook Co. , Ill . lorfatalo ue , N llUJlOw | _ _ J _ MCCARTHY & BU . General Undertakers , 2XS 31-3fc T 33C S3 Bet Farnam nnd Doagla * . Metallic , Wood and Cloth Covered GASKETS , COFFINS , BOB SHROUDS , GRAPE , &o , oniUntly oa bind. Orders from the county lollclted , nd promptly attended